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- ISBN
- 9781668134610
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1668134616
ISBN-13
9781668134610
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23072094824
Product Key Features
Topic
Topic / Business & Professional, Personal Memoirs, Form / Essays
Publication Year
2025
Book Title
Class Clown : the Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Format
Compact Disc / Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 In.
Item Length
5.9 In.
Item Width
5 In.
Item Weight
5.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
6 vols.
Dewey Decimal
070.92
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
America's most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you'd expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything. How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a wildly inaccurate newspaper column read by millions of people? In Class Clown , Dave Barry takes us on a hilarious ride, starting with a childhood largely spent throwing rocks for entertainment--there was no internet--and preparing for nuclear war by hiding under a classroom desk. After literally getting elected class clown in high school, he went to college, where, as an English major, he read snippets of great literature when he was not busy playing in a rock band (it was the sixties). He began his journalism career at a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper where he learned the most important rule of local journalism: never confuse a goose with a duck. His journey then took a detour into the business world, where as a writing consultant he spent years trying, with limited success, to get corporate folks to, for God's sake, get the point. Somehow from there he wound up as a humor columnist for The Miami Herald , where his boss was a wild man who encouraged him to write about anything that struck him as amusing and to never worry about alienating anyone. His columns were not popular with everyone: He managed to alienate a vast army of Neil Diamond fans, and the entire state of Indiana. But he also developed a loyal following of readers who alerted him to the threat of exploding toilets, not to mention the fire hazards posed by strawberry pop-tarts and Rollerblade Barbie, which he demonstrated to the nation on the David Letterman show. He led his readers on a crusade against telemarketers that ultimately caused the national telemarketers association to stop answering its own phones because it was getting--irony alert--too many unwanted calls. He has also run for president multiple times, although so far without success. He became a book author and joined a literary rock band, which was not good at playing music but did once perform with Bruce Springsteen, who sang backup to Dave. As for his literary merits, Dave writes: "I'll never have the critical acclaim of, say, Marcel Proust. But was Marcel Proust ever on Carson? Did he ever steal a hotel sign for Oprah?" Class Clown isn't just a memoir; it's a vibrant celebration of a life rich with humor, absurdity, joy, and sadness. Dave says the most important wisdom imparted by his Midwestern parents was never to take anything too seriously. This laughter-filled book is proof that he learned that lesson well.
Number of Pages
272 pages
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- 5***n (657)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGood communication and prompt delivery. Thanks.
- n***0 (823)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseReturned item as I was expecting a book, not a DVD.
- s***p (569)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBrand new and sealed, high quality, great price below retail. Looks great. Packaged well, shipped soon and arrived quickly. Only issue was communications. For the first couple of days after shipping there was no tracking info. When I inquired about this I received what read like a computer generated response strangely asking me for info to identify the product, even though the message I sent was through eBay and for this product. But, then, tracking info appeared after a few days.Batman/Elmer Fudd, Hardcover by King, Tom; Weeks, Lee (ILT); Vaughns, Byron (... (#197215940332)
- r***i (305)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis is a top-notch seller and highly recommended for all book-related purchases. The item was well packaged and promptly arranged for shipping. They described it accurately and honestly, and the item arrived in new, as described condition. The price provided good value considering the item's condition!Ernst Haas : New York in Color 1952-1962, Hardcover by Prodger, Phillip; Haas... (#277039064114)
- o***h (438)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePerfect new book! Excellent packaging! Free shipping......though slow as molasses. This company utilizes shipping partners and apparently they have a lot of shipping partners and everyone of them had their hands on the package before it got into the hands of USPS who finally shipped the package. Good communication.