▁the ▁pur port ed ▁hour - by - hour ▁activities ▁of ▁a ▁particular ▁celebr ity , ▁such ▁as ▁George ▁Lucas , ▁Dick ▁Chen ey , ▁ ▁Adam ▁Sand ler , ▁or ▁D ane ▁Cook . ▁ ▁Mad ▁De construct s ▁T alk ▁Sh ows ▁– ▁written ▁by ▁Des mond ▁Dev lin , ▁these ▁take ▁on ▁one ▁show ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁and ▁pur port ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁minute - by - min ute ▁format ▁break down ▁of ▁America ' s ▁not ▁too ▁sp ont aneous ▁chat ▁programs . ▁ ▁Do - It - Your self ▁New sp aper ▁Story ▁– ▁written ▁by ▁Frank ▁Jacob s , ▁these ▁are ▁short ▁text ▁news ▁items ▁containing ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁blank ▁spaces . ▁ ▁Each ▁space ▁has ▁a ▁corresponding ▁list ▁of ▁number ed ▁fill - in - the - blank ▁options , ▁which ▁grow ▁increasing ly ▁abs urd . ▁The ▁prem ise ▁is ▁that ▁with ▁appropriate ▁mixing ▁and ▁matching , ▁the ▁article ▁can ▁be ▁read ▁in ▁a ▁vast ▁number ▁of ▁permut ations . ▁The ▁same ▁format ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁applied ▁by ▁Jacob s ▁to ▁other ▁areas ▁as ▁poetry , ▁press ▁releases , ▁or ▁speech making . ▁ ▁Duke ▁B iss ell ' s ▁T ales ▁of ▁Und is put ed ▁Interest ▁– ▁written ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁P . C . ▁V ey , ▁these ▁abs ur dist ▁one - page ▁stri ps ▁presented ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁non ▁sequ it urs ▁and ▁b izar re ▁references ▁in ▁the ▁gu ise ▁of ▁a ▁linear ▁story line . ▁▁ 1