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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
No way! Shel Silverstein sings? I'm only familiar with his childrens books.......say it ain't so, RWood! I've always thought his picture made him look like a degenerate but figured anyone who could write such wonderful thoughts had the soul of an angel......now tell me yet another cherished hero has gone by the wayside....
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Yes, he sang and wrote songs. I first encountered him as a regular cartoonist for Playboy, with a wonderfully twisted view of the world. One clascic bit was a sequence titled "Shel Silverstein Among the Hippies", where Shel visits San Francisco in the days of LSD and free love, and documents what he sees.
Such as Shel sitting on steps as his friend comes out the doorof the Free Clinic:
So what did the doc say?
She says I got it. And if I got it, that means Alice has it.
Yeah, and if Alice has it, Tom has it.
Well, if Tom has it, then Sarah has to have it.
If Sarah has it, then Glen has it.
Well, if Glen has it, then Judy has it.
Judy? Oh my God!
What's wrong?
I got it!
Ah, the good old days...
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Dennis