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Book Review of Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes

Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes
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This time Lewis Grizzard has gone and done it--written a book about sex, as seen through his bespectacled, ironic squint. He tells us why Junior Leaguers don't do it in groups, why Baptists won't do it standing up, and why Richard Nixon never did it, ever.
Grizzard's the guy whose Daddy was a pistol, whose Love Went to the Ladies Room, who Didn't Feel so Good Himself When Elvis Died. Now his Granny and a whole lot of other people--like Kim Basinger, Jerry Falwell, Gloria Steinem, Dr. Ruth and an ex-Mrs. Grizzard or two--have gotten into the act, the result being that you'll laugh so hard you'll . . . Well, you'll laugh really hard.