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* [[Animeland]]: Japan, according to this book.

* [[The Annotated Edition]]: The second printing of the book contains humorous "fact check" annotations in red ink.

* [[Attack of the Political Ad]]: An entire page in the chapter on campaigning is dedicated to satirizing negative political advertising as well as highlighting some of its most famous [[Real Life]] examples. Among the book's surreal claims, a year after [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao "Daisy"] ad from the 1964 US Presidential election suggested that his opponent Barry Goldwater would start a nuclear war, Barry Goldwater started a nuclear war; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y Willie Horton] was Michael Dukakis's running mate in 1988; and an underground smear campaign in ancient Rome depicted [[Emperor Caligula|Caligula]] as "a pretty nice guy."

* [[Attack of the Political Ad]]: An entire page in the chapter on campaigning is dedicated to satirizing negative political advertising as well as highlighting some of its most famous [[Real Life]] examples. Among the book's surreal claims, a year after [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao "Daisy"] ad from the 1964 US Presidential election suggested that his opponent Barry Goldwater would start a nuclear war, Barry Goldwater started a nuclear war; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y Willie Horton] was Michael Dukakis's running mate in 1988; and an underground smear campaign in ancient Rome depicted [[Emperor Caligula|Caligula]] as "a pretty nice guy."

* [[Canada, Eh?]]: Canadian contributor Samantha Bee has a recurring feature called "Would You Mind If I Told You How We Do It in Canada?", mocking Canada's reputation for being polite, unassuming, and boring.

** Don't forget her own full length book, ''Pardon Me, but May I Interest You in a Book About Canada?'', advertised in the back.