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Sean of the South

Green Envy

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The grass is always greener... To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and his co...

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0:33.2

Green Envy

0:34.3

You want to see somebody ugly?

0:38.1

said my grandfather.

0:39.5

Go look in the mirror.

0:41.4

Me?

0:42.1

I said, oh yeah.

0:44.2

You're green ugly with jealousy.

0:46.0

You should see yourself.

0:48.0

Well, it was difficult not to be envious.

0:51.2

I had a friend who'd become famous overnight.

0:55.7

In fact, I can't even tell you who he is because you'd recognize him, and then I'd turn all ugly again, and I just took a shower.

1:01.7

See, my friend started out as a rural boy like me. He wore boots, fed chickens, climbed trees,

1:07.4

and made slingshots from old cattle bones. And then, at age 12, he landed a roll on

1:12.6

television and skyrocketed to stardom. And when that happened, I became jealous, and thus,

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