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2002: JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC


DECEMBER 2002

12.18.02
Ideologue of the Write
Trent Lott teaches handwriting,
conservative values

12.18.02
Harry Potter and the 3x5 Index Card
Secrets of book five revealed!

12.18.02
Poster Boy
How I lost my job as a movie
tagline writer

12.18.02
O. The Irony
The unpublished O. Henry

NOVEMBER 2002

11.20.02
4-5 Discs to Rule Them All
Features of the new LOTR DVD

11.20.02
Journeys with Saddam
Proper weapons inspector etiquette

11.20.02
Rough Draft: Mission Compromised
Ollie North's raw copy

11.20.02
Canned
Film festival rejects

OCTOBER 2002

10.21.02
Grand Slammed
What the Yanks are doing this fall

10.17.02
Admission Impossible
The perfect college essay

10.16.02
Lake Wobegon Daze
Garrison Keillor takes on Ron Popeil

SEPTEMBER 2002

09.17.02
’Bo Knows
Hobo signs for today's urban tramp

09.17.02
P.S. I Love You
Rejection letters that build self-esteem

AUGUST 2002

08.26.02
Fall 2002 TV Preview
See them before they're canceled

08.08.02
Girl Gone Wild

Anna Nicole Smith Show spoilers

08.06.02
That's Some Pig!
Charlotte's Web, spun

08.06.02
Things I Wish I'd Said

After-the-fact wit

08.06.02
Vaccinate Me Elmo
New characters for "Sesame Street"

08.06.02
Hu's on First

With apologies to Abbott and Costello

JULY 2002

07.15.02
Jacko Not Wacko
The King of Pop's proof

07.15.02
The Great Stand-Up Comedy Questions Answered

07.15.02
Clarence and Drug Lord Esquival

07.15.02
Delight, Redefined for Our Times
A page from the ad man's dictionary

JUNE 2002

06.21.02
Knock Knock Who's There
A collection of knock knock jokes

06.21.02
Grating Cards II

More cards that convey what you're too cowardly to say


Comedy Under Siege
Terrorism, anthrax and other hilarity: MH's complete war coverage


06.14.02
Stars and Stripes and Proper Procedure

A Flag Day refresher course

06.06.02
The R. Kelly Sex Video
A Modern Humorist exclusive

MAY 2002

05.29.02
Nostalgia Ain't What It Used to Be
TV reunions you missed

05.28.02
One Nation, Extra Cheese

The Foreigner's Guide
to Summer Movies

05.24.02
Grating Cards

Cards that convey what you're
too cowardly to say

05.22.02
1013 Vague News

Mostly news, most of the time

05.21.02
Wikipedia Jones and the Case of the Part-Way Pilot

The Child Sleuth takes on 9/11

05.20.02
Ask An Ekspurt

Tips for soon-to-be college grads

05.17.02
Free Porn!

05.15.02
"At the Movies" with Ebert and Rivers

Roger shares an aisle seat with a white supremacist

05.13-14.02
2002 Summer Movie Preview
Parts One and Two
Coming in five months to a Blockbuster near you

APRIL 2002

04.26.02
Oprah’s Direct-to-Video
Erotic Thriller Club

Bringing Shannon Tweed to the people

04.25.02
Unraveling the Tangled Web

A guide to the amazing, spectacular world of Spider-Man

04.23.02
Death Critiqued

An obituary reviewed

04.22.02
Bare Facts

The ten greatest moments in naked newscasting

04.19.02
Ten Second Mysteries

Thrillers for your busy lifestyle

04.17.02
Priests Gone Wild!

The religious video that’s too hot for TV

04.15.02
Sport of Kings of the Jungle

An animal athlete scouting report

04.12.02
The Self-Enjoyment Tax

How much do you owe?

04.10.02
Dear Deadbeat

The subtle art of the subscription collection notice

04.09.02
Tune In, Turn On

The three best TV shows you're not watching

04.08.02
Who Dat?

More bad celebrity knock-knock jokes

04.05.02
FAQ: Daylight Saving Time

Read before resetting your clock

04.03.02
Monkeykinesis

Monkey see, monkey move

04.02.02
H.A.T.A.

Inside the Nas/Jay-Z Feud

04.01.02
April Fools!

A scholarly examination of the
history and nature of the “jest”





MARCH 2002

03.22.02
Talibanter

The complete guide to 9/11 slang

03.20.02
FAQ: Oscars 2002

Your award questions answered

03.19.02
Oscar Verbosity

Have statue, will blather

03.18.02
Love It or Leaf It

America smokes out terrorism

03.15.02
Dress for Distress

The color-coded terror catalog

03.13.02
Didn’t Make the Cut
Disappointing steak failures

03.12.02
Rock and Rolls
What's on the stars' backstage riders

03.11.02
Editors’ Picks: The Best
of Modern Humorist

Our bestest bits as chosen by us

03.08.02
Who Dat?
Bad celebrity knock-knock jokes

03.06.02
Goodnightline
New jobs for Ted Koppel

03.05.02
Movie Trailer Cliché Theater
Coming this summer to a multiplex near you

03.04.02
Tricks of the Masters
The greatest art secrets revealed

03.01.02
Journeys with George
Bush's campaign antics discussed

FEBRUARY 2002

02.27.02
FAQ: The Grammys
Everything you need to know except who's going to win

02.26.02
Keep Them on the Edge of Their...
How to write great suspense

02.22.02
Positive Prank Phone Calls
Why be cruel when you can be kind?

02.20.02
2002 Movie Preview
Reserve your tickets now

02.19.02
The Reorient Express
How Amtrak can survive its budget cuts

02.15.02
Life During Awards Time
Where were you when you heard the 2002 Oscar nominations?

02.13.02
Acting Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Celebrity Valentine's Day cards

02.12.02
FAQ: The 2002 Olympics
Cold, hard facts about skating and "skeleton"

02.11.02
Elizabeth Wurtzel: A Life in Dust Jackets
Arts, letters and pharmacology

02.07.02
Good Sports: What's Playing in Salt Lake
A report from the 2002 Olympiad

JANUARY 2002

01.31.02
Buy-Outs Are a Girl’s Best Friend?
What EMI gets for its $28 million

01.28.02
FAQ: January 28
All about the 24 hour period between January 27 and 29

01.25.02
Game Show, Anyone?
The rush to imitate “The Chair”

01.24.02
Jai al-Leno in Paradise
Live from Camp X-Ray

01.22.02
FAQ: The Enron Scandal
Unraveling the unravel-able

01.21.02
Rough Draft: Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel shows his dark side

01.18.02
It's a Shame About Ray
"Please Harvey Oswald" and other assassination typos

01.16.02
Storytellers
The secrets behind music's biggest hits

01.15.02
Zoomy's Amusement & Curiosity Page
Depression-era giggles for kids of all ages

01.14.02
Reactivism
New protest signs for the “Free Mumia” crowd


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