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The Cornell Lunatic
Is Voted the Funniest
College Humor Magazine
—By Its Own Staff

Voted the funniest college humor magazine in America by its own staff, the Cornell Lunatic celebrates its 30th anniversary with the publication of Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic, a 224-page book scheduled to hit bookstores nationwide on April 1, 2008—the date of the Lunatic’s 30th anniversary.

This collection contains the funniest material from the Lunatic’s thirty-year history, representing the work of more than one hundred alumni of the magazine. The book includes such articles as “The World’s Worst Opening Pick-up Lines,” “Procrastination Made Easy,” “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Bowling,” “How to Counterfeit Money,” “Choose Your Own Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Adventure,” and the “Clone Order Form.”

Every editor-in-chief of the magazine from the last thirty years participated in the book project, along with more than one hundred alumni of the magazine. Dr. Seuss Enterprises granted permission for the Lunatic to reprint its “The Cat in the Frat” parody, using Dr. Seuss’s trademark character. Former National Lampoon artist B.K. Taylor, best known for his cartoon strip “Timberland Tales,” graciously drew the artwork for the cover of the book. Lunacy features parodies of the writings of such luminaries as J. D. Salinger, Plato, Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Shell Silverstein, James Thurber, and William F. Buckley. The book also contains a smattering of magazine parodies, from Playboy to The National Review.

Last year, Newsweek magazine rated Cornell University “the hottest Ivy,” and this book is sure to give the more than 20,000 high school seniors who apply for admission a peek inside the warped minds of some of Cornell’s more irreverent and creative students. If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the high school or college student in your life (or any loved one who enjoys Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic is available at bookstores everywhere or through the internet at www.amazon.com.

The Cornell Lunatic calls the compendium “the finest use of paper and ink in the known universe” and notes that readers receive a free sales receipt with every purchase. Besides the Lunatic’s own glowing review, Roget’s Thesaurus says: “Brilliant, scintillating, sparkling, sprightly, keen.”

About the Editor
Joey Green is the founder of the Cornell Lunatic, the campus humor magazine at Cornell University, and was a former contributing editor to the National Lampoon. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Good Morning America, and The View. Green is the author of more than 40 books, including Joey Green’s Magic Brands, Clean It! Fix It! Eat It!, and The Mad Scientist Handbook. He lives in Los Angeles.

About the Cornell Lunatic
www.cornelllunatic.com