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Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks that Shape Our World
All the news that's not fit to print! Browse through this fascinating compendium of the best of the Weekly World News and you'll never look at the world the same way again.
Admit it. You've sneaked a peek at the supermarket checkout. Where else could you find the scoop on which senators are aliens, or Saddam and Osama's torrid love affair? Serious newshounds know the Weekly World News (which counts over a million beings as readers) broke the story that Elvis still lives, but it also has exclusives on what kind of pizza was served at Jesus' last supper, who's the father of the Loch Ness monster's baby, and (of course) the various escapades of Bat Boy, the half man/half bat found in a West Virginia cave almost 15 years ago. For the dedicated follower of the fantastic, and for the uninitiated too, Bat Boy Lives! contains all these vital dispatches and much more. Because the truth...is in here.
198 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2005
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July 28, 2016When I was a young newspaper reporter one of my editors told me his dream job would be to write headlines for the Weekly World News. And that was understandable. The sky's the limit; the possibilities being as great as your imagination. Who wouldn't like to be paid to traffic in complete bullshit? Look at Donald Trump!
The golden era of the Weekly World News, for me, was back in the early 1990s. My favorite banner front-page story documented the secret meeting between the great space alien emissary and presidential candidate Ross Perot (apart from the very idea of the story, what was funny was the space alien and Perot were not dissimilar looking). Apparently, the Space Alien met with a lot of presidents and presidential hopefuls. Whether the story inside laid out the sinister or benevolent alien agenda or not, I don't know. I only caught glimpses of these headlines while shuffling through the grocery checkout, buying shitty Meisterbrau beer back then, when I was too poor for anything better. I had kids. I had to save money.
The Weekly World News ceased publication in 2007 after a nearly 30-year run. I'm sure the alien baby Hillary Clinton adopted a few years back (according to The Weekly World News) won't be paraded at the Democratic convention tonight (7-28-2016). So much for the party of "inclusion."
(KR@KY 2016)
The golden era of the Weekly World News, for me, was back in the early 1990s. My favorite banner front-page story documented the secret meeting between the great space alien emissary and presidential candidate Ross Perot (apart from the very idea of the story, what was funny was the space alien and Perot were not dissimilar looking). Apparently, the Space Alien met with a lot of presidents and presidential hopefuls. Whether the story inside laid out the sinister or benevolent alien agenda or not, I don't know. I only caught glimpses of these headlines while shuffling through the grocery checkout, buying shitty Meisterbrau beer back then, when I was too poor for anything better. I had kids. I had to save money.
The Weekly World News ceased publication in 2007 after a nearly 30-year run. I'm sure the alien baby Hillary Clinton adopted a few years back (according to The Weekly World News) won't be paraded at the Democratic convention tonight (7-28-2016). So much for the party of "inclusion."
(KR@KY 2016)
June 21, 2007
never read it but the cover looks funny!
December 19, 2014
I've always had a fascination with the Weekly World News, and ever since I was a child the articles have sung a siren's call to me. As they state in the opening of the book, the sheer joy we get from the articles is not that they could be real, but rather more from thinking about the people out there that think the articles are true. That's our true joy with the crazy things they presented.
This book presents their most popular articles over the years, including a number on their icon Batboy. For me, there was a large amount of nostalgia tucked away in those news articles. The articles themselves range from the almost believable to the simply outrageous. There is something for everyone in this book, and anyone who has picked up one of these papers will enjoy this collection.
So to anyone who read this paper as a child, teen, whatever, I recommend this book to you.
This book presents their most popular articles over the years, including a number on their icon Batboy. For me, there was a large amount of nostalgia tucked away in those news articles. The articles themselves range from the almost believable to the simply outrageous. There is something for everyone in this book, and anyone who has picked up one of these papers will enjoy this collection.
So to anyone who read this paper as a child, teen, whatever, I recommend this book to you.
August 23, 2008
Hell yeah Bat Boy lives. Don't be a hater, you know you love Weekly World News. Eat your heart out Onion! Sadly I believe this much loved rag is no longer in publication...at least I haven't noticed it recently at the Food Lion check out line. Many a good time has been had perusing this paper in line, which more times than not resulted in me purchasing it so as to finish the latest Bigfoot or World's Fattest Cat articles. And for those who don't know, dowsing really works!
September 30, 2009
A collection of tabloid headlines from the Weekly World News, this book is extremely funny. How to Stuff and Mount Your Own Pet! Scientists Figure Out Why Old People Smell! Man Cuts His Own Leg Off and It Hops 75 Feet All By Itself! Jimmy Hoffa Was Turned Into Dog Food! The last article was accompanied by a pie graph showing the percentage of canned dog food that was Jimmy Hoffa and what percentage of meat byproducts and even other celebrities. Funny, sick stuff!
August 3, 2009
Weekly World News...I was in junior high school and worked unpacking books at a small bookstore in my home town. I wasn't paid in money, I was paid in books. Sometimes the books were late, so I would read WWN with the owner and we would laugh over the stories.
The book was a hilarious reminder of simpler times.
The book was a hilarious reminder of simpler times.
January 1, 2010
i keep this book on my desk and start most classes by reading a headline/news story from this book -- a compilation of riduclous articles from 'the weekly world news.' i cant tell you how many students have come up to my desk to skim through the book and/or borrow it. i love that it gets them thinking about the media/news/world...however fictional it may be!
March 3, 2016
This book is hilarious. It's a collection of the best "stories" from the Weekly World News. I favorite story was about "Baberaham Lincoln" and how he was really a women and a mother of six children! Can you imagine!
June 18, 2009
This book is fun if you are a type B reader of the Weekly World Nwes, Type B's get a good laugh from the ludicrous stories. I plan to scan some of the better headlines and pics for use in my classroom this fall.
December 30, 2023
Sadly the tabloid newspaper WWN is no more but this book is a great read. I especially enjoy some of the historically relevant names they made up for the "characters" in the stories. My favorites were the biologically impossible creatures like the 23 pound grasshopper or the half-fish/half-man.
September 4, 2015
An enjoyable bathroom read, although not a keeper for my book shelf. I got plenty of chuckles, but the stories all seemed to blend together by the end and I found myself starting to skim more and more.
April 9, 2016
Endlessly entertaining, just like The Weekly World News itself. Here you'll find most (but not all) its best bits. Loved that Bat Boy made the cover, but disappointed that inside there was nothing of Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and their Bigfoot hooker.
June 1, 2007
this gets 4 stars just because i HEART bat boy.
August 30, 2007
it is so funny about the stuff that is in it
November 7, 2008
Weekly World News was my all-time favorite magazine, and they stopped printing it for some terrible reason. When I got this book for Christmas, I squealed aloud with joy. Thanks, Mom =)
January 19, 2015
The best of The Weekly World News. I bought this book for a few people as well as gifts. It's wild!
April 13, 2016
good book about article in the weekly world news!
January 27, 2023
Simply a collection of fake news from the pages of the legendary tabloid Weekly World News. Might be appealing to those with bizarre senses of humor. Otherwise pointless.
March 27, 2008
The Weekly World News in all of it's glory. Wonderfully weird and wonderfully stupid.
February 16, 2008
you can't fight the bat boy love
August 23, 2010
I laughed, I cried, I wet my pants
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