Loved this letter and also Jude Law's rendition of it. Also, that wonderful bit of doggeral has been handed down to other storytellers, poets, and reconteurs. Waddie Mitchell, a famed cowboy poet, told that story at the Sierra Nevada Storytelling Festival many years ago. That's when I first heard it. So much fun to heard it again. Thank you, Shaun.
Shaun Usher: HILARIOUS!
Reading the Fred Allen script was a treat.
And then: OMG! Jude Law has the PATENT on this performance!
Whew!
Thank you for sharing!
Loved this letter and also Jude Law's rendition of it. Also, that wonderful bit of doggeral has been handed down to other storytellers, poets, and reconteurs. Waddie Mitchell, a famed cowboy poet, told that story at the Sierra Nevada Storytelling Festival many years ago. That's when I first heard it. So much fun to heard it again. Thank you, Shaun.
I could barely get through that letter, with the tears streaming down my face from laughter.
What an amazingly hilarious letter
Hilarious.
Thank you so much for the laughter from this letter.
Made my day!
"I am not to be skinned by either barrel or/and and insurance company."😂
A classic for sure. There's also "The Sick Note" version, here from The Dubliners, https://youtu.be/2WWZDLJd128?si=SLb24dFrCVpnnlIj.