I know that we've discussed him in other threads, but I thought that he deserved his own....

I've been listening to the audio version of "e Talk Pretty One Day" and it's been making me pee my pants. I got it the other day because I've been wanting to read some of his stuff, but I'm trying to read 3 books right now....
So I've been listening to it in my car...

Someone mentioned that it was such a pleasure to hear him read his work. I've gotten nothing but joy out of it. I wonder if my response would have been different if I were reading them for the first time....

"Go Carolina" probably would not have had the same effect on me if I couldn't hear his version of the speech therapist....

So true... I'm the guy who mentioned the audio versions, and I was lucky enough to catch him doing a piece on *gasp* Letterman (which I never watch, but saw while flipping) a few nights ago. He's odd looking, even moreso than his wacky sister. But yeah, his essays, for lack of a better work, are just funny enough to warrant being humor yet they keep your attention even in more serious lulls between laughs. I first heard his voice reading a story about a Greek Camp he went to when young, and his mentioning of some of the campers' last names was a clincher... Testacockales being one of 'em. <p><HR>Check out <a href=http://db.etree.org/aenematron>My Show List</a>!<BR>---<BR>"This is a movie too. Cut, print, that's a wrap everybody. We're over budget, the trial scene's cut. See ya at the Oscars!"<BR>-"Robert Blake"</p>

woah, a total mind blow just occured. I saw that bit he did on letterman too. I was waiting for conan to come on, Jay's guest sucked so I decided to flip over to letterman (who I also never watch.) and there was david doin his thang, it was very funny by the way.

Everyone,
Find an audio version of "You can't kill the Rooster" and listen to it. I got mine on Kazaa. I'm sure that it was funny to read, but his impression of the way that his brother speaks had me pissing in my pants....

"When shit gets you down, just say 'fuck it' and eat yourself some motherfuckin' candy"

Straying off topic, what's so bad about Letterman? I don't watch it anywhere near as much as I used to, but it's still pretty good when I catch it.

<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://home.pacifier.com/~paddockt/sedaris.html">Sedaris-palooza</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. Go here and click on "Hear His Work."

I've linked to this page a couple of times before. Add it to your favorites, people! <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END-->Then we built a Sizzlean-to. That was stupid, and I don’t know why we do things like that."</p>

I still watch Dave a lot, too. And Sedaris is the only talk show I see him on ... ever.

Which one did you all see him read? Was it a new appearance, or the one where he read about bad, children's Christmas theater and read from that tiny Holidays on Ice?

<p>"When I saw Bottle Rocket, I responded to its heart. I think he has a real love for people, a gentle way with people that has a charm and a beauty..." - Martin Scorsese
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Sally, I have that link bookmarked... but it's a pain in my ass.
Maybe it's just the ones that are logged by Esquire, but whenever I click on the link it takes me to some bullshit page and says "scroll to the bottom". When I do, there is nothing....

Am I just stupid?

I think letterman is too mainstream.

No, you're not stupid, wiggum. I forgot that that particular link was useless. But the other links do work -- they take you directly to the .ram files. Sorry 'bout that. <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END-->Then we built a Sizzlean-to. That was stupid, and I don’t know why we do things like that."</p>

No prob. It just seemed that most of the ones that I wanted to hear were Esquire links, so I got frustrated and went to the file-sharing programs.

<!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:xx-small;">Sorry, its me, the long winded one.
I had read “Barrel Fever”, “Naked’, “Holidays on Ice”, & “Me Talk Pretty One DAY” and a few of his articles in Esquire a while back, but wasn’t aware he did his own audio versions of same. Thanks for the enlightenment.
I simply could not always determine which adventures were real & which ones were his imagination or a combination of both.
Well, I just finished listened to the 14-cd/14 hr. collection (very early Santa arrival) of most of his work…and let me say I have enjoyed every minute of it. I “lol” as I read the books, but it was so much more fun hearing Sedaris, Amy S. and Ann Magnuson…which I listened to-and-from Christmas shopping, while wrapping gifts, and decorating for the impending holiday. He will take the stress right out of you.
There is no way to pick just one favorite story. But, a bunch really stuck in my mind. I can’t go to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, NC w/o thinking of his story about “Dinah, The Christmas HO HO HO” when he and his sister were forced to earn their own money at K&W & Piccadilly cafeteria (at that time) and Amy beat the ho’s boyfriend up and took her home to their parents.
Gotta love the “Santaland Diaries” when he worked as an elf & had to read the ELFIN guide” & “Season’s Greetings to Our Friends & Family” & “Christmas Means Giving”.
“You Can’t Kill the Rooster”, olwiggum mentioned, is a riot. I have always had a “comfort-food” or “shit-happens” basket in my house, but Sedaris’ rendition of it as the “fuck-it bucket” with jawbreakers and bit-size candy had me in tears.
His take on his vacation in the nudist trailer park is also a non-stop laugh; plus I love the story where Amy helps him pick out clothes from the ladies’ dept. because he has no ass & he ends up standing at the urinal beside other men with slacks that zip up the back, shirts that have darts that are not filled, jackets that button on the wrong side or with labels that say SassySport.
I also got a kick out of his story where this guy tells a store clerk he has some dreams that he us to write about in his/store clerk “interpretive dream class” and lies about having a naked dream about this store clerk in order to get the naïve clerk to strip down & put the phone receiver in his tightie-whities and jump up and down so he can see if he gets any additional vibes about what the dream could possibly mean…all the while he is just lusting after the young store clerk. Finally, I couldn’t stop laughing at his adventures in the isolated northwest apple country that reminds one of “Deliverance” and his purchase of the urine/Stadium Pal/freedom leg bag was a hoot.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <p>"There is a sense of well-being that comes from having a clear sense of life's meaning and a wholesome rhythm of labor, relaxation, and worship." text (Hutterites, Montana, 1987-1996) by Laura Wilson in "The Enclosed World"; APERTURE, Summer 1996 </p>

I just re-read that Five Lessons article yesterday online, and the Stadium Pal thing always kills me.

So does the bow tie thing.

"Wearing a bow tie announces to the world that you are impotent."

Hilarious.

Reading was good, but the cds were absolute entertainment! Highly recommended!
The folks around me when I was listening to it with headphones on, must have thought I was having a nervous breakdown….my uncontrollable laughter…or maybe thought I was “suffering from exhaustion and needed a rest in a hospital somewhere in the desert”! <p>"There is a sense of well-being that comes from having a clear sense of life's meaning and a wholesome rhythm of labor, relaxation, and worship." text (Hutterites, Montana, 1987-1996) by Laura Wilson in "The Enclosed World"; APERTURE, Summer 1996 </p>

"Why not crochet woolen sausages and place them in front of the door to ward off drafts?" <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;">Life's a one-take movie, and I don't care what it means. I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p>