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re: The greatness that was Lewis Grizzard.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:57 am to sparkinator
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:57 am to sparkinator
His book, My Daddy was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun, was given to me by a friend shortly after my daddy died. I laughed and cried through most of the book.
I always liked his columns, but his books were the real treasures. It was better to get nestled into his world for awhile to really appreciate his perspective.
I truly wonder if today's generation would find him funny? Could they relate to his humor? I would hope so, but I'm afraid that in the great parade of life that his float has passed on by.
I always liked his columns, but his books were the real treasures. It was better to get nestled into his world for awhile to really appreciate his perspective.
I truly wonder if today's generation would find him funny? Could they relate to his humor? I would hope so, but I'm afraid that in the great parade of life that his float has passed on by.
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Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:57 am to sparkinator
Shoot Low Boys, They are Riding Shetland Ponies.
Though it wasn't side-splittingly funny, I remember a column of his where he said he'd eat at Waffle House and when he made it to his car alive he and the waitress in the window would cheer.
He had heart issues and had a pig heart valve implanted and had a really good attitude about it; I believe his death was somehow related to that...
Though it wasn't side-splittingly funny, I remember a column of his where he said he'd eat at Waffle House and when he made it to his car alive he and the waitress in the window would cheer.
He had heart issues and had a pig heart valve implanted and had a really good attitude about it; I believe his death was somehow related to that...
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:58 am to OldHickory
I remember when you could get fried Gizzards from KFC.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:11 am to OldHickory
Met him at a book signing a few months before he died. Looked so sick.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:16 am to prplhze2000
He had several open heart surgeries over the course of his life and died very young - I think he was still in his forties.
One of his books was titled "Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself.
One of his books was titled "Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:43 am to OldHickory
quote:Told that one to my doctor, yesterday.
Damn, brother. Don't believe I'd told that!
A ticket to see Lewis at the Saenger, in Pensacola, was one of my high school graduation presents.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:03 am to HarryBalzack
His book title that always comes to mind is "Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes".
I loved his column in the paper when I was a kid.
I loved his column in the paper when I was a kid.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:08 am to Twenty 49
A true American Icon.
Can you imagine the fun he'd have with the pussy PC culture we've become today?
Can you imagine the fun he'd have with the pussy PC culture we've become today?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:11 am to BoardReader
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You should read his farewell to Catfish, when a pet dies.
I remember reading that, it was very tender and moving.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:11 am to HarryBalzack
Lewis was one of the greats. Once, Georgia Tech upset his beloved Georgia Bulldogs. The following day in the Sunday, Atlanta Journal-Constitution he wrote a column about it. It read, "Frankly, I don't want to talk about it." The rest of the column was completely blank. Only he could get away with that, and we loved him for it.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:20 am to OldHickory
I wish I could find his column about the Confederate flag coming down from the Georgia Statehouse. It was classic Grizzard. 
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:31 am to sullivanct19a
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Jerry Clower is the best football player ever at Arkansas.
MS State.. and No....not the best
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:37 am to choupiquesushi
That dog would bite youuuu 
One of the greatest, got to meet him a couple of times and went to see him do one of his shows once. A great American.
One of the greatest, got to meet him a couple of times and went to see him do one of his shows once. A great American.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:43 am to Kingwood Tiger
I avoid salad bars thanks to Grizzard. He wrote a column about standing in line at a salad bar and watching a kid about 8 sneeze into the lettuce..
Any time I see a salad bar in a restaurant I think of Lewis Grizzard.
Any time I see a salad bar in a restaurant I think of Lewis Grizzard.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:47 am to OldHickory
In the late 1980's Lewis Grizzard came to Baton Rouge to give a speech at some function, maybe the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce annual banquet...something like that.
One of the requirements he had in his contract was that he got to play a round of golf at the Country Club of Louisiana. As our company was the host for his visit, we took him to CCLA to play his round as our guest.
When we picked him up in the lobby of the (then) Hilton in Corporate Square, his 'companion' who was about 15 years his junior and was an OT 9.9 came along but didn't play.
After about 15 minutes on the golf course she started whining about how hot and humid it was, how she was bored, etc.
Grizzard looked at us and said in his Southern drawl loud enough for her to hear, "She don't travel too good."
She never complained again the rest of the day.
One of the requirements he had in his contract was that he got to play a round of golf at the Country Club of Louisiana. As our company was the host for his visit, we took him to CCLA to play his round as our guest.
When we picked him up in the lobby of the (then) Hilton in Corporate Square, his 'companion' who was about 15 years his junior and was an OT 9.9 came along but didn't play.
After about 15 minutes on the golf course she started whining about how hot and humid it was, how she was bored, etc.
Grizzard looked at us and said in his Southern drawl loud enough for her to hear, "She don't travel too good."
She never complained again the rest of the day.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:48 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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He and jerry clower are awesome.
Jerry Clower, King of the shaggy dog story.
Don't forget ole Roy D. Mercer.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:49 am to sparkinator
"Shoot Low They're Riding Shetlands". Was that him?
Did not read it just recall that book when I was a kid. At the mall at Walden Books.
Then I would go to Chess King and buy a SWEET shirt. Or try on a Member Only Jacket.
Did not read it just recall that book when I was a kid. At the mall at Walden Books.
Then I would go to Chess King and buy a SWEET shirt. Or try on a Member Only Jacket.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:50 am to OlGrandad
I can't remember which book it came from but I giggled like a loon at his story about UGA licking himself at the 50 yard line and him saying something along the lines of "Don't you wish you could do that?" and his friend responded, "That dog would bite youuuuuuu."
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:52 am to bamarep
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Can you imagine the fun he'd have with the pussy PC culture we've become today?
No, because he'd have been fired long ago.
He was a true southern icon that loved the south and loved UGA. Couldn't hardly stay married or sober and had a bum ticker, but the man was one of a kind.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:59 am to WG_Dawg
quote:Which reminds me of one of his lines in one of his books, "The next time I start to think I want to get married again, I'm just going to go buy a house and give it to a woman I hate."
Couldn't hardly stay married
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