Justin Spencer Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Here is a link to Dablemont's blog http://larrydablemontoutdoors.blogspot.com/ Column used to run in Ozark County Times (it may still), and I know he was in the Fort Scott Tribune as well. I have some of his books, just short stories from his hunting and fishing adventures. Really enjoy the books, but once I started reading his rants on different things I grew a little tired of him. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted February 19, 2013 Root Admin Posted February 19, 2013 Didn't he do a column sometimes for the Springfield News-Leader and KC Star? Whatever happened to Charlie Farmer? Charlie passed a couple of years ago.
fishinwrench Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Doesn't hurt to have a few loudmouth mud-slingers looking over the shoulders of a state agency, just in case. I believe that his intentions are good. Cool thing about LD is that he isn't costing us anything, and if he steps over the line with untrue or unjustified slander I'm sure he'll be taken to task for it.
Outside Bend Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 He has the blog, and apparently a syndicated column in several regional papers- the only one I could find was lakenewsonline.com. Some of his apolitical stuff is pretty decent. The guy has a right to his opinion, and I'm sure there are instances of bad behavior and bad decisions made by MDC employees. But it seems like an awful lot of the arguments he makes against MDC are based on hearsay, WAGs, misinterpreted/faulty information, or bad fact-checking. It's not really Pulitzer-winning stuff. <{{{><
tho1mas Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 L. D. is on KWTO ( AM 560 ) radio Sunday's 8:00 A.M. Pretty dull.
Chief Grey Bear Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Larry_Dablemont_(deleted_23_Mar_2008_at_15:53) This is hilarious. But LD didn't think so. He can write all kinds of BS about the MDC and he thinks he is brilliant for doing so. But when someone returns the favor....well that ain't funny. Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
Chief Grey Bear Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Ahh crap. The link isn't working. I had to Copy and Paste. Larry Dablemont (born Larry Fitzgerald Dablemont September 22, 1961 in Bolivar, Missouri, U.S.) is a famous author, journalist, cobbler, Civil War reenactor, referee, fisherman, hunter, and amateur dollhouse maker. One of the Midwest’s most unconventional figures, Dablemont is regionally famous, not only as an author, but as a controversial syndicated columnist. Among his many claims to fame as a journalist, Dablemont interviewed OJ Simpson and has bragged in several columns about beating Ted Nugent in a footrace during a hunting expedition in Jackson Hole, WY. Dablemont was the last referee to ever throw Bobby Knight out of a basketball game, leading Knight to throw a chair. Later Knight commented, "Dabs is one tough ****, but God if I don’t respect him." Dablemont is a notoriously peculiar figure who, among other eccentricities is known to wear an unnecessary eye patch, rarely wears socks, and claims to have wore the same pair of jeans for 19 months consecutively. Biography Larry Dablemont is the subject of University of Arkansas-Fayetteville professor William Thompson’s monograph The Making of Midwestern Myth. According to Thompson, Larry Dablemont was born in Bolivar, Mo and attended homeschool for much of his early life. In Dablemont’s book, Ain't No Such Animal, he says about his childhood, “I didn’t have real schoolin’. Like my memaw used to say I live in a shack and I poop in an outhouse” [1]. Despite his lack of formal education, Larry Dablemont established himself as a professional Civil War reenactor at the age of 16, before studying to become a referee. According to his first autobiography, Memories from a Misty Morning, at age 17, Dablemont spent a summer with his father, who he identifies as Locke, learning “the lay of the land, you know? He taught to hunt, fish, swear, drink a beer, and be a man” [2]. However, Dablemont’s father was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in a Detroit truckstop. In a poem included in his second autobiography, Ain't No Such Animal, Dablemont writes “Daddy was a tranny”[3]. Dablemont never attended journalism school, but began writing a local column in the Knob Noster Item from 1983-1986. In his final column, Dablemont was fired for making a pun on the newspaper’s title. In 1987, he began to write for theHannibal Courier-Post in Novelty, Missouri. In 1989, his column became syndicated throughout several Midwestern newspapers after he made claims such as coining famous phrases, challenging actor Jerry Van Dyke to a fist fight, as well as his hunting anecdotes with famous rocker/hunter, Ted Nugent. Dablemont continues to referee, engage in Civil War reenactments, and often writes about being a cobbler. In 2004, he claims to have divorced then wife Tonya Harding because she wouldn’t wear wooden shoes[4]. Dablemont has maintained his regional celebrity status as an iconclast. He currently resides in Bolivar, Missouri. His work has recently garnered the critical interest of the scholarly community. He continues to publish as an author and syndicated columnist and is development for a screenplay loosely based on his life. Among other things, Dablemont’s life and writing have been compared to Mark Twain. He has been the subject of an ESPN biographical profile[5]. British Sketch Comedy show, The Mighty Boosh, based a character, Old Gregg, on Larry Dablemont. One of Larry Dablemont's longtime friends, singer/songerwriter Mickey Gilley, often refers to Dablemont as one of his artist inspirations. Controversy Dablemont has been surrounded in controversy due to his notoriously bizarre and often outrageous claims that he makes in his syndicated opinion column. It is speculated that there are as many stories about Larry Dablemont as there are stalks of corn on Old Man Witchert’s farm, that’s 29. Larry Dablemont first became famous as a journalist when he claimed to have coined the phrase “nobody puts baby in the corner” in his June 2nd, 1989 column, two years after the release of Dirty Dancing causing a lot of controversy. Dablemont is an experienced fisherman whose column once suggested that the best bait was a child’s toe. He once suggested that he’s over 1200 years old. In the April 28th, 1999 column, Larry Dablemont claimed he had recently taught himself to “read Braille with his toes,” he repeated this claim in his 2nd autobiography, Aint No Such Animal. He once claimed to ride a moped across the bottom of Lake Stockton. Jim Cunnihngham, a semiprofessional fisherman and Bolivar resident, once claimed that Larry Dablemont dances on the waves and lures you with his hips and his lips. Image:Funk.jpg Larry Dablemont (left) holding "The Funk" on Black Lake with his son Bosephus (right). Cunningham also claimed in the now defunct Fish & Shoot magazine that Larry Dablemont pierced his own nipples with a fish hook to win a bet[6]. In a press promotion for Dablemont’s third book, Memories from a Misty Morning, Neil Sedaka, the general editor for Lightnin Ridge Publications, quipped that even the moon is scared of Larry Dablemont in his introduction of Dablemont. At the 2007 Missouri Press Association annual awards, presenter Matt Janson, commented “Some say that he used to drum for the Kaiser Chiefs, others say he didn’t…in fact everyone says he didn’t…expect for me.” In his February 27th, 2001 column he bragged that he had once “farted so loud, even the fish heard it,” later adding that he wasn’t near a body of water at the time. Another one of Dablemont’s outrageous claims came in July 7,th 2006[7]. when he claimed that after spending the July 4th holiday on a “party boat” he discovered a rare living creature, which he named "The Funk", on the bottom of Black Lake. Politics Dablemont’s foray into politics has been largely unsuccessful. In a 2004 write-in campaign for county commissioner, Dablemont only received three votes. In 2006, Dablemont officially registered as an independent for state representative in Missouri, but never made the ballot. Dablemont has remained a controversial political figure due to his outrageous claims, credibility issues, and a scattered criminal record. In a February 2nd blog entry posted briefly on his website, Dablemont hinted at another run for representative saying “those jagoffs in Jeff City [sic] want you to focus on my criminal record, not my economic reform plan.” Five days later, in his column, Dablemont hinted at another run for representative saying “Its time to show the state how we do it in Bear Creek.”[8] Criminal Record Although his first autobiography, Memories from a Misty Morning, makes several criminal claims the only two known arrests are the well publicized public intoxication arrest and as well as an earlier arrest for shoplifting and public indecency. Although nothing is known about his shoplifting arrest, on May 25th, 1992, in Branson, Missouri, an intoxicated Larry Dablemont climbed onstage at the Bald Knobbers Jamboree. He knocked down comedian Joey Riley, grabbed the microphone and proceeded to tell several crude stories, including an anecdote about having sex on a horse. Bibliography Ain't No Such Animal (2006) - Larry Dablemont’s second autobiography in which he claims to have discovered several exotic species of animals such as the funk. It also contains details of his marriage to Tonya Harding.Kill It & Grill It (2002) - Coauthored with Ted Nugent, a cookbook for men. The Front Bench Regulars (1999) - contains the story of the 1996 Bolivar High School football team, which included Rob Ross and Justin Ballard.Memories From a Misty Morning (1999) - Larry Dablemont’s first autobiography, many of the stories have been widely discredited.Dogs, Ducks, & Hat-Rack Bucks (1999) - Dablemont’s second book of hunting tales, garnered plenty of critical attention for outrageous and fairly racist stories.The Greatest Wild Gobblers (1998) - A collection of hunting stories, also includes some of Dablemont’s artwork. Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
ness Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Well, too long to read, but it's clear Mr. Dablemont or his buddies wrote it based on the first paragraph. Which pretty much makes it a joke, not a biography. I always wonder about folks who write stuff about themselves like that in the third person, as if to imply there's at least ONE person who believes this crap. John
Terrierman Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Must be a SW Mo thing. I have never heard of him either. Pretty much. He's from Bolivar and has had a few local papers print his columns. It's been a long time since I've seen a fresh one though.
Justin Spencer Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Funny stuff Chief! Especially the obscure old Gregg reference. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
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