Spaghetti Pig-Out single work   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Spaghetti Pig-Out
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'A boy is always lonely at school because the school bully never lets anyone associate with him. He is pretty much lonely at home as well because of his lack of technology. But one day, he gets a strange video player whose remote control also works on people. However, the bully eventually steals the remote. Back at school, they both enter a spaghetti-eating contest in which the winner earns a free holiday. The bully, due to eating too much spaghetti via the fast forward function on the remote, throws up and is disqualified from the contest, allowing the boy to win the holiday. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.'   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_(short_story_collection))

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Uncanny! : Even More Surprising Stories Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1988 Z832219 1988 selected work children's fiction children's mystery adventure
    — Appears in: Absolut unheimlich! 2006;
    Ringwood : Puffin , 1988
    pg. 108-124
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Round the Twist Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1990 Z939155 1990 selected work children's fiction children's Ringwood : Puffin , 1990 pg. 87-123
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories Paul Jennings , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1231159 2005 selected work children's humour

    To celebrate 20 years of stories by Paul Jennings, this is a collection of his funniest work. Hand-picked by Paul, each book contains around 25 stories from the "UnCollected Series" and "Tongue-Tied".

    Camberwell : Penguin , 2005
    pg. 22-40
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