Books : If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground
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by: Lewis Grizzard
Binding: Audio Cassette
EAN: 9780394587844
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0394587847
Label: Random House Audio
Manufacturer: Random House Audio
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: November 07, 1990
Publisher: Random House Audio
Release Date: November 07, 1990
Sales Rank: 1790900
Studio: Random House Audio
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Product Description:
From sure-fire bestselling author Lewis Grizzard: an irreverent, outrageous and tender look at life as a newsman, at tiny southern papers to the big city sports pages.
Believe it or not, Lewis Grizzard did once leave the South -- to become sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. His stay lasted for one turbulent year full of freezing weather, fights with writers, adjustments to strange northern accents, fights with readers, falling in love with strange northern women, fights with publishers...in other words, a typical Grizzardian year. Using this period as a taking-off point, Grizzard describes his great romance with the newspaper business-the legends, the humor, the camaraderie-and relates the oftentimes hilarious, sometimes sexy and always entertaining exploits he experienced working in a newsroom.
The story Lewis Grizzard has always wanted to tell, if I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground is 100% original, uproarious material that will keep listeners everywhere???
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - 3.5 Stars - But I'll Admit It Took Me Twice
I was first introduced to the musings of the late, great Lewis Grizzard in 1988, when I was a freshman at college. I noticed even my Dad would split his sides reading Grizzard's latest commentary, so I became a fan. Then my best friend was given one of his comedy tapes, and I was hooked.
So in the summer of 1993, I moved to Little Rock, and while waiting for cable to be installed, I needed a hobby. Reading books from the base library sounded good to me, so I picked up and ran through ... Read More
Rating: - Wins Funniest Title Award
The titles of Grizzard's books are the most funny part of them. He talks in this book how he always concentrated on having a zippy title for his content so that the reader would want to read on. This book is his life story in the newspapers and when he was growing up. I get the impression he is a anti-intellectual common man who loved his sports, tabloid people stories, pretty ladies, beer, cigarettes, and the Elvis diet. And he especially loved newspapers. His story is not all comedy and he has ... Read More
Rating:  - My favorite Grizzard book
I love Lewis Grizzard's humor, but most of the time, I found him more heartwarming when he wasn't trying to be funny. That is why I have read this book many more times than any other Grizzard novel. Don't overlook this jem just because it wasn't labeled as funny as say 'Elvis is dead...'.
This book is all about the newspaper trade. It tells us of Lewis growing up trying to break into the newspaper game, all the way to his life as a humorist weekly writer in Georgia. It's a quick, funny, informative ... Read More
Rating: - One of Lewis's best
IMO, this is one of Lewis's best works. It is not a collection of columns as many of his books were, but an autobiographical account of his career as a journalist, spanning from his days at the University of Georgia and working for the Athens newspaper to his brief career in Chicago to his eventual, grateful return to Atlanta.
Inspiring, thoughtful, and downright funny at the same time (the scene with one of Lewis's editors planning coverage of the Second Coming is a riot), If I Ever Get Back ... Read More
Rating: - It hits the nail on the head.
This book was spectacular. Not only did you get to see how he adjusted from college to the workforce in journalism, but you also got to see some of the shortcomings in his life. I read this book while I was in high school and it was one of the things that prompted me to study communications in college. Thanks for the encouragement, Lewis. Rest in peace.
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