woodchopper

The halftime show was called “Happiness Is” and starred Andy Williams and Woody Herman, backed up by the University of Michigan band, which played “Put on a Happy Face,” “Woodchopper’s Ball,” and “This Land Is Your Land.”

And there he was, the woodchopper, swinging up and swinging down again.

Wood was nicknamed “The Woodchopper” because he first worked in a sawmill and, legend has it, he initially adorned “The Woodchopper” on cars he entered at Bowman Gray Stadium.

It all began with the “woodchopper” throw.

The night after reading “The Astonished Woodchopper,” I dreamed that I’d tried to sabotage my despicable uncle’s fourth wedding, and I woke up laughing and crying.