Re: [book_talk] Funny books
- From: Audrey <waterdiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:51:59 -0500
I gotta get that one too.
I did hear the Death of a Glutton one, and there were some seriously "Oh No!"
scenes. Semi gagging and laughing too. A little of this in the Lawson book as
well, but I have to laugh thinking of all times I lived with some of uncles &
cousins, little brother.... Lol. Aud
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On Apr 1, 2013, at 2:41 PM, "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jean Shepherd has written some funny stuff. Hope you like his books and find
> some good laughs in them.
>
> Have you read The Undomestic Goddess? It has some truly funny scenes in it.
> Death Of A Glutton by Beaton has a hysterically funny scene in it too. Be
> warned, don't read it while eating.
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> I'll check out the Jenny Lawson book. Sounds good.
>
> Rosemarie
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> This Shepherd stuff sounds like a definite one I want next for making me
> laugh.
>
> Right now I'm in the middle of a pretty funny book by Jenny Lawson, called,
> Let's Pretend This Never Happened.
> I could relate to some of the very rural isloated, omigosh, "how am I going
> to ever explain this," situations. The funny in hindsight episodes of
> realizations of just how crazy different your family is/was, when you find
> yourself telling stories of your life.
> It is crazy different yet also similar on lots of universal levels. Audrey
>
> PS Happy Easter!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Marr" <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 3:15 PM
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> RoseMarie, this was the first one i've read by him, he sure could tell a
> story, Don
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> From: "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 2:31 PM
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>> I've read several books by this wonderful author. Not this one though.
>> I'll
>> add it to my book list and keep a sharp eye out for it.
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>> A truly funny man.
>>
>> Rosemarie
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Don Marr
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:52 AM
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>> a fistful of fig newtons by Jean shepherd,
>> first the anotation,
>> Jean Shepherd was one of America's favorite humorists, his most notable
>> achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his
>> quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so
>> much more, a comic Garrison Keillor-like figure whose unique voice
>> transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic
>> Americans. A Fistful of Fig Newtons is classic Jean
>> Shepherd--sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. Here are
>> Shepherd's wild and wacky adventures, a dozen truer-than-life tales of
>> college life on the G.I. Bill, of "Kidhood" in Hammond, Indiana, of
>> tailgating on the Jersey Turnpike, and of other familiar defeats and
>> humilations. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life--all of
>> them delivered in Jean Shepherd's witty, classy, unforgettable style.
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>> now my comments, this was a great and funny book, as i was growing up in
>> the
>> 50's and 60's, used to lie in bed at night and listen to Jean on W O R in
>> Ny, guy was a riot, he was a real good storyteller, anyone who has a
>> chance
>> to llisten to him, or his radio shows, or read his books, go for it, you
>> won't be disappointed, , Don
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