Research Catalog

Title

The rant zone : an all-out blitz against soul-sucking jobs, twisted child stars, holistic loons, and people who eat their dogs / Dennis Miller.

Author

Miller, Dennis, 1953-

Publication

New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2001.

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Details

Description

xi, 196 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"TV's last angry man tackles the burning issues of the day."

Subjects

• Autobiography
• American wit and humor

Genre/Form

• American wit and humor.
• Autobiography.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Child Stars: Mikey Hates It! -- '50s Television: A Golden Shower of Praise for TV -- Women in Sports: Jocks without Cups -- Alt. Medicine: Gingko, Shminko! -- Lousy Jobs: Minimum Wages of Sin -- Revenge: I Just Called to Say "Fuck off" -- God: High and Mighty Pissed -- Patriotism: of Thee I Snarl -- Penis: Schlong's Day Journey Into Night -- Man's Dark Side: Satan's Little Helpers -- Education: Schools for Scandal -- Friendship: Pal Denny -- Elvis: Memphis Slim ... or Fat -- Female President: Anything He Can Do, She Can Do Better -- Insurance Companies: A Premium Screwing -- Auto Shopping: That New-Car Stench -- Big Government: Time to Tighten the Beltway -- Travel: All the Discomforts of Home -- Sopranos: Mob Rules -- Horror Movies: Freddie Gets the Finger -- Rage: Mad As Hell and Not Going to Fake It Anymore! -- English Language: Me Talk Real Good -- Show Business: Hollywood and Vain -- Intolerance: Twelve Million Angry Men -- Music Business: A Sound Divestment -- Clintons: Is He Gone Yet? -- Shrinks: Psychiatric Couch Potatoes -- Credit/Debt: Bet You Can't Borrow Just One -- Hipsters: Good-Bye, Cool, Cool World -- Extreme Sports: Don't Try This at Home ... We Really Mean It This Time -- Media/Privacy: Up Next: Your Colonoscopy on 20/20! -- Buying Stocks: Tips for Investing In a Bullshit Market -- Reality Shows: Surviving Survivor -- Tobacco Industry: Where There's Smoke, There's Profit -- TV Ads: Life is a Pitch -- Crime and Punishment: He Got the Sofa ... and the Chair -- Death: The Big Snooze -- Civil Disobedience: To the Barricades ... in SUVs -- Energy Crisis: California Reamin' -- Anxiety: Don't Panic ... Oops, You're Right, Panic -- Bureaucracy: Living and Dying in Triplicate -- Marriage: Wedding Diss -- Why Football Has Replaced Baseball as the National Pastime: "Well, Isn't it Obvious?" -- Super Bowl: "The Main Event" -- XFL: Wrestling with Your Subconscious.

ISBN

0066210666

LCCN

^^2001043633

OCLC

• 47894978
• SCSB-12347260

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library