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Lewis Grizzard

    Lewis Grizzard bol americký spisovateľ a humorista, známy svojim južanským vystupovaním a komentármi k americkému Juhu. Hoci väčšinu svojej kariéry zasvätil písaniu športových stĺpčekov a novinovej redakcii, preslávil sa predovšetkým svojimi humornými novinovými stĺpčekmi, ktoré sa často dotýkali tém ako vzťahy medzi mužmi a ženami, politika a zdravie. Jeho tvorba, často prirovnávaná k Markovi Twainovi alebo Faulknerovi pre „obyčajných ľudí“, dokázala čitateľov pobaviť aj prinútiť k zamysleniu. Bol majstrom rozprávačom a jeho diela skúmali americký život s jedinečným južanským šarmom.

    Don't Bend Over In The Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes
    Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night
    They Tore Out My Heart & Stomped That Sucker Flat
    • Grizzard expresses his humorous views on all subjects including politics, religion, sex, and golf

      Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night1989
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    • This time Lewis Grizzard has gone and done it--written a book about sex, as seen through his bespectacled, ironic squint. He tells us why Junior Leaguers don't do it in groups, why Baptists won't do it standing up, and why Richard Nixon never did it, among other things.

      Don't Bend Over In The Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes1989
      3,5
    • The syndicated columnist and humorist reflects on his thirty-fifth year of life, recalling the upheaval of his open-heart surgery and the hilarious atrocities perpetrated by doctors and nurses

      They Tore Out My Heart & Stomped That Sucker Flat1986
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