Re: [book_talk] book review
- From: "Don Marr" <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:25:33 -0400
yeah, but i have to start listening, have had this for maybe 4 years, and
just can't sit long enough to listen, ahh well, such is life, Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [book_talk] book review
> Fantastic collection. That's a lot of listening.
>
> Rosemarie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: book_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Behalf Of Don Marr
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 2:51 PM
> To: book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [book_talk] book review
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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
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>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: book_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> On Behalf Of Don Marr
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 1:16 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [book_talk] book review
>>
>> 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>
>> To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 2:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [book_talk] book review
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>> [mailto:book_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Don Marr
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:52 AM
>>> To: book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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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