Angela's Ashes
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Cat...
It was mentioned in passing as an example of a book written by a person who had a tough childhood, in contrast to the often idealized lives seen on screen.
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we had the author Frank McCord on, who's this great Irish writer who wrote Angela's Ashes and he talks about his terrible upbringing and literally being impoverished and he'd written these amazing wor...
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It was mentioned in passing as an example of a book written by a person who had a tough childhood, in contrast to the often idealized lives seen on screen.
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we had the author Frank McCord on, who's this great Irish writer who wrote Angela's Ashes and he talks about his terrible upbringing and literally being impoverished and he'd written these amazing works about his really tough childhood in Ireland in like the 1930s and 40s.
It was used as an example of how even in the face of a terrible father, a child can still find and honor the good within them, separating the positive from the negative aspects of a person.
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I read this book by Frank McCourt called Angela's Ashes and in that book he talks about his father back in Ireland they were very poor Irish family and his father was a absolutely unrepentant alcoholi...
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It was used as an example of how even in the face of a terrible father, a child can still find and honor the good within them, separating the positive from the negative aspects of a person.
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I read this book by Frank McCourt called Angela's Ashes and in that book he talks about his father back in Ireland they were very poor Irish family and his father was a absolutely unrepentant alcoholic who drank up every cent the family ever made and had many many children number of whom develop very serious illnesses as a consequence of the poverty induced by the father's drinking and some of whom died and Frank had the wisdom even as a young man to sort of divide his father into two parts there was sober useful productive encouraging morning father and then there was nighttime in binge father and he did everything he could to extract out the encouraging patriarchal spirit from the best that his father had to offer.
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It was brought up by Jordan Peterson as an example of a complex relationship with a destructive parent, where the child focuses on the positive aspects despite the overall negativity.
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I read this book by Frank McCourt called 'Angela's Ashes'.
And 'Angela's Ashes' is a tremendous book and Frank McCourt is a brilliant writer.
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It is a book about a young boy's experience with his father, who was a recalcitrant alcoholic. The father was portrayed as having good qualities in the morning when he was sober, and bad qualities in the evening when he was drunk.
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I remember reading Angela's ashes great book by Frank McCourt and his dad was a recalcitrant alcoholic who drank the family's livelihood in health away it was awful.
Bill Burr mentioned the book 'Angela's Ashes' while discussing Tom Brady's appearance, implying it had aged like the main character in the book.
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Anyway, I fucking missed all the football...He looks like that that guy in blink 182 now. I feel like if he played out that Thomas the long Angela's ashes angels in the outfield
— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 9-12-22
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 9-12-22
Bill Burr mentioned the book 'Angela's Ashes' while discussing Tom Brady's appearance, implying it had aged like the main character in the book.
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Anyway, I fucking missed all the football...He looks like that that guy in blink 182 now. I feel like if he played out that Thomas the long Angela's ashes angels in the outfield
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 9-12-22
Bill Burr mentioned the book "Angela's Ashes" while talking about football, referencing the film adaptation, "Angels in the Outfield", and how Tom Brady resembles a Blink 182 member now.
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Anyway, I fucking missed all the football... I feel like if he played out that Thomas the long Angela's ashes angels in the outfield
It was mentioned as a heartbreaking story about a young Irish boy growing up with a struggling alcoholic father. Bill Burr received a great compliment comparing his book, 'Hard to Handle', to this book.
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Everybody says that's the greatest thing I've ever read. It's on the back of the book your quote It's incredible if you never read Angela's ashes, it was about this kid Irish kid It's amazing growing up in Ireland And it was just this heartbreaking story of his dad was just a raging alcoholic and it but every once in a while He would like that you guys he'd turn it around turn around. Hey, but going out with Jimmy Page, right?
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-1-19
Bill Burr mentioned the book 'Angela's Ashes' while pondering the consequences of coming home drunk to his family, comparing it to the difficult childhood situations faced in the book.
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Then I come home to my wife and kid at 4:30 in the afternoon hammered and then what? You know You'd be looking at me like what do we mean fucking Angela's ashes?
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-1-17
It was mentioned as an example of a book about a difficult childhood, where a father often went to the pub instead of taking care of his family.
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You guys ever read that book Angela's Ashes? Jesus Christ, you know you thought Charlie Brown had it bad trying to kick the football, it's fucking poor bastards waiting for their dad to come home with the money, never came home, went to the ghost, you know, spoiler alert, goes to the pub every fucking time.
It was compared to Steve Gorman's book 'Hard to Handle', as both were described as raw and honest stories with moments of hope and despair, though Angela's Ashes was described as a heartbreaking story about an Irish kid growing up with an alcoholic father.
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Everybody says that's the greatest thing I've ever read...It's on the back of the book your quote...It's incredible if you never read Angela's ashes, it was about this kid Irish kid It's amazing growing up in Ireland.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-1-17
It was mentioned as a book that depicted a father who frequently went to the pub instead of providing for his family, similar to the struggles of Charlie Brown.
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you thought Charlie Brown had it bad trying to kick the football it's fucking poor bastards waiting for their dad to come home with the money never came home went to the ghost you know spoiler alert goes to the pub every fucking time
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-1-19
It was mentioned in relation to Bill Burr's hypothetical scenario of coming home drunk to his wife and child, and how it might make him appear similar to the protagonist in the book.
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Then I come home to my wife and kid at 4:30 in the afternoon hammered and then what? You know You'd be looking at me like what do we mean fucking Angela's ashes?
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It was mentioned as a reference to someone potentially skipping out on work or responsibilities, referencing the book's themes of hardship and poverty.
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I'd show up and you know, I turned the whole fucking paycheck over to you wouldn't pull some Angela's ashes shit
T and go to the pub instead.
The book was briefly referenced when discussing Angela's personality and later when speculating about a famous line from the book, though one speaker admitted to never having read it.
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Is this like Angela's ashes? What's going on here?
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The book was briefly referenced when discussing Angela's personality and later when speculating about a famous line from the book, though one speaker admitted to never having read it.
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Is this like Angela's ashes? What's going on here?
Is that just ashes about your shell?
Famously it was about a family that went on to a reality show where they betrayed each other, right? One of the most famous lines from Angela's ashes was Oh my god, like what if like my boyfriend is like sent home like oh I did I do remember there was a movie of Angela's ashes and I remember there was like a really climactic moment where they said Not my burglishous
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