Schadenfreude, baby!
Subtitle: a delicious look at the misfortune of others (and the pleasure it brings us)
By: Laura Lee.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599212357
Subjects: Embarrassment; Embarrassment -- Humor; Self-consciousness (Sensitivity); Failure (Psychology); Fortune; Fame
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ego and vanity; title: Do as I say, not as I do; title: Excuses, excuses; title: The secret world of children's television; title: Just deserts; title: Nature's revenge; title: Publicity problems; title: Incompetence; title: Bureaucracy and other legal madness; title: Department of homeland insecurity; title: Cartoonish accidents; title: Embarrassing moments; title: Unappreciated ideas; title: Really bad days; title: The joy of gawking and other weirdness; title: How will you be remembered?