Sam Venable

Sam Venable is a humor columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. The winner of numerous writing awards, he is the author of 12 books. The newest two are called "WARNING! This Product Contains Nuttiness" and "How To Tawlk and Rite Good."

• Sam Venable: It might be better than 'Hee-Haw' Published 3/6/2014 at 4:44 p.m. 0 comments

  Why not a reality show for the Tennessee Legislature?

• Sam Venable: One more reason to be wary Published 3/5/2014 at 3:31 p.m. 1 comment

  Computer-chip implants won't be getting under my skin.

• Sam Venable: Fun and evil in two new local books Published 3/4/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  Hiking and horror are found in the pages of two new books by local authors.

• Sam Venable: RIP: 'Lewis Black with a guitar' Published 3/2/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  Remembering entertainer Tim Wilson, "an angry comedic Everyman, Lewis Black with a guitar."

• Sam Venable: A big change that'll yield small change Published 2/28/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  Nuggets of nutty news that have come my way in recent days:

• Sam Venable: Bill Hicks may be down but never out Published 2/27/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  A determined East Tennessean is learning how to walk--for the third time.

• Sam Venable column: A story finally told — this one's for Big Sam Published 2/25/2014 at 4:01 a.m. 55 comments

  How this long-ago story of an unpunished cold-blooded shooting of a black man on the Tellico River in 1968 finally got told.

• Coverage of shooting barely made a sound in 1968 Published 2/24/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  A unarmed man was shot while fishing at the Tellico River. The suspect was found not guilty despite overwhelming evidence. And, the East Tennessee media said almost nothing.

• Monroe County moves on from days of racial prejudice Published 2/24/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 6 comments

  Tellico Plains was a tough place to be black in the 1960s, but the Monroe County town has come a long way.

• Getting in the game: How one man became first black player on team Published 2/23/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  How Charles Moulden became the first black football player in the KIL.

• A shooting that history ignored Published 2/23/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 147 comments

  TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. — Charles Moulden didn’t hear the sound at first. That comes later, he explained; it takes a second or two for your subconscious to process what just happened. For the moment, all he knew was (1) he ...

• Sam Venable: There's just no place like home Published 2/21/2014 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments

  Various musings from down at the ol' word factory.

• Sam Venable: A $ure-fire plan lie$ flat in the road Published 2/19/2014 at 4:41 p.m. 0 comments

  Why did the possum cross the road? To fool Venob into thinking huge profits were readily available.

• Sam Venable: We go for the gold in a very different way Published 2/17/2014 at 3:43 p.m. 0 comments

  A few suggestions to help Southerners more appreciative of the Winter Olympics.

• Sam Venable: This was the perfect snowstorm Published 2/17/2014 at 11:21 a.m. 0 comments

  Even a die-hard Southerner could appreciate last week's blizzard.

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