- Liar's Club Records.
- With Bill Armstrong, Bill Berry, Larry Hovis, Dick Gautier. 'What IS this thing'? In this - the second iteration of the syndicated game show, panelists were presented with an odd or unfamiliar object, and each had to tell a story about what the thing was. One panelist told the truth, while the others told more-or-less convincing lies. Contestants tried to win points by deciding which panelist.
“Overflows with sparkling wit and humor… Truth beats powerfully at the heart of this dazzling memoir.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
“Elegiac and searching… her toughness of spirit, her poetry, her language, her very voice are the agents of rebirth on this difficult, hard-earned journey.” (New York Times Book Review)
“Karr lovingly retells [her parents’] best lies and drunken extravagances with an ear for bar-stool phraseology and a winking eye for image. The revelations continue to the final page, with a misleading carelessness as seductive as any world-class liar’s.” (The New Yorker)
“Bold, blunt, and cinematic… nothing short of superb.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“An astonishing memoir of a ferociously loving and dysfunctional family… Karr uses the rich cadence of the region and poetic images to shape her wrenching story.” (People)
The Liar’s Club Posted on October 20, 2009 November 16, 2015 by adam Update 2013: the number of axe murders said to take place in this bar seems to go up every Halloween.
This illustration by John Schmelzer appeared in the December 1986 issue of Ford Times.
The Year 2020 Again Has Us Bumfuzzled
Our winner accidentally sent us a submission and then denied writing it. The horse was out of the barn by the time we found out. The club officials had never heard the story before and it made us laugh. We need more of that these days.
Congratulations to Daryl Lockwood of Waupaca, the club’s first triple winner. Daryl previously won in 2013 and 2019. Daryl came up with what we believe was the first at-home Covid-19 test as he submitted this whopper in August.
“. . . Take a glass and pour a decent dram of your favorite whisky (gin or rum) into it; then see if you an smell it. If you can you are halfway there; then drink it and if you can taste it, it is reasonable to assume you are currently free of the virus. I tested myself nine times last night and was virus free every time, thank goodness.
I will have to test myself again today though, as I have developed a headache which may also be a symptom.”
Honorable Mention in no particular order,
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Chuck Goldstein of Janesville, WI
“I’m always jealous of my brother-in-law in Michigan because he’s an hour ahead of us, he always knows the outcome of the Packer game before I do.”
Dave Hildebrand of Rice Lake, WI
“I’m so old that when I was born the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was just a trio.”
Gerard Vail of Chicago, IL
“Our little league team was so bad, the opposing coach would tell his players, “hit ‘em where they are.” ”
Shad Branen of Burlington, WI
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“2020 has been a disappointing year in many ways. My entry to the Liars Club didn’t even win.”
It’s not too early to enter for next year, simply email your entries to championlies@gmail.com (please include contact information) or address them to The Burlington Liars Club, P.O. Box 156, Burlington, WI 53105.
The Liars' Club A Memoir
If you or someone you know would like to become an official card carrying member of the Burlington Liars’ Club, include $1 for each membership along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.