Best of
Funny

2002

Plum Boxed Set 2


Janet Evanovich - 2002
    With then help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman. Then again, with more mishaps than there are exits on the Jersey Turnpike--including murders, firebombs, and Stephanie's arch-rival bounty hunter chasing after the same fugitive--Stephanie better watch her back big-time if she wants to live to crack this case. High Five: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle-- and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her apartment, and a Mafia wedding. Jersey's favorite bounty hunter has never been better! With high hair, street smarts and plenty of attitude, Steph's sure to nail this case-- or risk life and spandex-clad limb trying... Hot Six:Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's the number-one suspect. Ranger is Stephanie's mentor--the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby


Dav Pilkey - 2002
    Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!Oh, no! It's not enough that George and Harold have invented Captain Underpants, the greatest superhero of all time, and that they've also saved the world FIVE times! They defeated Dr. Diaper! They punished Professor Poopypants! And they whacked the wicked Wedgie Woman! What task could be worse?!!? This one: As punishment, the boys have to write a 100-page report on "good citizenship," and they have been specifically ordered NOT to write another comic about Captain Underpants. So what do they do? Aha! Meet Super Diaper Baby--the most powerful peewee to pack a punch. With Pilkey's typical over-the-edge humor, Super Diaper Baby will have kids laughing until soda comes out their noses.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal


Christopher Moore - 2002
    But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years—except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more—except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala—and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.

Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury


Darby Conley - 2002
    Get Fuzzy has become a hit cartoon with its bitingly funny portrait of single life with pets.And why not? The laughs come fast and furious. Get Fuzzy features Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered advertising executive who's the so-called guardian of Bucky and Satchel, anthropomorphic scamps that still live by their animal instincts. Bucky, a temperamental cat who carries a boom box and goes on spending sprees, definitely calls the shots in this eclectic household, while Satchel is a kindly canine with a sensitive soul who tries to remain neutral, even though he bears the brunt of his feline companion's mischief.Between the three of them, the Wilco household faces a whole host of trials and tribulations that classify them as family. Satchel wants his boundaries respected. Bucky refuses to eat vegetables but insists on snarfing up Rob's plants. Rob tries to meet women, but his pets continually subvert his efforts. In every frame, Get Fuzzy depicts the hilarious war between the species, giving the animals an equal footing in hilarious one-upmanship.Get Fuzzy is the comic strip for everyone who loves their pets with an attitude. That said, Groovitude is Get Fuzzy at its finest.Contains cartoons from The Dog Is Not a Toy and Fuzzy Logic.

The New Captain Underpants Collection Plus Sticker


Dav Pilkey - 2002
    Diaper, tackle the talking toilets, clash with the crazy cafeteria ladies, plot against Professor Poopypants, and wrestle the wicked Wedgie Woman. Overflowing with humor, action, and that world-famous cheesy animation technique, Flip-O-Rama, this boxed collection will make kids laugh until soda comes out their noses. Have you read your UNDERPANTS today?

The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13


The Onion - 2002
    . . every last damn word that appeared between October 2000 and October 2001.The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives features loads of material no longer available online or anywhere else. Look for a new volume every year.

Have a Hot Time, Hades!


Kate McMullan - 2002
    Of course, every once in a while, we got on one another's nerves. Poseidon was always trying to organize swimming meets. Hestia was always tidying up the place. Hera was the bossy one, always telling the rest of us what to do. But Demeter was definitely the weirdest. She was always going on and on about wanting to plant a little vegetable garden.But, hey, we were family.We all grew up in Dad's belly together.When Hades and his siblings were born, their father, Cronus, Ruler of the Universe, swallowed them whole -- just because of a prophecy that said one of his children would be mightier than he was. Can Hades and his brothers and sisters overthrow their big, bad dad and take over the universe? It's sure to be a hot time, Hades!

Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #8 &11)


Bathroom Readers' Institute - 2002
    This hardcover edition in the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series will bowl readers over. This biggest ever volume has combined two previous Bathroom Readers in their entirety, Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader and Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader. It has more entertainment, humor, trivia, science, history, and pop culture than ever before. Among lots of other topics, readers will learn about why the White House is white; strange medical conditions; the history of the bra; the origin of the Miss America pageant; weird tales of the Ouija board; the hair museum; why Thanksgiving is in November; why popcorn pops; and the origin of Pop-Tarts "RM" . It's all there in Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader.

Spongebob Jokepants


David Lewman - 2002
    Are you ready to soak up some jokes? Dive into SpongeBob JokePants and join the nautical nonsense!What does SpongeBob sleep in?"His undersquare."How did Squidward do in the hundred-yard dash?"He won by a nose."What has two big claws and is very messy?"A slobster?"

The Office: The Scripts


Ricky Gervais - 2002
    Thats the tragedy. So the Brentmeister General is now prepared to share with us the scenes of his daily life. The scenarios that really illustrate the principles of great team management. His morale-boosting comedy (remember when he got Dawn to actually believe she was sacked?), his fund of earthy wisdom (there should be no ego when youre pulling together to do something good) along with glimpses of the fervent soul beyond the work-related arena, the impassioned singer-songwriter of the potentially highly successful band Foregone Conclusion (a.k.a. supported by Texas). These scripts will show how anyone can be a great boss and a funny person, how to use humour to boost morale, how to have a laugh at work, with women, at us. Investment in people. Thats what its all about really. The staff. Letting them know that they are our most important commodity. Its like, if youre cleaning a floor, and youre up against it, then come to me, and Ill help us clean our floor togethernot literally. Including 500 screengrabs from the series and unseen email correspondence between David Brent and his BBC Producer, The Office: The Scripts is the definitive comedy script book, providing fans with an invaluable opportunity to relive their favourite moments over and over again.

Rise and Shine: Encouragement to Start Your Day


Liz Curtis Higgs - 2002
    That long.Might I have just two of those precious minutes each morning? Two minutes to whisper a gentle word of encouragement, to brush a feather across your funny bone, to prove how beautiful and valuable you are to God?Two minutes. No calories, no squat thrusts, I promise.Rise, sister mine. And shine.

Bubba Ho-Tep


Joe R. Lansdale - 2002
    Stuck in an East Texas old folks home, they must face off against a redneck mummy.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

The Bear in the Attic


Patrick F. McManus - 2002
    McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn't actually catch.Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the innocent tone of Garrison Keillor, McManus brilliantly captures the everyday absurdities that comprise our existence. Alongside his humor, McManus's inimitable vision consistently evokes a childlike wonder at the natural world. Even if we are running low on food, the compass is broken, and we are fairly certain we have just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops, The Bear in the Attic makes the outdoors seem wildly irresistible.

Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook


Peter Cook - 2002
    His unique gifts and the way he led the transformation of British comedy (from music hall to perverse absurdity) and his clear comic influence on Monty Python's Flying Circus and every show since, has been much written about. But never before has there been a collection of Cook's own writings. "Tragically, I Was an Only Twin" gathers the treasures of Cook's comic career, from school and university via Beyond the Fringe alongside Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore, to his sureal, satirical journalism for" Private Eye." It includes his monologues, the cream of his irreverent essays, and highlights from his much celebrated partnerships with Dudley Moore as Pete & Dud and Derek & Clive. Illustrated with his own drawings, this is the first, the only, and certainly the definitive collection of the transformative genius of comedy that was Peter Cook.

And Then It Happened: Book One


M. Wade - 2002
    Books For Boys writes quality, high-interest books for students in grades 3 - 6. Since its publication in the fall of 2003, this best selling series has been entertaining students across North America. "And Then It Happened" is a laugh-out-loud series that is guaranteed to get kids reading.

Giant Children


Brod Bagert - 2002
    Boogers. Stinky boys. These are the things of childhood, and they're all here in this outrageous collection of poems that look at the world through a child's eyes. Featuring everything from the Giant Children of the title-who flip pages with amazing speed-to a turtle named Jaws, the poetry included here is rambunctious, irreverent, funny, and sometimes even gross. Tedd Arnold, creator of the beloved Parts and More Parts, and Brod Bagert are good friends who have happily teamed up-with hilarious results.

The Enchanted Shoes


Enid Blyton - 2002
    

Storm in the Village and the Fairacre Festival


Miss Read - 2002
    And in The Fairacre Festival, after a heavy storm damages the church roof, the villagers must raise money to have it repaired, but something on a grander scale than fetes and coffee mornings is required. So the Fairacre Festival is launched.

Porridge Scripts


Dick Clement - 2002
    But it has never faded from the nation's consciousness. Ronnie Barker as Fletch the old lag and Richard Beckinsale as Godber the naive first-time offender are comic creations as fine as any in the history of television.Now, for the first time, Richard Webber has brought together the original scripts from all three series of PORRIDGE to make this the essential souvenir for all the many fans of this much-loved classic comedy.

Screening Party


Dennis Hensley - 2002
    Elmo's on Halloween night sporting Groucho Marx-style nose glasses. "This is the one night a year where Judd Nelson feels normal," says Tony. In this scene, Rob's sax-synching is so powerhouse that Demi, who's newly crimped hair makes her look like an albino Pointer Sister, is compelled to dry hump the jukebox. "I'm obsessed with this moment coming up," says Marcus, "where Rob starts clapping and says,'Let's rock!' I think he looks so awkward." Just then, his wife traipses in looking like Pat Benatar from the "Love Is a Battlefield" video. When Rob notices she's with another man, all hell breaks loose. "Get your hands off of my wife!" threatens Rob. "With narcissists," explains Dr. Beaverman, "everything belongs to them. They see everything as an extension of themselves. They are not independent objects." Dr. B takes a swig of Snapple and adds, ". . . .unlike whatever Demi's got stuffed into her bra which seems to have a mind of its own." "And check out that metallic lip gloss," says Tony. "It looks like she just went down on C3PO in the bathroom."-- Screening Party on "St. Elmo's Fire"It started as a series of articles for the British version of "Premiere", and "Instinct Magazine", but soon took on a life of it's own. Dennis Hensley, author of the bestseller Misadventures in the (213), has been getting together with 5 friends to watch and debate, rant, criticize, and reminisce about films that are both recognized classics and guilty pleasures. Partway through this deconstruction of memorable cinema, you will encounter this musing on Armageddon: "What girl would make out with her boyfriend in front of her dad?" wonders Tony, as Liv straddles Ben and sucks his face off while Willis and company look on. "She mounted him in a sundress in front of her dad."If you're tired of plodding through earnest studies of film's impact on society, these words alone should convince you that this book is anything but.

Plant a Geranium in Your Cranium: Planting Seeds of Joy in the Manure of Life


Barbara Johnson - 2002
    But, then, I never wanted to be in AARP, either!"Barbara Johnson laughingly lifted millions of readers out of the depths of despair with her book Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy. In that classic volume of humor and encouragement, she shared how God's gift of joy helped her survive the deaths of two sons and the eleven-year estrangement of another son who was lost in the homosexual lifestyle.Now that same laughter-lined attitude has sustained Barbara during a life-threatening battle with cancer?a battle in which she never lost her bubble of joy. Plant a Geranium in Your Cranium is the inspiring yet funny story of Barbara's journey through a year of illness, frustration?and abundant humor. It's a joyful chronicle of her own experiences combined with dozens of hilarious anecdotes and cartoons sent to her by others who share her belief in the healing power of laughter.

The Life and Opinions of Gilroy Hurst, Gentleman


Esther - 2002
    Hurst is not always as drunk as he seems and keeps a eye on the follies and foibles of those around him.

Trash: The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters


Jacques Boyreau - 2002
    A feast for the eyes and other visceral zones, Trash rolls in the mud with graphic art of such questionable aesthetic quality and social worth that it practically redefines the poster as advertising medium. Chapters each define a key Trash topic (Sex Trash, Action Trash, Sick Trash, Race Trash, Groovy Trash, Docu Trash), collecting the most zombified, oversexed, lethal pest-infested, and tasteless posters from each genre. With plagues of frogs, meteors headed straight for earth, sex-starved zombies, and explosion after glorious explosion, Trash gleefully crawls across the underbelly of both the cinematic and poster arts.

The Barmy British Empire And The Blitzed Brits


Terry Deary - 2002
    "The Blitzed Brits" describes what life was like for the people who stayed at home in World War Two, including foul food facts about rotten rationing and awful evacuation tales. Both books are crammed full of curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for teachers!

Very Good, Jeeves / Thank You, Jeeves


P.G. Wodehouse - 2002
    G. Wodehouse, all featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. It was first published in the United States on 20 June 1930 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 4 July 1930 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The stories had all previously appeared in Strand Magazine in the UK and in Liberty or Cosmopolitan magazines in the US between 1926 and 1930.As well as Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster, the stories also feature many regular characters, including Tuppy Glossop, Bingo Little, Bobbie Wickham, Aunt Dahlia, Aunt Agatha and Sir Roderick Glossop.Thank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 16, 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on April 23, 1934 by Little, Brown and Company, New York.The story had previously been serialised, in the Strand Magazine in the UK from August 1933 to February 1934, and in the U.S. in Cosmopolitan from January to June 1934; it would later appear in the American Family Herald & Evening Star, between March 24 and August 11, 1937.

God Made You Nose to Toes


Leslie Parrott - 2002
    In this delightful book by well-known author and family therapist Leslie Parrott, little onesages 5 and under can follow along with Toucan--with a great big nose--as he helps them learn God loves each one of them completely.

All Dressed Down and Nowhere to Go


Scott Adams - 2002
    Together in one volume:Still Pumped from Using the Mouse (1996)Casual Day Has Gone Too Far (1997)I'm not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot (1998)

The Viper


Lisa Thiesing - 2002
    Peggy the Pig gets a weird phone call. "I am zee Viper!" the voice says. Poor Peggy! She is scared. Who - or what - is the Viper? Can you guess? Suspense builds. The answer is surprising and silly, just like this book.

Snarlyhissopus


Alan MacDonald - 2002
    Full color.

A Few More Pretty Good Jokes


NOT A BOOK - 2002
    A Few More Pretty Good Jokes features all the jokes from the most recent shows which aired in April 2000 and 2002 (both were done in New York). These recordings are a welcome supplement to the highly successful previous Joke Book, Tape, and CD.

Malcontents


Joe Queenan - 2002
    The collection encompasses essays, short stories, plays, and novels, with Queenan's insightful biographies of each featured writer. Selections include engaging, readable works by early wits ranging from Oscar Wilde to Mark Twain, and excerpts from The Prince by Machiavelli; "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift; "Justine" by the Marquis de Sade; as well as works by Rabelais, Moliere, Ben Johnson, Aristophanes, George Bernard Shaw, Jane Austen, and other wits.

More Napalm and Silly Putty


George Carlin - 2002
    With his manic mind and motor mouth in high gear, he rants against anyone who tells him to "have a nice day" and skewers the euphemism epidemic ("To be honest, some of this language makes me want to vomit. Well, perhaps 'vomit' is too strong a word. It makes me want to engage in a involuntary personal protein spill"). When Carlin's in a more reflective mood, he reveals, "I couldn't commit suicide if my life depended on it," and ponders the really big questions, like "Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?" and "Griddle cakes, pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks: why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love? "What his candid take on "life's little moments" lacks in political correctness, it more than makes up for in gut-busting laughs. He's the guy who dares say what the rest of us hesitate even to think. And he does so in ways that are often raunchy and always riotous.

Sir Gadabout and the Little Horror


Martyn Beardsley - 2002
    The beastly brat gives him the slip and poor Sir Gads ends up in terrible trouble—not surprising, since he is the worst knight in the world.

The Broons and Oor Wullie, Volume 7: Roaring Forties


Dudley D. Watkins - 2002
    

Bottoms Up! Jokes from Bikini Bottom


David Lewman - 2002
    What's SpongeBob's Favorite sport?Spongy jumping! What is SpongeBob's work motto?"If at First you don't succeed, Fry, Fry again." Bottoms Up! Jokes from Bikini Bottom is chock-full of waterlogged humor that will reel in the fans -- lift the flaps and get hooked!

Scene by Scene: Film Actors and Directors Discuss Their Work


Mark Cousins - 2002
    Those interviewed include such famous names as Lauren Bacall, Kirk Douglas, Sean Connery, Martin Scorsese, Rod Steiger, Dennis Hopper, Tom Hanks, Roman Polanski, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jack Lemmon, Steve Martin and many others. Presented in a lively and accessible manner by Mark Cousins and fully illustrated throughout, the book will appeal to the general reader and those wishing to learn about the craft of film-making. The book provides in-depth discussions on about 40 scenes which illustrate the technical excellence of director or actor in question, flanked by a brief series introduction and a bibliographical section and index. In essence the book will contain around 40 of the most important film scenes from the last 50 years.

Draw Thumb People


Klutz - 2002
    All you need to bring is a thumb or two.

The Perfect Man


Dean Buckhorn - 2002
    With colorful art, best-selling authors, and charming titles, you are sure to find something special for all of your accounts.

Mama Learns to Drive: And Other Stories


Donald Davis - 2002
    Learning under the watchful eye of one's spouse is an added challenge

A Dose Of Laughter


R.K. Laxman - 2002
    Cartoons and jokes.

The Bank Robber Diaries


Danny King - 2002
    He aspires to be like him in every way and moulds his whole personality around armed robbery so that this is all he lives for. He holds normal working people (or plebs, as he calls them) in contempt and tries to ape Gavin without truly understanding what it is that makes him tick. When Gavin gets sentenced to 15 years in prison, Chris steps into his boots and tries to take over as head of a small crew of blaggers. He complicates things further by having an affair with Heather, Gavin's wife, while neglecting his own treacherous, money-grabbing partner, Debbie. A mistake that could cost him his life.

Amelia Bedelia CD Audio Collection


Peggy Parish - 2002
    In Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower, she arrives with a garden hose and the party is turned into an uproarious mess. In Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia, her literal-mindedness adds a new dimension to the game of baseball, and Thank You, Amelia Bedelia features Amelia Bedelia "pairing" the vegetables and separating the eggs. In Come Back, Amelia Bedelia, Amelia Bedelia tries her hand at a variety of new jobs after Mrs. Rogers fires her for her muddles.Collection includes:Amelia BedeliaAmelia Bedelia and the Surprise ShowerPlay Ball, Amelia BedeliaThank You, Amelia BedeliaCome Back, Amelia Bedelia

If I'm God's Handiwork, Would Someone Please Explain These Thighs!: Discovering Your Unique Destiny


Cathy Lechner - 2002
    Comparing our destiny to a pregnancy, she parallels the ups and downs of the birthing process to the journey to our destiny in Christ.Using biblical models such as Mary, mother of Jesus, and Deborah, Cathy vividly illustrates the Lord's faithfulness in unfolding His divine vision for our lives. She encourages women to build a legacy that will not only influence their family but all aspects of our society and culture.For women seeking to be all they can be, and for those who wish to birth miraculous works for the Kingdom, this book provides the encouragement and fuel needed.