Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists

by The A.V. Club The A.V. Club (Contributor)

New
Illustrated
2009
$21.45

24 Great Films Too Painful to Watch Twice 14 Cover Songs That Are Better Than the Originals, 14 Tragic Movie Masturbation Scenes : If any of these titles intrigue you, you're ready for Inventory. Since its introduction in 2006, the weekly feature known as Inventory. quirky, detailed lists compiled with knowledge and a large amount of humour has become one of the most popular elements of the print and web editions of A.V. Club, the arts and entertainment section of The Onion. Inventoryis filled with challenging opinions and fascinating facts. The top and bottom of each page will display two running lists: Items in A.V. ClubHeaven and Items in A.V. Club Hell, a mega-list of the staff's favourite and least favourite things paired conceptually, e.g. Heaven: Ocean's 11; Hell: Ocean's 12. Inventory is designed to challenge, enlighten, and entertain, one fascinating list at a time.

Synopsis

"24 Great Films Too Painful to Watch Twice" "14 Cover Songs That Are Better Than the Originals," "14 Tragic Movie Masturbation Scenes": If any of these titles intrigue you, you're ready for Inventory. Since its introduction in 2006, the weekly feature known as "Inventory." quirky, detailed lists compiled with knowledge and a large amount of humour has become one of the most popular elements of the print and web editions of A.V. Club, the arts and entertainment section of The Onion. Inventoryis filled with challenging opinions and fascinating facts. The top and bottom of each page will display two running lists: "Items in A.V. ClubHeaven" and "Items in A.V. Club Hell," a mega-list of the staff's favourite and least favourite things paired conceptually, e.g. Heaven: Ocean's 11; Hell: Ocean's 12. Inventory is designed to challenge, enlighten, and entertain, one fascinating list at a time.

$21.45

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 13 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 1416594736
ISBN 13: 9781416594734

Media Reviews

Inventory is awesome and will provide you with endless hours of reading and arguing with friends. I love this book, except for page 124. I don't care what anybody says, Bowie's 'Young Americans' sounds terrific with the saxophone. Go f*** yourself, A.V. Club. -- Joel McHale, The Soup
In a culture that worships the disposable, lazy lists obligatorily put together by self-serving editorial staffs at the likes of Barely Information Magazine, The A.V. Club has decided to embrace what it parodies until it meets itself just outside of heaven and shakes its own hand while flipping itself, and you and me, off. Kudos, A.V. Club! -- David Cross, Mr. Show and Arrested Development
I'm going to put this awesome book on my coffee table so when people come over they'll think I'm fun, clever, and sophisticated, but charmingly populist. And when they see my name on the back cover, they'll also think I'm famous! -- Mindy Kaling, The Office
Despite the fact that they declined to ask me to participate in this award-winning* book, I bear no ill will toward the writers because they are all geniuses; buying this book will make you feel a genius, too.** (*This book has not won any awards. **No, that was not a typo. I literally meant you would feel a genius.) -- Michael Ian Black, The State and Michael And Michael Have Issues
I did look at the book and enjoyed it, but didn't have time to come up with a quote, unless 'Seems like a pretty good book. I had a great time skimming it' works. -- Eugene Mirman, Flight Of The Conchords and The Will To Whatevs

Author Bio

A.V. Club was founded in 1995 as the arts-and-entertainment arm of the satirical newspaper and website The Onion. The two brands quickly became distinct from each other, with The Onion providing humor and America's finest news, and the A.V. Club becoming a significant, well-received source for pop culture news and commentary. In recent years, the A.V. Club's web presence has become huge, attracting over a million unique users per month who visit for reviews, interviews, listings, and features on film, television, music, books, and more. Inventory will enjoy contributions from the entire A.V. Club staff, but the primary staff members assigned to the book project are Editor Keith Phipps, Managing Editor Josh Modell, and Associate Editors Tasha Robinson and Kyle Ryan. Chuck Klosterman is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven other books, including The Visible Man; Eating the Dinosaur; and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. His debut book, Fargo Rock City, was a winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Klosterman is the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine, and writes regularly about sports and popular culture for Grantland.com. He has also written for GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, and The Believer.