Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim

David Sedaris - one of America's sharpest and funniest writers - reads from his essays on his childhood and family, revealing the absurdity lurking beneath the ordinary surface of life.

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Comments

Us And Them

20050103

A Halloween visit from the neighbours brings out the worst in the Sedaris children.

The Ship Shape

20050104

The Sedaris family take a holiday and nearly acquire a second home.

Consider The Stars

20050105

The adolescent Sedaris confronts the power of the popular crowd and the agony of embarrassment a parent can bring.

Nuit Of The Living Dead

20050106

Unexpected late-night visitors interrupt a scene of brutal cruelty on the front porch.

05 LAST

Repeat After Me

20050107

Parrots can talk, but unfortunately they have no idea what they're actually saying; writers know all too well, and their families learn to be wary.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Us And Them	20050103	A Halloween visit from the neighbours brings out the worst in the Sedaris children.
02	The Ship Shape	20050104	The Sedaris family take a holiday and nearly acquire a second home.
03	Consider The Stars	20050105	The adolescent Sedaris confronts the power of the popular crowd and the agony of embarrassment a parent can bring.
04	Nuit Of The Living Dead	20050106	Unexpected late-night visitors interrupt a scene of brutal cruelty on the front porch.
05 LAST	Repeat After Me	20050107	Parrots can talk, but unfortunately they have no idea what they're actually saying; writers know all too well, and their families learn to be wary.