Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene As Told to Lurma Rackley - Couverture rigide

Rackley, Lurma

 
9781413432893: Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene As Told to Lurma Rackley

Synopsis

Ralph "Petey" Greene was a comic genius who spent years "clowning around" and spiraling to life's lowest depths. Then he conned, rhymed, and "speechified" his way to heights he hardly dared imagine, using lessons from his unconventional grandmother. He gained national recognition with "Petey Greene's Washington," on cable (BET), and when he signed off with, "I'll tell it to the hot, I'll tell it to the cold, I'll tell it to the young, I'll tell it to the old, I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin' ...," viewers asked, "Who IS this man?"

Laugh ... answers and introduces two characters destined to capture hearts.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ralph "Petey" Greene was a comic genius who spent years "clowning around" and spiraling to life¿s lowest depths. Then he conned, rhymed and "speechified" his way to heights he hardly dared imagine, using lessons from his unconventional grandmother. On nat

Biographie de l'auteur

Lurma Rackley spent most of her professional career in Washington, DC, where she met Petey Greene. In the early '80s, Petey asked her to write his life story. He died shortly after they finished recording, leaving Lurma with an unforgettable story of a ti

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9781413432886: Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene as told to Lurma Rackley

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1413432883 ISBN 13 :  9781413432886
Editeur : Xlibris, 2007
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