Lewis Grizzard
Birth date: October 20, 1946
Died: March 20, 1994
Lewis Grizzard's Books
Grizzard was very popular in Atlanta in the 80s, the Dave Barry of Georgia. Reading his books and/or newspaper columns was pretty much unavoidable. His book launch/autographings were huge. I'm sure many people still feel an absence where he used to be. Library copy
I can't remember it. I can't remember if this is the right book, honestly. Just edging into ridiculous completism as booklists go. I knew a man who quoted Grizzard fondly: "The next time I get married, I'm just going to find a woman in the street who I hate and give her a house".The man also died fa...
I'm from Atlanta and a lot of the places and people are very familiar to me. Maybe the generation gap is what caused the disconnect but I just didn't find this funny, even slightly. It came across as fickle and derogatory.
It Wasn't Always Easy, but I Sure Had Fun was actually published after Lewis Grizzard died of his heart defect. It is a collaboration of the articles he had published in the Georgia newspaper outside of Atlanta where he lived (and loved). He is a true southern comedian and to anyone that understands...
Lewis Grizzard is normally quite hilarious and is one of my favorite comedic writers (like Don't Bend Over in the Garden Granny, You Know them Taters Got Eyes and Shoot Low Boys, They're Riding Shetland Ponies) but this book was about his father and although funny at times, was overall very sad. I c...
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