Urban Legends : The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True!

by Roeper, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781564144997
• ISBN10: 1564144992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Createspace

Summary

Now available in paperback, this book has been updated to include more humorous, entertaining myths that keep the rumor mills churning. Richard Roeper, the current co-host of "Ebert & Roeper and the Movies", knows a lot about urban legends--tales so deliciously tasty that readers desperately want it to be true.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(4)
The Classics	13	(70)
``They're stealing our kidneys!''	15	(6)
Dog swallows cell phone	21	(4)
The truth about Furbys	25	(4)
Gang initiation rites	29	(4)
Tainted needles	33	(4)
The Gerber rebate	37	(4)
Craig Shergold's dying wish	41	(4)
``Are you Gay?''	45	(4)
Laptop dangers	49	(2)
``Good luck, Mr. Gorsky''	51	(4)
Exploding flashlights	55	(4)
Toothbrush bandits	59	(4)
Legends of Rolling Rock	63	(4)
``Welcome to the world of AIDS''	67	(4)
Bozo no-no	71	(4)
Flight 261 stopped in mid-prayer	75	(4)
George Turklebaum, we hardly knew ye	79	(4)
Big Lies on Campus	83	(26)
Psychic predicts massacre	85	(4)
The daughter's letter home	89	(4)
Secrets of fraternity and sorority rituals	93	(4)
Exam scams	97	(8)
Porn `n' Chicken	105	(4)
Legends of the Silver Screen	109	(26)
The ghost in Three Men and a Baby	111	(2)
The munchkin suicide	113	(2)
Back to the Future II predicts World Series	115	(2)
The Marisa Tomei Oscar mistake	117	(4)
The Twister tornado	121	(2)
Legends of Titanic	123	(4)
Disney's secret messages	127	(4)
Snuff said	131	(4)
Lawfully Wedded Legends	135	(12)
The philandering groom	137	(4)
The videotaped theft	141	(2)
Wedding quickies	143	(4)
Rumors in the Air Tonight	147	(36)
A killer ``In the Air Tonight''	149	(4)
The Dave Matthews chain letter	153	(4)
J. Lo gets the heave-ho	157	(8)
The heckling guitarist	165	(4)
``You Oughta Know'' who this song's about	169	(4)
The dark side of Oz	173	(4)
The ``Love Rollercoaster'' death scream	177	(4)
Other chart-topping legends	181	(2)
Cybermyths and Other Online Gossip	183	(40)
Cutegirl's dilemma	185	(2)
Audrey Hepburn's beauty tips	187	(4)
The virtual death of Kaycee Nicole	191	(6)
``The Paradox of Our Time''	197	(6)
Nike shoe rebate	203	(4)
Blacks losing the right to vote	207	(4)
Shannon's Internet lesson	211	(6)
April Fool's on the Internet	217	(4)
The PC cupholder	221	(2)
Tall Tales of the Rich and Famous	223	(46)
Richard Gere and the gerbil	225	(4)
Mariah Carey's callous remark	229	(4)
The misunderstanding on the elevator	233	(4)
Tiger Woods at the strip club	237	(2)
Tommy Hilfiger unfairly maligned	239	(4)
Keanu Reeves marries David Geffen	243	(2)
Newman's cone	245	(4)
Pia Zadora heckled	249	(2)
Barbra Streisand's porno film	251	(2)
Marilyn Manson's Wonder Years	253	(2)
Julia Child drops a duck	255	(2)
Salute this!	257	(6)
Babs avoids a land mine	263	(2)
Celebrity shorts	265	(4)
Epilogue	269	(4)
Notes	273	(8)
Index	281	(4)
About the Author	285