Anybody remember Shel Silverstein?

[Mr. Goodbytes]

As a child, you probably read Where the Sidewalk Ends or one of his other books like The Giving Tree or A Light in the Attic. Well a friend of mine found some more of his works published in Playboy back in the 60's. Don't worry, they're clean. Perhaps a little suggestive sometimes, but good enough for kids to read.

http://www.banned-width.com/shel/wor...oy/kc/kc1.html

http://www.banned-width.com/shel/wor...y/abz/abz.html

http://www.banned-width.com/shel/wor...thergoose.html

There's a few more, but these are great!!

[Gomer]

Beware of the sharped tooth snail!!!!!

[phenious]

Maybe God should turn out the light....

-: phenious :-

[vass0922]

hehe yeah I heard about that too, pretty funny he used to write for playboy and then wrote for children
Ah well, people change over time
Still loved his stories

[osprey4]

He died not that long ago. My son, now 14, still remembers his poetry from preschool days.

[Knothead]

Thank You, Mr. GoodBytes!

I used to read Shel Silverstein in those very issues as a kid, and shoot, I turned out K.O.!!

Silverstein's association with Playboy preceded even those little gems, which would appear in the magazine .

In the '50's, he'd travel the world, and send back hilarious written and illustrated essays, which appeared from about 1956 to 1959. Then he adopted the "Uncle Shelby" persona, and (happily) corrupted an entire generation!

Remember his songs?

[Theophylact]

Remember his songs?

Oh, yes: Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh, now there was a great one:

http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/thigh.html

[Knothead]

Hee, hee!

And then there was....
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout...
Who would not take the garbage out...

Rest In Peace, Shel...

[Tomteriffic]

Uncle Shelby put out a pile of recordings of his "really not for children, I mean REALLY not for children" songs. Hard to find them but an anthology that I last saw was still in print was called "All I Got".

Let's also remember that Shel wrote just about everything that Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show ever put out. (Cover of The Rolling Stone, Freakin' At The Freakers Ball, Sylvia's Mother, etc.)

I once had the extreme pleasure of stumbling onto what was supposed to be a one hour live interview on a local FM radio station. It turned into an entire afternoon of inspired Silverstein madness. I was transfixed and I'll never forget Shel reciting Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (amongs others) live on the raydeeoh.

[Knothead]

I have a recording of his, in which Shel intro'd the song by saying, "well, there's this tradition in blues songs where the guy is talking up his prowess, you know, I'm the seventh son of the seventh son, I can do all kindsa jazz to a chick...I'm gonna tie you to my big brass bed...and all that...

But I don't believe it, I think chicks get turned off by all that kinda stuff...but...I wrote this song anyway....

Just in case it works..."

He then performed a hilarious piece called I'm So Good, That I Don't Have To Brag"....

I'm LMAO just thinkin' bout it....