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Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

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5.0 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Sean recalls a memorable trip to the land of Andy Griffith. 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 Diges...

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0:33.0	Sean South starts now.
0:57.6	Yeah. South starts now. Mount Erie.
1:03.0	The Earl Theater was crowded, and the room smelled like popcorn,
1:07.3	and I was on stage shaking my butt at North Carolina.
1:14.5	I don't mean to say I was shaking behind parts metaphorically, but worse, I was actually shaking my butt, namely, because derrier shaking is an important element in the one-man train wreck
1:20.8	I perform in theaters throughout the country.
1:24.3	So anyway, there I was, gyrating my natiform before an audience, when I had a moment of supernatural
1:30.7	awareness.
1:31.4	How did I get here and what career path led me to this pivotal moment?
1:38.0	Why am I on stage before several hundred shaking my fundaments?
1:42.8	Laph's, baby. That's why.
1:46.3	"'I will do anything for laughs, especially on stage,
1:50.1	"'and I would do a lot worse than shake my cullet
1:52.0	"'if it guaranteed a laugh.
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