Dear readers:
You may have noticed that I am posting less frequently lately. This is because I am hard at work finishing my parody of "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe," coming out this Fall. And also, polishing some comic novels that will come out starting next Spring, if not sooner. And also, preparing to run a fundraising drive for the Yale Record, and playing my guitar, and today, having a head cold.
I think it's time for this site to be more than just a weblog, and so I'm considering a total redesign with an emphasis much more on humor from my archives than not-funny-as-much-as-irritated hot-off-the-brain commentary (though I suspect I'll always do that). Along with some magazine pieces, probably 75 humor columns from 1987-1997 (some of them quite juvenile, I'm sure, because I WAS a juvenile when I wrote them), I've got whole parodies of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Review of Books that never saw the light of day. I don't know how funny they still are, but perhaps people would be interested. Good idea? Bad idea? Any opinions?
By the way, I was gratified to hear the terrorist video spoof I "broke" on this site has been downloaded 75,000+ times. Lo! Feel the power of the 'Net.
Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Friday, January 28, 2005
Thursday, January 20, 2005
CollegeHumor.com in the NYer
Friend Mollie Wilson pointed me to this Talk of the Town mini-profile of the guys behind the website CollegeHumor.com, or as I like to call it, www.what-I'd-be-doing-if-I'd-been-born-in-ten-years-later.com. Though it's marred by a slightly snarky tone, any article that mentions The Yale Record can't be all bad.
Speaking of funny films on the outer edge of good taste, check out this terrorist video spoof produced by a Chicago comedy troupe. Ballsy and great (but you need Windows Media Player).
Speaking of funny films on the outer edge of good taste, check out this terrorist video spoof produced by a Chicago comedy troupe. Ballsy and great (but you need Windows Media Player).
CollegeHumor.com in the NYer
Friend Mollie Wilson pointed me to this Talk of the Town mini-profile of the guys behind the website CollegeHumor.com, or as I like to call it, www.what-I'd-be-doing-if-I'd-been-born-ten-years-later.com. Though it's marred by a slightly snarky tone, any article that mentions The Yale Record can't be all bad.
Speaking of funny films on the outer edge of good taste, check out this terrorist video spoof produced by a Chicago comedy troupe. Ballsy and great (but you need Windows Media Player).
Speaking of funny films on the outer edge of good taste, check out this terrorist video spoof produced by a Chicago comedy troupe. Ballsy and great (but you need Windows Media Player).
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