{"product_id":"9780740793042","title":"The Duh Awards: In This Stupid World, We Take the Prize","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the genius of funnyman Bob Fenster, who brought you \u003ci\u003eDuh!, They Did What!?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWell, Duh!\u003c\/i\u003e, comes another in real-life idiocy. \u003ci\u003eThe Duh Awards\u003c\/i\u003e honors the intellectually challenged and utterly inept. From historical explorers to politicians to celebrities to everyday people, no one is spared from lampoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver notice there seems to be an award show for just about everything?  And that everyone who wins is rich, beautiful, and brilliant? Good-looking, intelligent winners are everywhere. \u003ci\u003eThe Duh Awards\u003c\/i\u003e is for the rest of us. These awards are handed out to the not-so-smart, the underworked, the overpaid, the wacky, the weird, and the downright stupid. And it's about time!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include such ridiculousness as: Boss of the Year and Other Slave Driver Awards; Champion Scoffers, Scorners, Insulters, and Other All-Star Wise Guys; and Only in Hollywood-The Anti-Oscars.  Here are just a excerpts from this hilarious book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Know-a-Little, Talk-a-Lot Society presents the Anti-Expert Awards:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1931 President Herbert Hoover somehow missed the impact of the Great Depression when he offered this solution: \"If someone could get off a good joke every ten days, I think our troubles would be over.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinning Mind Games: All-Star Shockers, Psych-Outs, and Gross Champs:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the halftime show of the 2004 Super Bowl, singer Justin Timberlake removed part of singer Janet Jackson's shirt to reveal one of her star breasts on national TV. This upset viewers who had tuned in to watch rapper Nelly grab his crotch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spin Awards for Fooling Most of the People Enough of the Time:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the press: \"As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns--the ones we don't know we don't know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Duh Awards\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the moments that some would rather we forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106924740848,"sku":"9780740793042","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780740793042_p0.jpg?v=1763633788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780740793042","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}