Dave Barry--Novelist, Humorist
Ranked #5,687 in Books, Poetry & Writing, #206,550 overall
I'm Not Making This Up! Dave's Novels and Essays are Based on Our Everyday Reality!
You Want to Laugh Yourself Silly? You Want a Belly Laugh? Dave's Novels and Essays Will Do That!
Whether it's the tourists swarming in Florida, or a new study by NASA, or some inane comment by one of our politicians, Dave will latch onto it like a perturbed bulldog and will shake it until something funny pops out. Yes, he greatly enhances the readability of his numerous books, novels, and essays by including liberal scatterings of the word "booger" and "pooties"... and remember, he is well-known in the journalism world and the literature world and the literate world as "Mr. Language Person". So, if you ever wonder why your infinitives are split or your participles are dangling, he's the one who'll have the answer! And he'll always be able to explain why conjunctions are good for starting sentences and prepositions are good for ending sentences with! At this juncture in time and due to the fact that on account of because time's a wastin', I'll get back to the point of this Squidoo lens...
But I do have to put in a plug for my grammar page!
His skill in writing as a regular columnist is transfered over to his prolific writing for books. Really, I'm not making this up! Actually, many of his books are compilations of his many columns--most of which are collected according to a theme. These themes include the Man-Woman Relationship, the World of Work, Babies, Politics, Computers, and other topics of extreme interest.
It's Dave's writings that got my teenaged kid somewhat interested in reading (maybe it was the prolific use of the words "boogers" and "pooties"--ya never know.) Whatever it was, my son's writing will never be the same.
So... if you want a belly laugh, if you want to blow chocolate milk or soda out your nose with explosive force, if you want to bring tears to your eyes from ribsplitting humor, get one of Dave's books and wade through the "boogers" and "pooties" today.
Sometimes humor is the best medicine--and this is industrial-grade stuff. Just be sure to swallow that chocolate milk or soda or coffee before you attempt to read these wild escapades through Dave's imagination.
From Dave's Pen. Or Typewriter. Or Computer. Or Brain. Good Stuff!
Tricky Business
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Dave IS ON THE SILVER SCREEN! Yup! MOVIES!
Not only are Dave's ideas wild when written down, they are hilarious when in the cinema!Yup, some of his tomes have been put on the silver screen!
Tim Allen and Rene Russo star in Big Trouble--and again, be sure to finish your soda and coffee and chocolate milk before you watch this thing.... because you don't want to blow the stuff through your nose.
Another of his tomes, Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys features Dave himself, John Cleese, and Dan Marino.... in another romp through the human situation. Every woman should get this video to better understand the "Guy" she's with.
Dave's Not Here! ... But His Books and His Movies Are!
Dave Barry Links! (No, they aren't on the golf course!--or on a sausage!)
- Dave Barry's Official Website!
- This is Dave Barry's Official Website. If the mention of boogers and dangling participles is offensive to you, you probably shouldn't go here. But what the hey, might as well take the plunge, eh? Go for it! You need to laugh. You need to lighten up. You need to chill. And Dave's website is the place to do it!
More Dave Barry on the Screen!
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys: The Movie
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Dave's World: The Second Season
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clouda9
Mar 28, 2011 @ 2:36 pm | delete
- So happy to see your Squidcast today...I have gone too long without listening to Dave Barry. He used to be on the radio on my way to work and I always walked into work with a smile on my face...bet the co-workers wondered what I was up to :-)
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kwj Jan 8, 2011 @ 3:29 am | delete
- I'd never heard of this guy. He's hilarious we ought to know more of him in the UK. i'll be checking his books out. Loved the er......what's it called......the er......oh damn.......the er..... oh yes turning 60 video!
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JaguarJulie Jun 5, 2010 @ 3:46 pm | delete
- You know, for some crazy reason, I always thought that somehow Dave Barry was a relation of ours ... may six degrees removed?
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MobyD
Sep 27, 2008 @ 10:36 pm | delete
- Yarr, me hearty...oh, wait, this isn't the Talk Like A Pirate lens (Dave helped make Talk Like a Pirate Day famous). Anyway, I gave you five stars, favorited it, and lensrolled to my Ground Fog Day lens.
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What do you want to do when you grow up? Maturing may not be one of those things!
I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood
Amazon Price: $2.66 (as of 05/27/2012)
This is another of Dave Barry's amazing books--and, like most of us, he won't want to mature until he dies! Dies laughing, that is. You'll have a tough time trying to keep from stifling those belly laughs. Warning... DO NOT READ THIS BOOK WHILE DRINKING HOT LIQUIDS! They hurt when you blow them through your nose. But, really, enjoy the book!
Dave is Inter-Planetary! Yup! Mars and Venus (and don't even ask about Uranus!)
Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Amazon Price: $2.85 (as of 05/27/2012)
If you want to know about different communication styles--like that between Venusians and Martians when it comes to discussing boogers and pooties--you can't do any better than getting this book by Dave Barry. He's a master at communicating in inter-planetary language (and one that us Earthlings will understand as well). If you want to laugh--no, you want to really break a rib while you are rolling on the floor at hilarity--then you need to get this book. Again, this warning is necessary--you'll need to tie yourself down to a sturdy chair to keep from rolling onto the floor. This book is a hoot for booger pooties!
I wasn't kidding-- He really DOES talk about Boogers! And Sewage Treatment Centers!
Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
Amazon Price: $5.59 (as of 05/27/2012)
Because Boogers and Sewage Treatment Centers are important subjects that all readers should want to know a lot more about (sorry about that--I'm sure that Dave's Mr. LanguagePerson will zing me for that last indiscretion)--journalism will never be the same. Dave digs to the depths of depravity with his writing (maybe sometimes it's his own depravity... but hey, that's what sells newspapers and books... ). This book has done a lot of digging... including that for boogers and sewage treatment centers. But if you want to know more about these important topics, you'll have to get this book to read everything there is on these important subjects! Get it now!
