Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night
by Lewis Grizzard
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Grizzard expresses his humorous views on all subjects including politics, religion, sex, and golf.Tags
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A collection of columns from the late 1980s. This is the first time I've read about his dog, a Black lab named Catfish - this was my favorite chapter, actually, even though I'm not much of a dog fan. The column about diet dog food made me laugh so hard I could barely catch my breath.
There is some cringy stuff here - the chapter about weight has not held up at all - but its also rather amazing to read about things like the blanket ban on smoking, something we don't really think about these days but which was a *huge* deal when it started rolling out.
Its also a little sad to read the final section of the book, where Grizzard speculates on what life will be like in the year 2000; little did he (or anyone) know at the time, he wasn't going show more to make it to the new millennium. show less
There is some cringy stuff here - the chapter about weight has not held up at all - but its also rather amazing to read about things like the blanket ban on smoking, something we don't really think about these days but which was a *huge* deal when it started rolling out.
Its also a little sad to read the final section of the book, where Grizzard speculates on what life will be like in the year 2000; little did he (or anyone) know at the time, he wasn't going show more to make it to the new millennium. show less
Read this for the first time just now 2013 book came out in 1989. Some of the things in the book were timeless. Heartburn, children, "fancy" restaurants. Other have changed extremely computers, air travel. He ends his book with what he believes the millennium will bring, such as selling off some of the northern states to Canada to bring down the national debt, condos and a golf course on the moon. Was a fun book to read, his southern way of thinking is fun to read and he doesn't go to far after us Yankees. It's broken down into various different sections where he explores things from fashion and dining out to sports and the politics of the time.
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Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr. was a humorist and columnist for the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal. His columns have been collected into several books such as Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey? (1980), Don't Sit Under the Grits Tree With Anyone Else But Me (1981), and When My Love Returns From the Ladies Room, Will I Be Too Old to show more Care? (1987). He also published several autobiographical accounts, including a memoir about his father, My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun (1986), and the best-selling They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat (1982), a collection of pieces about his heart surgery. Grizzard was born in 1946 in Columbus, Georgia, graduated from the University of Georgia in 1967, and began work as a sportswriter. As his columns became popular, they were syndicated in hundreds of newspapers, leading to speaking engagements nationwide. Grizzard died in 1994 of brain damage resulting from his heart surgery. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 814.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American essays in English 20th Century 1945-1999
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- PN6162 .G76 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Wit and humor By region or country
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