Dave Barry Was And Is The Class Clown

The Book Case

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dave Barry is one of the funniest writers alive, and he makes it look so easy. How and why does he do it? Enter Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass, his first and probably only memoir which is packed full of laugh out loud moments. It’s also peppered with thoughts on how he got through college, memories of his mother and father, his thoughts on life, people that hate him and where he comes up with his wacky ideas. We love talking with this man. Find out why by tuning in. Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's episode: Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass by Dave BarrySwamp Story by Dave BarryBig Trouble by Dave BarryBest State Ever by Dave BarryDave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States by Dave BarryLessons from Lucy by Dave BarryInsane City by Dave BarryDave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys by Dave BarryTricky Business by Dave BarryDave Barry Hits Below the Beltway by Dave BarryDave Barry is Not Taking This Sitting Down! by Dave BarryYou Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About by Dave BarryGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardBad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Brad Milkey. I'm the host of The Crime Scene Weekly, a new show from ABC Audio about the latest headlines in true crime.
0:08.6	This week, I'm talking about the shocking allegations against the Alexander brothers, once the golden boys of luxury real estate, now facing serious sex crime charges.
0:18.9	Listen to the Crime Scene Weekly on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.8	Hello, everybody.
0:35.2	It is Thursday.
0:36.2	It is the bookcase.
0:40.0	And today I'm really excited. We have a very happy, very funny bookcase, a very diversionary bookcase. And so you pick the right episode to
0:46.3	tune into for the first time or the right episode to reacquaint yourself with our brilliant
0:50.6	podcast. I am Kate Gibson and I guess the other guy should chime in, too.
0:56.1	Well, that's enough. We're ready to wrap it up. That's the full half hour. I'm Charlie Gibson,
1:02.1	Kate's father, and this is the bookcase with Kate and Charlie Gibson. This book this week is a diversion.
1:07.4	It's Dave Barry. Dave Barry is a simply stated a very funny man, and he has proven that
1:15.9	over years and years and years of columns written for the Miami Herald. His year-end summation
1:22.2	column is one of the funniest things ever when he goes back over the history of the year month by month.
1:28.7	But he's written so many books.
1:30.7	And this one, it's called Class Clown.
1:33.8	It is just out, How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up.
1:38.8	And he never has.
1:41.4	He has a wonderful childlike approach to humor, but in many respects, it's very, very good
1:48.2	social commentary. I just love what Barry has to write. And so if you're looking for a diversion,
1:54.1	if you're looking for something very different, that will make you laugh. And it made Kate laugh,
1:59.3	and it made me laugh. You want class clown by Dave Barry.
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