by the Supremes – a parody of football tactics books featuring the popular singing groups the Supremes and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, illustrated by Paul Buckle Interesting Machines – illustrated in the style of Heath Robinson, this page describes a range of fantastical devices including the "Tally-Ho" Automatic Bed Wetter and the "Hygena" Automatic Nose Picker. The Famous Five Go Pillaging – a short story which parodies the writing style of Enid Blyton; five children witness the collapse of Roman imperialism and their friends and family are slaughtered by 9000 invading Vikings. Great Men of History – in fact a collection of nonsensical poems about three women: Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Boadicea and Lady Godiva A Cowboy Story – a pastiche of a Western comic strip, in which cowboy "Kid" Masterton's horse develops bronchial pneumonia and is taken to a clinic for treatment; illustrations are by British comics artist Frank Bellamy. Aladdin and his Terrible Problem – a humorous pantomime script following the exploits of Aladdin and his sidekick, Pisso the Alcoholic Dog. The script ends abruptly with "Curtain. End of Act Two. Theatre goes out of business." The original hardcover featured a page of paper dolls of the play's characters that, in theory, could be cut out and used to perform the play. How to Destroy this Book – a final exhortation by Dr. Fegg to his young readers to wanton destruction, censored by the publishers. The original UK edition also included references to a faux contest whereby readers were invited to look for a "deliferate mistale" located "somewhat" in the book. The book climaxes with a two-page, gory illustration of Bert Fegg chopping open a monster with an axe (presented in the style of Terry Gilliam's animations), followed by profuse apologies by the book's publishers and a final scrawled rant by Fegg. Later editions Expanded and revised editions of the book appeared as Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge in the US in 1976 and Dr. Fegg's Encyclopeadia (sic) of all World Knowledge, in the UK in 1984. Bibliography Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls, with Terry Jones (1974) Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge, with Terry Jones (1976) Bert Fegg's Encyclopeadia (sic) of all World Knowledge, with Terry Jones (1984) External links Terry Jones Books – PythOnline's Daily Llama Books by Terry Jones Nasty Frank – a review of Bellamy's illustrations Monty Python literature