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Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML: A veteran of the Divorce Wars speaks out ... on growing up (Happiness is a Red-Headed Cheerleader), first love (She Wore Spaghetti, But I Loved Her Anyway), marriage (Panty Hose on the Show Rod and Raisins in the Rice), and divorce (Loneliness and No Clean Underwear). Grizzard even offers advice to the young (Never Kiss a Lady When Her Mouth is Full of Snuff) and how his mother gave him fresh "hand-squoze" orange juice and spoiled him for the three women he would someday marry �?? and divorce. With the down-home humor that has made him one of America's most popular newspaper columnists, and poignant insights into his own life and loves in these modern times, here is Lewis Grizzard at his bittersweet best.… (more)
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As a "journalist", Gizzard is good for details. His description of a Billy Graham Crusade -- and he saw so many calls to "dee-ci-shun" he had the show memorized by the age of 14 -- is revealed at the same time as he is describing his first kiss in a hayride. The crusade appeals to fear and certainty of hellfire, which he is willing to endure for the chance to kiss a girl while missing the sermon. The crusade and the kiss apparently hit the same level of maturity, and it more or less peaks in the pile of hay for Grizzard.