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Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene as Told to Lurma Rackley
Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene as Told to Lurma Rackley
Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene as Told to Lurma Rackley
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Ralph "Petey" Greene was a comic genius who spent years "clowning around" and spiraling to lifes lowest depths. Then he conned, rhymed and "speechified" his way to heights he hardly dared imagine, using lessons from his unconventional grandmother. On national tv with "Petey Greenes Washington," hed end with a signature rhyme ("Ill tell it to the hot, Ill tell it to the cold, Ill tell it the young, Ill tell it to the old ...") that had viewers asking, "Who IS this man?" LAUGH answers and introduces two characters destined to capture hearts.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateDec 10, 2003
ISBN9781465331199
Laugh If You Like, Ain't a Damn Thing Funny: The Life Story of Ralph ''Petey'' Greene as Told to Lurma Rackley
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Lurma Rackley

Lurma Rackley spent most of her professional career in Washington, DC, where she met Petey Greene. In the early ‘80s, Petey asked her to write his life story. He died shortly after they finished recording, leaving Lurma with an unforgettable story of a timeless love between a boy and his grandmother. Lurma works as Director of Public Relations for the humanitarian organization CARE. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and was Press Secretary to Washington, DC’s mayor in 1989 and 1990. Lurma writes a monthly column for Sister2Sister magazine. She lives in Atlanta and has one son, Rumal Rackley.

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