Danny Tyree
Tyrades! Remember the scene where Allen’s character Alvy was stuck in line at the movies, subjected to the pompous blathering of a pseudo-intellectual?..
Tyrades! Sentimentality saved the day in the funnies, just as it usually applies the brakes to abrupt municipal name changes in the real world. Neither did my father. We can’t change!..
Tyrades! Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics...
Tyrades! (My so-called “good” cholesterol has not exactly overperformed in helping me reach these milestones...
Tyrades! According to the article, in 2023, audio data from the app SoundPrint found that 63 percent of restaurants are too loud for conversation...
Tyrades! (“I fervently believe both Hamas and Putin could be nullified simply by … oooo…fresh Krispy Kremes! ��) And then there are the “work spouses...
Tyrades! Countless people who reject Jesus Christ as the Son of God will nonetheless grudgingly acknowledge him as a “good man” or “wise moral teacher. “Take heed and beware of covetousness,” Jesus proclaimed...
Tyrades! You may recall last summer a former intelligence officer told Congress that Uncle Sam maintains a covert stockpile of downed alien spacecraft and corpses...
Tyrades!. Easter break, a... “unwind, rejuvenate, have fun, but don’t forget how oppressed you are, students”) is not the same for every family. High school?..
Tyrades! And yet…there’s something not quite rational about the agitators who force our language to evolve. Crawl up on dry land!..
Full Archive
- 05/01/2024 Yearning for random thoughts about Mother’s Day?
- 04/24/2024 Does your town need renaming?
- 04/17/2024 Ready for the bathroom of tomorrow?
- 04/10/2024 Will you still need me, will you still feed me?
- 04/03/2024 Are you a fan of noisy restaurants?
- 03/27/2024 Ever have a work spouse?
- 03/20/2024 So you acknowledge Jesus as a wise teacher? Really?
- 03/13/2024 Has the Pentagon shattered your faith in UFOs?
- 03/06/2024 What does spring break mean to you?
- 02/28/2024 Am I overthinking slang?
- 02/21/2024 Have you ever taken full responsibility?
- 02/14/2024 Where do you fall on the sports fan spectrum?
- 02/07/2024 Ready for an Apple Vision Pro world?
- 01/31/2024 Using the right Valentine’s Day questions?
- 01/24/2024 Should students be bribed into attending classes?
- 01/17/2024 Do you suffer from the ‘stillgottas’?
- 01/10/2024 Been at your job too long?
- 01/03/2024 Aaaaay! Is ‘Happy Days’ really turning 50?
- 12/27/2023 Could you pass a citizenship test? Really?
- 12/20/2023 Will you be busted by a ‘noise camera’?
- 12/13/2023 What can the nativity teach us?
- 12/06/2023 Will golf be recognizable in 20 years?
- 11/29/2023 Would you like to sleep through Christmas?
- 11/22/2023 Have you ever caused a scene?
- 11/15/2023 Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?
- 11/08/2023 Organize any dog birthday parties lately?
- 11/01/2023 Must I glue my eyes to the TV?
- 10/25/2023 Should society slam on the brakes about this trend?
- 10/18/2023 What’s the deal with last-minute homemade Halloween costumes?
- 10/11/2023 Will Ozempic chew up the food industry?
- 10/04/2023 Is this remnant of American culture doomed, y’all?
- 09/27/2023 National Newspaper Week and the newspaper that never was
- 09/20/2023 Are you obsessed with spicy foods?
- 09/13/2023 Are free refills the arch-nemesis of the Golden Arches?
- 09/06/2023 How are you in the best friend department?
- 08/30/2023 Is your house too large?
- 08/23/2023 Baldness: is not parting such sweet sorrow?
- 08/16/2023 What shall we say about homeschooling?
- 08/09/2023 Where do you fall on the coffee spectrum?
- 08/02/2023 Are you clinging to your landline phone?
- 07/26/2023 Are you distressed by distressed clothing?
- 07/19/2023 Is the world ready for these random thoughts?
- 07/12/2023 How’s that honeymoon working for you?
- 07/05/2023 Is there a loud talker in your life?
- 06/28/2023 Is your food ultra-processed enough?
- 06/21/2023 Did someone say cataracts?
- 06/14/2023 Does TV-industry budget-cutting worry you?
- 06/07/2023 Ready to fire up those Father’s Day memories?
- 05/31/2023 Do you suffer from tipping fatigue?
- 05/24/2023 Are you a drive-in theater enthusiast?
- 05/17/2023 Are you addicted to memes?
- 05/10/2023 Have you heard of After School Satan clubs?
- 05/03/2023 What did you inherit from your mother?
- 04/26/2023 Are you singing the seasonal allergies blues?
- 04/19/2023 Do you have a babysitting horror story?
- 04/12/2023 What else needs a baseball pitch clock?
- 04/05/2023 Do you have one of those paranormal pillows?
- 03/29/2023 Planning a post-Easter hiatus?
- 03/22/2023 Do you like the tradwife trend?
- 03/15/2023 Have you ever been on the radio?
- 03/08/2023 Does Saint Patrick’s Day have a future?
- 03/01/2023 Are you reading enough comic strips?
- 02/22/2023 Have you ever taken your business elsewhere?
- 02/15/2023 Journalism: can’t live with it, can’t live without it
- 02/08/2023 Just how clean is your vehicle?
- 02/01/2023 Ready for history’s Valentine hall of shame?
- 01/25/2023 Brother, can you spare an excuse?
- 01/18/2023 Are you old enough to be a fashion model?
- 01/11/2023 Shall we sing the praises of public restrooms?
- 01/04/2023 Given up on your 2023 reading list yet?
- 12/28/2022 Cold enough for you?
- 12/21/2022 2022 food trends: Love them or hate them?
- 12/14/2022 Will this be your best Christmas ever?
- 12/07/2022 Did someone say…’Shazam’?
- 11/30/2022 Have you hugged a Santa impersonator lately?
- 11/23/2022 What’s your stance on leftovers?
- 11/16/2022 Are you thankful for the right things?
- 11/09/2022 Ready to watch your own funeral?
- 11/02/2022 Afraid of missing out on Veterans Day?
- 10/26/2022 Early voting or squirrely voting?
- 10/19/2022 Does Halloween candy trivia drive you crazy?
- 10/12/2022 Have you hugged an etiquette expert lately?
- 10/05/2022 “Quiet quitting”: Is that a thing or not?
- 09/28/2022 Are you cool with surveillance cameras?
- 09/21/2022 Shall we toast the 40th anniversary of ‘Cheers’?
- 09/14/2022 Dorm life: good, bad or ugly?
- 09/07/2022 M*A*S*H, Maude and Kung Fu all turn 50
- 08/31/2022 How will you celebrate Magellan’s 500th anniversary?
- 08/24/2022 Princess Di: Has it really been 25 years?
- 08/17/2022 Are you losing sleep over slumber parties?
- 08/10/2022 Do you love state welcome centers?
- 08/03/2022 Are these the good old days for reminiscing?
- 07/27/2022 Is the gardening craze growing on you?
- 07/20/2022 Does your hometown stink?
- 07/13/2022 Does your body hate you?
- 07/05/2022 Concerts: yea or nay?
- 06/29/2022 What happened at Roswell 75 years ago?
- 06/22/2022 Do Gallup poll respondents have a prayer?
- 06/15/2022 Should ‘eyes up here’ be enforced?
- 06/08/2022 Craving some fatherhood advice?
- 06/01/2022 Are you wild about bookazines?
- 05/25/2022 Do you have a personal catch phrase?
- 05/18/2022 Is this what Memorial Day means to you?
- 05/11/2022 Do you like what you’re hearing on TV?
- 05/04/2022 Care for some stolen random thoughts?
- 04/27/2022 Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be brainless
- 04/20/2022 Do you hate parking lots?
- 04/13/2022 Early retirement: threat or menace?
- 04/06/2022 Is there a Mary Magdalene in your life?
- 03/30/2022 Have you slapped anybody lately?
- 03/23/2022 Are you terrible at remembering names?
- 03/16/2022 Will this be your best spring ever?
- 03/09/2022 What would you love to tell your younger self?
- 03/02/2022 Don’t you just love laundry day?
- 02/23/2022 Was your grandfather a character?
- 02/16/2022 Do you want your receipt?
- 02/09/2022 Won’t you unleash your inner dog walker?
- 02/02/2022 Planning a romantic getaway for Valentine’s Day?
- 01/26/2022 Are you singing the lunchtime errand blues?
- 01/19/2022 Are you putting off your annual physical exam?
- 01/12/2022 Is a platonic life partnership right for you?
- 01/05/2022 How’d you like one across the lip?
- 12/29/2021 Remember the Las Vegas Vampire?
- 12/22/2021 Does Baby New Year Give You the creeps?
- 12/15/2021 How Is Your Self-Image This Christmas?
- 12/08/2021 Are You Ready for the War of the Weddings?
- 12/01/2021 How About a Newspaper Subscription for Christmas?
- 11/24/2021 John-Boy, Has Christmas Eve Become Groundhog Day?
- 11/17/2021 How Will You Mark the 400th Anniversary of Thanksgiving?
- 11/10/2021 Should Churches Have a Dress Code?
- 11/03/2021 Are Veterans the Heroes Who Keep On Giving?
- 10/27/2021 Do You Hate Intersections Too?
- 10/20/2021 Is Halloween Cursed This Year?
- 10/13/2021 Have You Hugged A Bureaucrat Lately?
- 10/06/2021 Where Do You Stand on The Leaf-Raking Issue?
- 09/29/2021 Is Your Safety Plan Up to Date?
- 09/22/2021 Can You Handle Tomorrow’s Automotive Dealerships?
- 09/15/2021 Are You Bathing Too Frequently?
- 09/08/2021 The ‘Rural Purge’ of 1971
- 09/01/2021 What Do You Remember About 9/11 – And Before?
- 08/28/2021 Have You Thanked a School Bus Driver Lately? CORRECTION
- 08/25/2021 Are You Ready for Some (Gambling Ads During) Football?
- 08/11/2021 Did Someone Say Tax Holiday?
- 08/04/2021 Do Morning People Deserve to Live?
- 07/28/2021 Have You Visited a Presidential Home Lately?
- 07/21/2021 Do You Love or Dread Family Portraits?
- 07/14/2021 Have You Been Avoiding the Dentist?
- 07/07/2021 Is an Exosuit in Your Future?
- 06/30/2021 Are you Craving a Buffet Rebirth?
- 06/23/2021 Is Your Refrigerator Running?
- 06/16/2021 Will These Pet Peeves Define Your Summer?
- 06/09/2021 Can You Overdo Being the World’s Greatest Dad?
- 06/02/2021 So, Did I Mention My 30th Wedding Anniversary?
- 05/26/2021 What Was Your Favorite Summer Job?
- 05/20/2021 Would the Class of 2021 Like Some Unsolicited Advice?
- 05/12/2021 Ever Have A Near-Death Experience?
- 05/05/2021 Are You Still Procrastinating About Your Tax Return?
- 04/28/2021 How About Celebrating History’s Unsung Mothers?
- 04/21/2021 Is There a Future For Wit?
- 04/14/2021 Can We Possibly Laugh About Seasonal Allergies?
- 04/07/2021 Can We Please Retire the Word Debunked?
- 03/31/2021 May I Sing the Housing Subdivision Blues?
- 03/24/2021 Can You Handle the Truth about Easter Trivia?
- 03/17/2021 Aggravation: Is It A Board Game or a Way of Life?
- 03/10/2021 Do You Find Saint Patrick’s Day Troubling?
- 03/03/2021 Have You Remembered Your Pets in Your Will?
- 02/24/2021 Product Recall Notices: Friend or Foe?
- 02/17/2021 What Shall We Say About Grandmothers?
- 02/10/2021 What Will Presidents’ Day Be Like In 50 Years?
- 02/03/2021 Valentine Dilemma: “Baby,” You’re Not the Greatest!
- 01/27/2021 Are You and Your Middle Name on Speaking Terms?
- 01/20/2021 Ever Sing the College Brochure Blues?
- 01/13/2021 Have You Ever Met A Stranger?
- 01/06/2021 Remember Learning to Drive?
- 12/30/2020 Don’t Be A Meathead! Celebrate Archie Bunker’s 50th Anniversary!
- 12/23/2020 Is Profanity in the Ear of the Beholder?
- 12/16/2020 Can We Please Have the Right Kind of Christmas Sounds?
- 12/09/2020 What Are You Doing for Beethoven’s 250th Birthday?
- 12/02/2020 Can You Guess Santa’s Biggest Regrets?
- 11/25/2020 Can You Believe the EPA Is 50?
- 11/19/2020 What Does the Future Hold for Church Attendance?
- 11/11/2020 Ready for Tyree To Carve the Thanksgiving Trivia?
- 11/04/2020 Have You Mailed Your Veterans Day Cards Yet?
- 10/28/2020 Commercial Radio Turns 100: What Are Your Favorite Memories?
- 10/21/2020 Do You Have Unanswered Questions About Halloween?
- 10/14/2020 What Shall We Say About 50 Years of Home Ownership?
- 10/07/2020 Do You Dread Opening Your Car Trunk?
- 09/30/2020 So This Is John Lennon’s 80th Birthday (And What Have You Done?)
- 09/23/2020 Are College Entrance Exams A Dying Breed?
- 09/16/2020 Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family At 50
- 09/09/2020 Who Can Turn the World on With Her Anniversary?
- 09/02/2020 Inspirational Quotes: Are You For Them or Against Them?
- 08/26/2020 Will You Be Laboring on Labor Day?
- 08/19/2020 Have Lawyers Become an Endangered Species?
- 08/12/2020 Ray Bradbury: Something Centenary This Way Comes
- 08/05/2020 Is The 75th Anniversary of V-J Day the Last Hurrah?
- 07/29/2020 Are Vertical Farms on the Up and Up?
- 07/22/2020 Must We Live with One Foot in the Grave?
- 07/15/2020 Do You Have A Favorite Heat Wave Story?
- 07/08/2020 Are You Fed Up with Anonymous Sources, Too?
- 07/01/2020 Consumers, Do We Really Need All Those Choices?
- 06/24/2020 Where Does Your State Rank on The Patriotism Scale?
- 06/17/2020 Do You Treasure Your Prom Memories?
- 06/10/2020 Can We Discontinue the ‘World’s Greatest Dad’ Scam?
- 06/03/2020 Have Nature’s Screechers Ever Invaded Your Home?
- 05/27/2020 Which Songs Make You Cry?
- 05/20/2020 Do You Treat Retail Clerks Like Human Beings?
- 05/13/2020 Are You A Terrible Conversationalist?
- 05/06/2020 Are You Ready for the Murder Hornets?
- 04/29/2020 Tyree Turns 60: Is That A Good Thing?
- 04/22/2020 How Will You Mark the 75th Anniversary of Hitler’s Death?
- 04/15/2020 Who Is the Most Famous Person You’ve Ever Met?
- 04/08/2020 Can We Please Have A Few TV Westerns, Pardner?
- 04/01/2020 What Will Easter 2021 Be Like?
- 03/25/2020 Are We Suffering from Magazine Overload?
- 03/18/2020 Do You Support the ‘Virginity Rocks’ Movement?
- 03/11/2020 Do You Dare Take the Goodness Challenge?
- 03/04/2020 Can Our Rural Roads Be Saved?
- 02/26/2020 Did Someone Say Colonoscopy?
- 02/19/2020 So, Have You Made Out Your Last Will and Testament?
- 02/12/2020 Can We Please Have More Middlebrow Citizens?
- 02/05/2020 Do Greeting Cards Face a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
- 01/29/2020 Does Your Family Include a Speed Demon?
- 01/22/2020 Should Older People Be Banned from Church?
- 01/15/2020 Wine Sales Decline: A Fluke or the Future?
- 01/08/2020 How Will You Commemorate the ACLU’s 100th Birthday?
- 01/06/2020 The Game’s Afoot: Sherlock Holmes Forever
- 12/30/2019 Can You Possibly Meet Your Savings Goals In 2020?
- 12/23/2019 Have You Lived – Really Lived – the 2010s?
- 12/18/2019 Are You Tired of Updating Your Apps?
- 12/11/2019 Am I Finally Appreciating the Lessons of Christmas 1969?
- 12/04/2019 Read Any Good Books by Dogs Lately?
- 11/27/2019 Should We Even Celebrate Frosty’s 50th Anniversary?
- 11/20/2019 Are You Thankful for Any of These Things?
- 11/13/2019 Has It Been A Good Year for Your Family’s Teeth?
- 11/06/2019 Is A Five-Hour Workday in Your Future?
- 10/30/2019 Can We Avoid A War Over Veterans Day?
- 10/23/2019 Do You Have A Favorite Halloween Ghost Story?
- 10/16/2019 Are You Throwing Away Too Much Clothing?
- 09/04/2019 Can Scooby-Doo Really Be 50 Years Old?
- 08/28/2019 Are You Under the Sway of Kid Influencers?
- 08/21/2019 Is It Too Late to Get Hooked on Fishing?
- 08/14/2019 Dying Languages: Can They Be Saved?
- 08/07/2019 Woodstock at 50: What Might Have Been
- 07/31/2019 Rapunzel vs Frankenstein: Yes, That’s A Thing
- 07/24/2019 Dollar Stores: Do You Know the Tricks of Shopping There?
- 07/17/2019 Alzheimer’s Advice: Heed It or Fuhgeddaboudit?
- 07/10/2019 Apollo 11 Golden Anniversary: Something for Everyone
- 07/03/2019 Slow Drivers: Are They Driving You Insane?
- 06/26/2019 Feline-Friendly Hotels: Catastrophe or Cat’s Meow?
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.
Column Archive
- 05/01/2024 Yearning for random thoughts about Mother’s Day?
- 04/24/2024 Does your town need renaming?
- 04/17/2024 Ready for the bathroom of tomorrow?
- 04/10/2024 Will you still need me, will you still feed me?
- 04/03/2024 Are you a fan of noisy restaurants?
- 03/27/2024 Ever have a work spouse?
- 03/20/2024 So you acknowledge Jesus as a wise teacher? Really?
- 03/13/2024 Has the Pentagon shattered your faith in UFOs?
- 03/06/2024 What does spring break mean to you?
- 02/28/2024 Am I overthinking slang?
- 02/21/2024 Have you ever taken full responsibility?
- 02/14/2024 Where do you fall on the sports fan spectrum?
- 02/07/2024 Ready for an Apple Vision Pro world?
- 01/31/2024 Using the right Valentine’s Day questions?
- 01/24/2024 Should students be bribed into attending classes?
- 01/17/2024 Do you suffer from the ‘stillgottas’?
- 01/10/2024 Been at your job too long?
- 01/03/2024 Aaaaay! Is ‘Happy Days’ really turning 50?
- 12/27/2023 Could you pass a citizenship test? Really?
- 12/20/2023 Will you be busted by a ‘noise camera’?