• The Clans React to John U. Bacon’s Three and Out

    I just finished John U. Bacon’s Three and Out and I need to talk to somebody.  For a while.  Same thing will happen to you. If you landed on this page, I don’t need to suggest you buy this book—you probably already bought it or certainly plan to.   You really don’t have a choice now, do you?   (It drops October 25 – get it now on Amazon). This isn’t a full review.  I was lucky enough to receive a beta version of the book and its content is subject to be tweaked, added or removed.  But I can offer a few thoughts.  For starters, I’ll note that it’s painful enough to relive the past three seasons just from memory.  Now try it in 3D and HD, complete with unreleased scenes, quotes and outtakes.  And did I mention cockroaches? I give credit to Bacon for writing this—no one held a gun to his head to do it—and he surely knew he’d be ruffling a feather or two twenty by putting this out there.  As Brian mentioned, everyone seems to be upset about the book.   Most people will be talking about Lloyd Carr, who is charged with conduct unbecoming a Michigan Man yet, it is strongly noted, didn’t speak to Bacon for this book so in several cases we rely on the perspective…