Dave Barry FAQ
Michael Steele
for Roger Lai as the new "Keeper of the FAQ" for this newsgroup.
What follows is the Frequently Asked Question List in it's present condition.
It hasn't been updated for a while, so please help me out by looking for
things left out, or out of date material. Please reply by e-mail to
mst...@eng.umd.edu .
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This is the Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ) for the Usenet Newsgroup
alt.fan.dave.barry. This list was last updated 11/29/92.
Please send Corrections, Additions, or Suggestions to:
Mike Steele (mst...@eng.umd.edu)
Alert Reader
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Who is this Dave Barry guy?
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*Syndicated Columnist
*Pulitzer Prize winning humorist
*all-round nice guy
*NOT the auto writer for Vogue, who is David Barry
*NOT* the character from the BBC radio show The Archers
*Leader of the Urban Professionals
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Where Can I FTP/Get Dave's Articles?
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Dave Barry is a Professional Writer. His job is, I'm not making this up,
to sit around playing flight simulation games until a thought hits him
(usually just before deadline), write it down, then send it in to his
editor. His articles are not in the public domain. For more info on how to
subscribe to Dave's articles on "the Net", or where to find Dave's
articles, see the lists below.
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To Write to Dave: (and get your very own postcard reply from Dave)
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Dave Barry
c/o Tropic Magazine
Miami Herald
1 Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
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Books -
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Bad Habits
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
Dave Barry Turns 40
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry Slept Here
Babies and Other Hazards of Sex (a translation is sold in Spain)
Claw Your Way to the Top.
Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex.
Homes and Other Black Holes.
The Taming of the Screw.
Dave Barry's Guide to Life.(It includes "Children", "Marriage",
"Stay Fit", and "Claw")
Dave Barry Talks Back
Dave Barry Does Japan
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Books on Audio (read by Dave himself!)
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Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
Dave Barry Slept Here
Claw Your Way to the Top
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Shameless Merchandising:
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Dave Barry Daily Calendar
Dave Barry For President Bumper Sticker
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TV/Radio Appearances
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Garrison Keillor's ARC show twice; don't know dates.
Larry King Live radio talk show, 6/10/91
CNN's Larry King show later that week
NPR's "All Things Considered" ; interview with Linda Werthimer (sp)
just before New Hampshire Primary
C-Span addressing National Press Club Banquet (before 7/91)
Tonight Show, ???
Late Night With David Letterman?
Dave appeared on Good Morning America, interviewed w/Joan Lunden
A whole lot of different shows in Fall/Winter of 1992 following the release
of _Dave Barry Does Japan_. Not sure of specific dates.
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Articles ABOUT Dave
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People (over the summer? article about Dave's Presidential bid)
Newsweek
L.A. Times, October 24, 1991, E1, 8
L.A. Times,
Playboy, May 1990
Rolling Stone (no. 634/635), July 9/23 1992,Photograph & note about Dave,
p. 13
Funny Times, October 1989, interview w/ DB
(by Lewis Burke Frumkes and reprinted
from ARETE Magazine [all caps on ARETE],
July/August 1989)
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Dave Barry: No Joke.", December 15, 1991, Sunday
magazine
According to Alert Reader Jon Reeves(ree...@decvax.dec.com):
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Here's a list of articles about Dave that I'm aware of:
"Loon Over Miami: The On-Target Humor of Dave Barry", Peter Richmond,
New York Times Magazine, Sept. 23, 1990, p. 44, 64-7, 95
"He Can't Make This Up", Harry F. Waters, Newsweek December 16 1991
"Strange Bedfellow", Michael Neill and Don Sider, People, July 8 1991
--several issues of The News of Boca Raton: Kate McClare's column
covered his presidential campaign
"Family Portrait: Barry Funny", Michael Kiefer, Ladies Home Journal,
October 1990
Playboy Interview, Fred Bernstein, Playboy, April? 1990
"Madcap Airs All", Jesse Birnbaum, Time, July 3, 1989, p. 68
*Many* locations around July 20 1988: news reports about "People With
Boxes On Their Heads" at the Democratic convention (one of whom
was Dave).
"Florida Funnyman Dave Barry Offers Sexpert Advice on Lust, Love, Bed
and Boredom", Laurel Tielis, People, March 14 1988 p. 14
"2-4-6-8 he doesn't want to renovate!", Fred Bernstein, Metropolitan
Home Oct. 1990 p. 58
"Dave Barry's barbs: The ripening of a humorist", Linda Matchan, The
Boston Globe, October 15, 1987, p. 77ff
"Out of the sewage: Dave Barry used to report on waste treatment, but
found that writing humor was more fun", David O'Reilly,
Philadelphia Inquirer, around December 19, 1986
"The World According To Dave Barry", Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune Sunday
Magazine, September 22, 1985
"Barry's 'habit' is making people laugh", author unknown, Colorado
Springs Gazette Telegraph, around April 27, 1985
And some periodicals that have printed at least one Dave column (some
of these are reprints of his weekly column or book excerpts, but not
all; those that are known to have published original material marked
with an asterisk):
American Baby
*The American Spectator
Cosmopolitan
*Glamour
Men's Health
*Men's Life [Oct/Nov 1990, the only issue]
Modern Maturity (!)
*New Shelter
*New York Times Review of Books
*People
*Playboy
Reader's Digest
Rolling Stone
*Saturday Evening Post
Utne Reader
*Video Review
Dave also wrote the foreword to "Why Things Are: Answers to
Every Essential Question in Life", by Joel Achenbach -- Ballantine, ISBN
0-345-36224-1.
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Dave's Articles:
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MIAMI HERALD
Ted Goldblatt writes,
"his "normal" column is found in Tropic, which is the sunday
magazine. assorted other items show up periodically, scattered
around the paper (national news - probably most of these are
also made available to the syndicators, local news - i would
guess no one but us sees these, and sports seem to be the most
common). i don't know from down here how much of what dave writes
beyond the sunday columns is seen by the rest of the world; it's
sorta funky that he's "just" another columnist for the local paper!"
INTERNET (ClariNet Service)
You can subscribe to Dave Barry via either e-mail or NEWS through
ClariNet. According to their propaganda, "ClariNet publishes over 150
newsgroups of wireservice and syndicated information. For full info, write
to in...@clarinet.com for an info packet." I'd like to include more info
here, but I think it's probably best that you contact ClariNet and get
their latest info file.
FOR INFO
in...@clarinet.com
or
order...@clarinet.com
TO ORDER
Phone: 1-800-USE-NETS
Non-US: 1-408-296-0366
Email: order-...@clarinet.com
EVERYWHERE
Comic Relief Magazine, a monthly magazine, publishes several Dave articles
a month. Here their address. (thanks to Tony Salerno for the subscription
info)
Comic Relief Subscriptions
P.O. Box 6606
Eureka, CA 95502
Voice:(707)443-2820
Fax: (707)445-0270
1 year - $24.75
2 year - $45.75
3 year - $64.75
According to Michael Jenkinson, their international rates are:
US $35 for 12 issues
US $65 for 24 issues
One Dave Barry column a month appears in the monthly humor newspaper
The Funny Times. Subscriptions are $17.50 for one year, $28.50 for two
years; foreign subs add $10/year.
The Funny Times,
P.O. Box 18530
Cleveland Hts., OH 44118
phone: (216)371-8600.
EUROPE (and other places overseas)
International Herald Tribune, back page of the Sat/Sun issue
Stars and Stripes, European Edition, Sundays
CANADA
Montreal Gazette, Sundays
"Sunday Daily News," Nova Scotia, Matinee section?
Edmonton Journal, Sunday, `Life' section usually
Toronto Star, Sundays, `People' section
Winnipeg Free Press, Mondays, Tempo section
AUSTRALIA
The Newcastle Morning Herald, occaisional
Sydney Morning Herald
---IN THE U.S.---
ALABAMA
Huntsville, The Huntsville Times, Sunday, Life Section
ARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), Monday, Accent section.
Phoenix Republic, Sunday, Lifestyles
Arizona Republic
Arizona State University State Press, Thursday-same as precious Sunday from
Arizona Republic, with illustration.
CALIFORNIA
Santa Barbara News Press, Monday (usually - sometimes Tuesday or ??)
"The Times" -- San Mateo, CA (Bay area) on Mondays
Sunday Mercury News, San Jose, CA, West section, Back Page
Times Advocate, Escondido, CA on Saturdays.
Orange County Register, Saturday, Accent Section
San Diego Union-Tribune, Saturdays in the 'Currents' section
The Daily Breeze, various L.A. suburbs, Sunday, 2nd to last page of front
section
Santa Monica's Evening Outlook, Sunday (uses Sunday Daily Breeze as Sunday
edition)
The Press Enterprise, Riverside County, Wednesday
San Luis Obispo, Telegram_Tribune, Sunday _Focus_
Glendale Daily News, Sunday, Life Section
Marin IJ, Marin Country
COLORADO
Denver Post, Sunday, Contemporary Section, pg.6
Boulder Daily Camera, Sundays, Back of Today Section
Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Sunday
FLORIDA
THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT,Sunday "Lifestyles" section (less editing than
Wash. Post)
Miami Herald, see blurb above
Ocala Star-Banner, friday, Parade section
Jascksonville, Florida Times-Union, Sunday, Lifestyles
St. Petersburg Times, Sunday, Floridian section
Orlando Sentinel, Monday, Style Section, bottom of p.1
Central Florida Future, University of Central Florida, Tuesdays in fall &
spring,
Wednesdays in the summer.
GEORGIA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sundays
Augusta Chronicle/Herald, Sundays, "Lifestyles" section
IDAHO
The Idaho Statesman, Mondays, the bottom of the front page
of the Daybreak section.
ILLINOIS
Peoria (Illinois) Journal Star. Sundays, back page of the Sports(2-3 weeks
ahead of Chicago tribune)
Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Magazine
Champaign Urbana News Gazett, Sunday Magazine
INDIANA
Idianapolis Star, Mondays
The Muncie Star, Muncie, Sunday
Indiana Daily Student (IU-Bloomington) on Thursdays, the Opinion Page.
IOWA
Des Moines Register, Monday, opinions/editorial section
The Iowa State Daily, ISU, Ames IA, Mondays, opinion page
MAINE
Bangor Daily News, weekend edition
MARYLAND
The Capitol - Annapolis, Md. On the weekend..
The Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, Md. "The Sun Magazine"
MASSACHUSETTS
"The Boston Globe",Sundays, same sec. as "Confidential Chat"
Springfield Sunday Republican, Spfd. Mass
The Lawerence Eagle Tribune, Sunday
MICHIGAN
Detroit News/Free Press-- Every Sunday in the "Detroit Free Press Magazine"
Kalamazoo Gazette, Saturday
MINNESOTA
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, Op-ed pages
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg American
NEW HAMPSHIRE
"The Keene Sentinel" -- Keene, NH on Mondays
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press, Monmouth County, Sunday Panorama Section(usually p. 2)
Paterson, New Jersey--"The Herld and News" usually with MacNealy drawing.
Bergen Record (Bergen County, N.J.)
The News Tribune, section D, Sunday
The Home News, (New Brunswick)Sundays, "Living" section.
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Journal, Saturday, Trends section, Front Page
NEW YORK
Rochester Democrat & Cronicle-"People"aka"C" section ; page 3, top.
Tuesdays.
Buffalo News--"Buffalo News Magazine", Sundays
Rockland County (NY) Journal-News
New York Daily News
Albany Times Union
The Cornell Daily Sun
NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro (NC) News & Record, Sunday, Life section
Ashville Citizen-Times, Sunday
Charlotte Observer, Sunday
News & Observer (Raleigh and other parts of NC), Sunday, Section E "Sunday"
OHIO
The Dayton Daily News - Mondays lifestyle section. Usually on the front
page
Columbus, Ohio--"The Columbus Dispatch", Sunday.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Tempo section
Akron: The Beacon Journal, Sunday, "Beacon Magazine"
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World, Living Section, "typically towards the middle"
Sunday Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Muskogee Phoenix?
McAlester News-Capital?
OREGON
Portland, Oregonian, Sunday, Northwest Living II
Portland, This Week (weekly shopper-type magazine), usually Tuesdays
Corvallis Gazette-Times, Sunday Accent section
Eugene Register-Guard, Mondays
PENNSYLVANIA
Pensylvania State College Centre Daily Times, Sundays
The Times Leader
Philadelphia Daily News, Tuesdays, w/Jeff MacNelly's cartoons
Philadelphia Inquirer, (occaisionally) Inquirer Magazine
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Greensburg Tribune-Review, Greensburg, PA, Focus section
Harrisburg Patriot News, Sunday, Living section
Erie Times News, Sundays, p. 2 of magazine section
York Daily Record, Mondays, Living section
The Lancaster New Era, Thursdays
RHODE ISLAND
Providence Journal-Bulletin, Sunday edition
SOUTH CARLOINA
The State (Columbia), Sundays, p.2E
TEXAS
San Antonio Light
Dallas Morning News, Sunday, Today section
Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle, Lifestyle section?
Austin American Statesman, Sunday, Lifestyles section
Houston Chronicle, Sunday, Texas Section
UTAH
Deseret News, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday's "Today" section "first page
of People and Places"
Utah Statesman (Utah State University ), Monday, p.4 (not in summer)
VIRGINIA
Daily Press, Newport News, VA
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond
Virginian-Pilot/Ledger Star (southeastern Virginia), Tidewater Living
section
published in Norfolk
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times, Mondays, on the editorial page (with cartoons)
Bellingham Herald, Monday evenings, lifestyle section
(a house was attacked by bread dough in Bellingham--alert reader Rob)
Spokesman Review,Thursdays
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Mondays
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington Post, Sunday "Washington Post Magazine" last page before inside
back cover, occaisional bonus columns in daily Style section (mid-week
reports during election)
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee Journal--magazine section, Sundays (last page)
STEPH
Just nitpicking here, but under places to find "The Man's" work, you listed
this newspaper... It closed down *sniff* about 2 weeks ago...
>TEXAS
>San Antonio Light
Mourn the passing of yet ANOTHER 2-paper town, folks.
Stephanie
Brett B. Doehr
|> Just nitpicking here, but under places to find "The Man's" work, you listed
|> this newspaper... It closed down *sniff* about 2 weeks ago...
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|> >TEXAS
|> >San Antonio Light
Hmm, San Antonio "Light"? Did it have one-third fewer pages than
San Antonio's other paper, but with the same great news? 8-)}
(Sorry, I thought that someone who loses Dave access could use
some emergency relief humor, even if a poor replacement.)
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