Fun With Elvis
Rumors
Rumors
Mama Mia!
Revenge!
Medium
Famous for 15 Minutes
It’s a Miracle!
The Dustbin of History
Unsung Superheroes
Meet Dr. Seuss
Controversial Characters
Famous for 15 Minutes
The World’s Most Popular Twins
Barnum’s History Lesson
Unexpected Encounters
The Singing Nun
Cloudmaster Elvis
Famous for 15 Minutes
The Flying Nun
“Fortunate” Sons
Elvis: Top Gun
Long
Reader’s Article of the Year
The King of Farts
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Short
10 Candy Bars You’ll Never Eat
(Junk) Food for Thought
Candy Bits
The TV Dinner
Medium
A Slice of Life
A Food Is Born
Cold Foods
A Food Is Born
What Is SPAM?
THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Short
Looney Laws
Grounds for Divorce
International Law
Medium
Order in the Court!
Strange Lawsuits
The Cadaver Synod
Strange Lawsuits
More Strange Lawsuits
Incompetent Criminals
Long
Famous Trials: The Witches of Salem
Famous Trials: Henry Ford vs. The Chicago Tribune
WORDPLAY
Short
Definitions
Tang Twusters
Madam, I’m Adam
Cowboy Talk
Wordplay
Oxymorons
Limericks
English / Japanese Words
Blotto, Looped, Fried
Twisted Titles
Twisted Titles
Limericks
WORD & PHRASES
Familiar Phrases
Everyday Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Word Origins
Famous Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Word Origins
Familiar Phrases
Word Origins
Word Origins
THE NAME GAME
Short
What’s In a Name?
Familiar Names
State Your Name
Patron Saints
You’re My Inspiration
Familiar Names
Basketball Names
Myth-Pronunication
Cartoon Names
If Heartaches Were Wine
Brand Names
A Gaggle of Geese
Name Your Poison
Medium
Western Nicknames
The Months of the Year
Long
Silly British Village Names
IT’S A CONSPIRACY
Short
Caveat Emptor
Medium
Nixon’s the One?
The S&L Scandal: True or False?
Double-Cross in the Desert?
Sweetened With Fruit Juice?
Little Nariyah’s Tale
Long
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Reefer Madness
Who Killed Marilyn?
True Lies: The Tonkin Incident
Who Helped Hitler?
BUSINESS NEWS
Short
Made In America?
Three Memorable Sales Promotions
The Latest Thing
Fabulous Flops
Medium
Fabulous Flops
Give Yourself Some Credit
Promotions that Backfired
Lloyd’s of London
PRIMETIME PROVERBS
Short
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
POP HISTORY
Short
Parking Meter Trivia
Who Were Harley & Davidson?
Everyday Origins
Great Cars of Yesteryear
Look It Up!
Medium
What, Me Worry?
The Rock ’n’ Roll Riots of 1956
Family Holidays
Condom Sense
The Goodyear Blimp
The Whole Tooth
MTV Facts
First Reports
Origin of the “Big Three” Networks
The Toughest Town in the West
The Pencil
How to Take a Shower-Bath
POP-POURRI
Short
Where-ing Clothes
Happy Birthday!
A Toy Is Born
That’s a Load of Garbage
Lucky Strikes
Three Weird Medical Conditions
Medium
Pretty Flamingos
Innovations in Your Home
Start Your Own Country
Wedding Superstitions
Oops! Part 1
Money Facts
Oops! Part 2
The Genuine Article
The Grimm Philosophy
Diamond Voodoo
Knitting with Dog Hair
The Birth of the Comic Book
Oops! Part 3
Bad Hair Days
Pet Fads
The Jeep Story
The Barney Story
The Naked Truth
Building the Pentagon
To Shave, or Not to Shave
Long
Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays?
Dave Barry’s Embarrassing Moments
The Mona Lisa
It’s a Miracle!
CHILDHOOD WISDOM
Short
Go Ask Alice
Greetings From Oz
Childhood Wisdom
MOUTHING OFF
Short
Ol’ Blood ’n’ Guts
Give ’em Hell, Harry
Malcolm X Speaks
Wise Guy
Free Advice
More Free Advice
Wilde About Oscar
Oh, Kate!
According to Shaw
Miss Piggy
Sandburgisms
By George!
By George, Too
Shakespeare Sayeth
Dorothy Parker Sez
Oh No, It’s Mr Bill
Here’s Johnny
Hellman’s Laws
A Wild and Crazy Guy
Zap!
Bombeckisms
Robin’s Raving
Rosanne Sez
Sheer Shandling
Dear Abby
No Respect
Thurberisms
Dave’s World
Here’s Jay
Twain’s Thoughts
Long
Meet the Beatles
ASK THE EXPERTS
Q & A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
Q& A: Ask the Experts
HISTORICAL TIDBITS
Short
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Food Fight!
Medium
What Really Happened in 1000 AD (Part I)?
What Really Happened in 1000 AD (Part II)?
Pirate Lore
Missed It by
That
Much
Monumental Mistakes
Long
The Truth About Pearl Harbor
SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
Medium
The Death of Jim Morrison
The Death of Warren G. Harding
Long
Elvis Lives
The Search for Amelia Earhart
The Curse of King Tut
The Death of Vicki Morgan
AMUSEMENTS
Short
April Fools!
Medium
Secrets of Disneyland
On a Carousel
It’s in the Cards
The Secrets of a Harlequin Romance
DIRTY TRICKS
Short
Dirty Tricks
Medium
Carnival Tricks
More Carnival Tricks
Long
On the Line
BEHIND THE HITS
Short
Familiar Melodies
Medium
Real-Life Songs
The “Wild Thing” Story
One-Hit Wonders
The Singing Chipmunks
Translated Hits
TV OR NOT TV?
Short
TV Theme Song Trivia
Medium
Inside “Cheers”
Inside “Jeopardy!”
A Family Affair
“The Adventures of Superman”
“The Honeymooners”
Opening Lines
“And Now for Something Completely Different”
Long
“The Avengers”
Welcome to “The Outer Limits”
Dumb TV: The Flying Nun Quiz
FILM
Short
Box-Office Bloopers
The Duke
Box-Office Bloopers II
Coolest Movie Lines Ever
First Films
Sound Effects
Medium
Inside Citizen Kane
The Godzilla Quiz
I Was a Teenage Monster Movie
Disaster Films
Disaster Films II
Accidentally X-Rated
The Dumbest Western Ever Made
Uncle John’s Golden Turkeys
Long
Star Wars
POLITICS
Short
That Was No Lady
Presidential Trivia
Democracy in Action
Medium
The TV Speech That Made a President (Reagan)
Senate Fights
The TV Speech That Made a President (JFK)
Meet Your Commie Masters
J. Edgar Hoover and the Red Menace
Other Presidential Firsts
First Ladies of Politics
Presidential Quiz
Joe McCarthy’s Joke
Politically Correct Nightmares
Long
The TV Speech That Made a President (Nixon)
JFK’s Presidential Affairs
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Short
Bow-wow or Wang-wang?
Let Me Write Sign, I Speak English
Medium
It Loses Something in Translation
It Loses Something in Translation
ANIMAL LORE
Short
Feline Facts
The Truth About Lemmings
A Breed Apart
Medium
The Birds and the Bees
Long
A Natural History of the Unicorn
ON LOCATION
Medium
Hooray for Hollywood
The Story of Wall Street
The Story of Las Vegas
TIPS FOR TEENS
Medium
Tips for Teens
Tips for Teens
Tips for Teens
THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY
Short
The Last Laugh: Epitaphs
Last Wishes
More Epitaphs
Medium
They Went That-a-Way
ANSWERS
What Does It Say?
The Godzilla Quiz
Aunt Lenna’s Puzzles
Acronymania
Test Your “Beverly Hillbillies” IQ
Presidential Quiz
The Numbers Game
Monumental Mistakes
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MILLENNIUM...
Patriotic Effort
“America must do more than the minimum on the millennium...I believe it should be celebrated with all the grandiosity, excess and overkill that we can muster. Our national pride is at stake. There is much planning to do. Why, just the logistics of recruiting and training enough Elvis impersonators boggles the mind.”
—Lewis Grossberger,
New York Times
, Aug. 14, 1989
In 2000...
“Authors of self-help books will be required to provide proof that they have actually helped themselves.”
—Jane Wagner,
Ms. magazine, 1990
