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Danny Tyree Biography
Controversial author Harlan Ellison once described the work of Danny Tyree as “wonkily extrapolative” and said Tyree’s mind “works like a demented cuckoo clock.”
Ellison was speaking primarily of Tyree’s 1983-2000 stint on the “Dan T’s Inferno” column for “Comics Buyer’s Guide” hobby magazine, but the description would also fit his weekly “Tyree’s Tyrades” column for mainstream newspapers.
Inspired by Dave Barry, Al “Li’l Abner” Capp, Lewis Grizzard, David Letterman, and “Saturday Night Live,” “Tyree’s Tyrades” has been taking a humorous look at politics and popular culture since 1998.
Tyree has written on topics as varied as Rent-A-Friend.com, the Lincoln bicentennial, “Woodstock At 40,” worm ranching, the Vatican conference on extraterrestrials, violent video games, synthetic meat, the decline of soap operas, robotic soldiers, the nation’s first marijuana café, Sen. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst at President Obama, Internet addiction, “Is marriage obsolete?,” electronic cigarettes, 8-minute sermons, early puberty, the Civil War sesquicentennial, Arizona’s immigration law, the 50th anniversary of the Andy Griffith Show, armed teachers, “Are women smarter than men?,” Archie Andrews’ proposal to Veronica, 2012 and the Mayan calendar, ACLU school lawsuits, cutbacks at ABC News, and the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon.
Tyree generated a particular buzz on the Internet with his column spoofing real-life Christian nudist camps.
Most of the editors carrying “Tyree’s Tyrades” keep it firmly in place on the opinion page, but the column is very versatile. It can also anchor the lifestyles section or float throughout the paper.
Nancy Brewer, assistant editor of the “Lawrence County (TN) Advocate” says she “really appreciates” what Tyree contributes to the paper. Tyree has appeared in Tennesee newspapers continuously since 1998.
Tyree is a lifelong small-town southerner. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications. In addition to writing the weekly “Tyree’s Tyrades,” he writes freelance articles for MegaBucks Marketing of Elkhart, Indiana.
Tyree wears many hats (but still falls back on that lame comb-over). He is a warehousing and communications specialist for his hometown farmers cooperative, a church deacon, a comic book collector, a husband (wife Melissa is a college biology teacher), and a late-in-life father. (Six-year-old son Gideon frequently pops up in the columns.)
Bringing the formerly self-syndicated “Tyree’s Tyrades” to Cagle Cartoons is part of Tyree’s mid-life crisis master plan. Look for things to get even crazier if you use his columns.
Danny Tyree welcomes e-mail at tyreetyrades@aol.com.
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5/22/2013 Needed Federal Control of Garage Sales
5/15/2013 United Nations To U.S.: 'Eat A Bug'
5/8/2013 Armed Rebellion In America By 2018
5/1/2013 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Nation
4/26/2013 RIP George Jones
4/24/2013 Superman Turns 75: Did You Notice?
4/17/2013 Are You Part Of A Zero TV Household?
4/10/2013 Rest In Peace Roxanne Tyree (1995-2013)
4/3/2013 Victoria's Secret Age-Appropriate Fun And You
3/27/2013 Hey, Is That Butterfly Spying On You?
3/20/2013 Why Can't Every Day Be Like Easter?
3/13/2013 Needed: A Break From Pollsters
3/6/2013 Candy Capitulation: Say It Ain't So
2/27/2013 Internet Piracy: Is The Free Ride Over?
2/20/2013 Sherlock Holmes And My Personal Shame
2/13/2013 Voluntary Retirement: Can You Take A Hint
2/6/2013 So God Made A Farmer: The Sequel
1/30/2013 Smoking Penalties? What About Other Obamacare Surprises?
1/23/2013 Say 'Yabba Dabba Don't' To Neanderthal Clones
1/17/2013 Spelling Bees: They Need Your S-U-P-P-O-R-T
1/9/2013 Is It Time To Repeal Presidential Term Limits?
1/2/2013 Minimum Wage: The Wizard of Oz Approach
12/26/2012 School Condom Dispensers: Do They Pass The Test?
12/19/2012 2013 Resolution: Be A Responsible Pet Owner
12/12/2012 Christmas: Has It Really Changed Over The Years?
12/5/2012 The Mayan Calendar, The End Of The World And You
11/28/2012 Angus T Jones, Filth and Boundless Opportunities
11/20/2012 #GivingTuesday. November 27. Be There.
11/14/2012 Seceding From The Union 2012 Style
11/7/2012 The President Ate My Homework!
10/31/2012 At Last: Veterans Day Comes To TV
10/24/2012 A Snooze Alarm For The Female Biological Clock?
10/17/2012 Halloween Will Never Be The Same
10/10/2012 Protestant Decline: Forever Versus Whatever
10/3/2012 Needed A Moratorium On Punditry
9/26/2012 Columbus Day: Time To Abandon Ship?
9/19/2012 2030: Will Your State Be The Fattest?
9/12/2012 Texas Speed Limit: Cause For Envy Or Alarm?
9/5/2012 Medical Marijuana: Coming In The Fall Y'all?
8/29/2012 Are You Ready For Immortality?
8/22/2012 Conservatives, Let's Save PBS!
8/15/2012 Warning: Businesses Blowing Hot Air
8/9/2012 Needed: More Curiosity On Earth (Not Just Mars)
8/1/2012 Distracted Pedestrians: Can They Be Saved?
7/25/2012 Ending Politics As We Know It
7/18/2012 Coming Soon: A Shortage of Olympic Athletes?
7/12/2012 The Internet, Mental Illness And You
7/5/2012 Hey, Teacher, Leave Them Kids' (Sunscreen) Alone!
6/27/2012 Heads Up: Remember National "Pay Attention Day"
6/20/2012 Independence Day: It Gets Worse
6/13/2012 One Town's War On Profanity
6/7/2012 Father's Day: A Survival Guide
5/30/2012 Needed: Super-Heroes For The Rest Of Us
5/23/2012 Mr Sandman, Bring Me A Dream Director's Chair
5/16/2012 Sugar: Does It Make You Dumb?
5/9/2012 Should College Football Be Abolished?
5/2/2012 Mother's Day No Ifs Ands or Buts
4/25/2012 There's Gold In Them Thar Asteroids!
4/18/2012 Older Drivers: Should They Be Tested?
4/11/2012 Rethinking "Rethinking Heaven"
4/4/2012 A Naked Face In The Crowd
3/29/2012 Titanic: 100 Years And Still Fascinating
3/21/2012 Home Alone: The Trend, Not The Movie
3/14/2012 Doonesbury, Abortion And Stuff Like That
3/7/2012 Museum of Government Waste
2/29/2012 Girl Scouts USA: A 100th Birthday Salute
2/22/2012 Are You Ready For Test-Tube Meat?
2/15/2012 Should Students Be Paid To Attend School?
2/8/2012 The US Constitution: That's So 225 Years Ago!
2/1/2012 Coming Soon: Term Limits For Employees
1/25/2012 Mom, Dad: The "Choking Game"ť Must Be Stopped
1/18/2012 Childhood Obesity, George Orwell And You
1/11/2012 USDA Cuts: Gentlemen Start Your Salmonella?
1/4/2012 NBC's Today Show Celebrating 60 Years
12/28/2011 Online Gambling: Don't Bet The Farmville
12/21/2011 Potential Alzheimer's Drug: The Dark Underbelly
12/14/2011 Merry Christmas: The Skirmish Dissected
12/7/2011 Postal Service: Cuts Return To Sender?
11/30/2011 Santa Claus: And That's The Truth
11/23/2011 Newt Gingrich Child Labor and You
11/16/2011 Beating The Stuffing Out Of Thanksgiving
11/9/2011 Lobbyists Boon or Menace?
11/2/2011 Veterans Day: Is It Enough?
10/26/2011 Secondhand Smoke, Meet Secondhand TV
10/19/2011 Celebrities : Their Childhood Halloween Antics
10/12/2011 Save Our College Radio Stations
10/5/2011 I Love Lucy Turns 60
9/28/2011 Build It And They Will Expectorate
9/21/2011 Restaurant Playgrounds :The Sordid Truth
9/14/2011 The Buck (Nakedness) Stops Here
9/7/2011 Should The Law Stand Up For Ugly People?
8/31/2011 September 11: A Lesson Worth Learning
8/24/2011 Labor Day: Can It Be Saved?
8/17/2011 Hey Lone Ranger: Don't Be A Stranger
8/10/2011 Back To School: Opportunities and Dangers
8/3/2011 Save Our Small Towns
7/27/2011 Dr Frankenstein, Your Zoo Is Ready
7/20/2011 Book Lover's Lament: Closing The Wrong Borders
7/13/2011 Captain America: Old Glory Or New Glory?
7/6/2011 Physician Pinch Thyself: Doctors And Long Hours
6/29/2011 Are You Revved Up For Driverless Cars?
6/22/2011 Pentagon Pipedream? Beating Swords Into Starships
6/15/2011 Should College Athletes Be Paid?
6/8/2011 Father’s Day: It’s Complicated
6/1/2011 Voter Woes: Plenty of Blame To Go Around
5/26/2011 The Unemployed: Kick 'Em While They're Down?
5/18/2011 Stephen Hawking Heaven-Sent For Satirists
5/12/2011 Ban Tanning for Teens
5/4/2011 Look Away! Columnist Decimates The Civil War
4/27/2011 Mother's Day A Closer Look
4/20/2011 Boys Will Be ... Something
4/13/2011 Easter : It's Later Than You Think
4/6/2011 Raining on Prom Night
3/30/2011 He Ain't Heavy He's My Tax Liability
3/23/2011 That Comic Book Cost How Much?
3/16/2011 Killing Me Softly With Your Kibble
3/9/2011 Saint Patrick's Day: Blarney and Friends
3/2/2011 March Madness Not a Slam Dunk?
2/23/2011 Fired Up About Lost Arts
2/16/2011 Those That Can't Evolve - Teach?
2/9/2011 Time To Stop Building Prisons?
2/2/2011 Valentine Trivia : The Untold Story
1/26/2011 Hey, Tiger Moms:Second Place Happens!
1/20/2011 Pachyderms Of A Certain Age
1/13/2011 Tucson Overreaction : Putting Wimpiness In The Crosshairs
1/4/2011 King James Bible at 400 : Having Archaic And Reading It, Too
12/28/2010 Save Our Science Fairs
12/22/2010 Baby Boom Turn 65
12/17/2010 The Ghost of Christmas Pageants Past
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