WARNING: Spoilers are off on Moments pages.
- Hunter S. Thompson's cameo in the chapter in which Karen asks the help of personas. "(Your film) It's well... one thing in two words: fucked up... very fucked up."
- Some of the cited sources are hilarious. Walter Joseph Adeltine, "Crap," New Perspectives Quarterly, v. 11...
- Also, the fact that the only supposed reviewer who, when asked to verify his alleged review, seemed curious about seeing the actual house is (of course) Stephen King.
- The end of The Navidson Record— you're expecting the final footnote, to which Zampanò devotes an entire page and its own symbol, to be something introspective or important. What you get is... Literal-Minded.The film runs out.
Black.
A different kind of black.
Followed by the name of the processing lab.*
* Yale - One of the random poems at the end is called "Melonology on a Melon". It was apparently written on a melon.
- When Johnny mistakes the long S for an f, and subsequently writes all his "s"es as "f"s for a full page. Ftaires!
- Tom's Story. The jokes.
- When Johnny goes off on a tangent about one of the crushes he had, then interjects:Quick note here: If this crush-slash-swooning stuff is hard for you to stomach if you've never had a similar experience, then you should come to grips with the fact that you've got a TV dinner for a heart and might want to consider climbing inside a microwave and turning it on high for at least an hour, which if you do consider only goes to show what kind of idiot you truly are because microwaves are way too small for anyone, let alone you, to climb into.Quick second note: if that last paragraph didn't apply to you, you may skip it and proceed to this next part.
- The book's various authors and editors having an argument over Bible verses in the footnotes:242: See Genesis 27:24
243: Wrong. See Genesis 27:29
244: Mr. Truant also appears to be in error. The correct reference is Genesis 25:27. —Ed. - There's something more subtly funny when Johnny is flipping the fuck out over Lude's death, and, in a fantastic understatement of his current mental state, says:Wow, not doing so well.
- Reston's reaction to seeing the Spiral Staircase in person, with the full knowledge that he'll have to descend it.
- A lot of Reston's commentary is very funny. He reveals he brought a pistol with him when he and Navidson go to rescue Holloway's team, and when Navidson reacts in shock, Billy's only reply is, "Of course I did, this place is scary!"
- Jenny's interview, which gets derailed by her eccentric rambling about the physics of the house and her doing equations for it on paper.
- Later editions include emails and interviews with some of the people Johnny and Lude interact with collected by the editors. The contrast between Johnny's portrayals of them in his writings and the way they actually are is often jarring and pretty hilarious, particularly with the various women that Johnny claims he and Lude slept with, who — contrary to his manic and insulting rambles about them probably having some kind of horrific and sad lives — all seem pretty normal and well-adjusted, with opinions on the duo that range from "kinda weird but fun to hang with for a night" to "annoying druggie assholes".
- Special mention goes to Hailey's email. After Johnny goes on a long, maudlin, delirious, and nightmarish rant about his supposedly awful encounter with her and his crumbling sanity in general, you suddenly get hit with a brief email from Hailey that reveals her to be a bubbly, air-headed Genki Girl who explains that her time with Johnny actually amounted to a rather quick but okay enough hookup, adding that she found him squirrely but nice. She goes on to admit that she was a little hurt by Johnny complaining about her bad breath, and asks the editors to let him know that she's quit smoking since then.
- Note also that Hailey is also the only instance of Johnny having sex that can be corroborated by the editors, implying he is not nearly as much of a Casanova as he makes himself out to be in the journal. By contrast, Lude's many scores are supported by the evidence found by the editors.
- Will and Tom making good, mature use of the walkie talkies:Radio (Navidson): If it gets too much for you, go back. We'll be alright.
Tom: Fuck yourself, Navy.
Radio: What?
Tom Doesn't he go around autographing lightbulbs?
Radio: Who?
Tom: Watt.
Radio: What?
Tom: Never mind. Over. Out. Whatever. - The bit where one of Zampanò's writing assistants rants to Johnny about how much she thinks the dude's writing sucks.
- The Running Gag of people wondering what happened to the Navidsons' pet dog and cat, who rather inexplicably disappear from the story after a scene showing they aren't affected by the labyrinth. Unsurprisingly, given this book, we never get an answer.
- The footnotes would have you believe that everybody on earth had a hot take or lame joke to make at The Navidson Record's expense. The idea of Home Improvement lampooning Navidson's near-death from exposure is pure comedy to contrast to the events playing out elsewhere on the same page.
