David Sedaris - best writer ever

[Catholic Sensation]

I don't know if anyone here has ever read his stuff, but I just got "Me Talk Pretty One Day," and it could be the funniest book I've ever read. Plus he seems to dislike the Raleigh-Durham area almost as much as I did when I moved here. His "Santa Land Diaries" is also classic. I'm looking for a link to the real media file that has it.

[Richardo]

1. "Me Talk Pretty" is one of the funniest books ever...

His occasional articles in the New Yorker also rock....as do his audio pieces on "This American Life" on NPR.

His childhood stories are even more funny when you think of his sister Amy ("Strangers with Candy") in the same household.

I've put both "MTPOD" and "Holidays on Ice" as staff recs at the book store...

Read David! Fall over laughing! :D :thumbsup: :D :thumbsup:

[Bertha Venation]

2. Sedaris is whose picture you see in the dictionary when you look up

"ROFLMAO"

" . . . I worried that the shoes I wouldn't be caught dead in might actually be the shoes I am caught dead in."

The guy's a god.

[buddhamama]

21. Bertha,

that's David Rakoff you're quoting. David is hired to do a piece for a Nature magazine and travels to N.H.; i know that story well.

David Rakoff is intelligent and very funny.

[Bertha Venation]

22. mea culpa! It's strange, buddhamama, I hear that quote in

Sedaris' voice. Did he read Rakoff's story on "This American Life" years ago? Because I'd swear that's where I heard it. I guess that's why I always associated it with Sedaris.

Still -- Sedaris is an insanely funny human being.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Im not too familiar w/ David's work...

...however, I'm a big fan of his sister Amy Sedaris. She is one of the funniest people working today!

[Catholic Sensation]

4. for those who've never heard his work

http://www.thislife.org/ra/47.ram

at 4:30 he talks about his stint as an elf at Macy's. This is hilarious. I have it on CD.

[supernova]

5. David Sedaris is too funny

for this planet, I think sometimes.

And his efforts to learn French while living in Paris? LMAO!!!

[Catholic Sensation]

6. I told him that Santa no longer deals in coal

instead, when you're bad, he comes to your house and steals things.

God I love this essay/story.

[underpants]

7. Yes he is hilarious New Book coming out?

His appearance on Letterman (that's where I found out about him) talking about the French going on strike is a classic.

[supernova]

8. Dave is a big fan of Amy's

He practically drooled all over her last time she was on. :D

[GOPisEvil]

11. He's not the only Dave who's a fan of hers...

Hubba! :D

[CPschem]

9. David's hilarious... you should also check out

Jonathan Ames' books. reeeaaally funny and a little bit perverted.

[Catholic Sensation]

10. You Can't Kill the Rooster clip

http://www.neo-progressive.net/DavidSedaris-YouCantKilltheRooster.mp3

[skypilot]

12. I met him...

...when I worked at Borders and he came in for a reading. I have a picture of the two of us. I even had his address in France for a while. He sent a thank you letter to the events coordinator at Borders thanking her for the great treatment he'd gotten. One of the things he really appreciated was me showing him to our smoke deck. He is a great lover of smoking. He's also very cute in a young Woody Allen-ish sort of way.

[Deb]

13. He's sooo good

that my mind tries to make his written work sound exactly like he would read it. If you ever get a chance, go see him. I almost peed my pants from laughing so hard. :-)

[tridim]

14. Stranger's With Candy is coming to the big screen!

Oh how I love IMDB.. http://www.robertsdavid.com/development.htm

I didn't know Amy had a brother. I'm listening to his stuff as I type. :)

[Kathleen04]

15. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is great..

his book "Naked" is also very funny.. :)

I also read "Barrel Fever", which is mostly stories with essays in the back..I really like his essays, but his fictionalized stories..eh..not so much.

[Kat45]

16. A friend recommended him to me

but I haven't had a chance to check him out yet.

[rucky]

17. Barrel Fever is his best collection

also like his stuff on This American Life when he's on.

[Sufi Marmot]

18. "Casserole-wielding mastadon..."

"One might think Melinda Delvecchio is thoughtful and generous until they pull back the gleaming foil under which lies her hateful concoction of overcooked pasta stuffed with the synthetic downy fluff used to fill plush toys and cheap cushions".

"Later that afternoon I was confronted, once again, by that casserole-wielding mastadon, Melinda Delvecchio, who grew tearful when informed that I would sooner dine on carpet remnants than another of her foil-covered ethnic slurs." -from "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter" in Barrel Fever. That line always amuses me immensely...

And "Me Talk Pretty One Day" about learning French in Paris makes me laugh so hard that my sides hurt...

-SM

[Bunny]

19. He is one of the funniest guys around.

MTPOD has so many funny parts, I was especially cracked up by his description of his little brother calling his dad Hoss!

[buddhamama]

20. I've read his books

And listen to him regularly on This American Life.

He is a hoot. Love David Sedaris--my fav humorist.
Two stories that are particularly funny,
French Class and The Acting Bug.
Funny funny stuff.

[fishnfla]

23. Laugh out loud funny!

i wouldn't say he's the best ever, but damned funny nonetheless

[Bossy Monkey]

24. Go here, search "Santaland"

http://www.thislife.org/ Alas, you have to get RealAudio, or at least something that will play .ra files (preferred). But there you will find it.