Re: [book_talk] book review
- From: "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:19:35 -0700
Fantastic collection. That's a lot of listening.
Rosemarie
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On Behalf Of Don Marr
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 2:51 PM
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it was shepherd,you'd know it, he was great, like i said i got all 600 or
more hours on i think, MP3, OR CD, not sure which, but all i have to do
is start listening to it, Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [book_talk] book review
> You've some good reading ahead then.
>
> I've forgotten which book it's in, but one story he tells is about a
> family
> that moved in next door. They were an extended family that included many
> adults, a whole herd of children, an and a pack of dogs. It told of one
> holiday when his mother roasted a giant ham, or maybe it was a turkey, and
> the pack of dogs nearly demolished their house getting at it! It was
> fabulously funny. A few years back I caught the end of a short film clip
> of
> the scene. Oh my. It was just great. The narrator of the events may have
> been Jean Shepherd himself.
>
> Rosemarie
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Don Marr
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 1:16 PM
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>
> RoseMarie, this was the first one i've read by him, he sure could tell a
> story, Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>>
>> A truly funny man.
>>
>> Rosemarie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: book_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> On Behalf Of Don Marr
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:52 AM
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>> Subject: [book_talk] book review
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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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