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Q&A with Brian Gari, author of We Bombed In New London

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Q&A with Brian Gari, author of We Bombed In New London

  Q&A with Brian Gari, author of We Bombed In New London The Inside Story of the Broadway Musical Late Nite Comic  1. Where did you come up with that title?I recalled a play entitled We Bombed In New Haven and since my show started out in New London Connecticut and did not get the best reviews, I thought my title might be a funny parody. 2. Was the show based on a true story?Not entirely. I had a long relationship with a ballet dancer and wrote a lot of songs about her. I had also spent years in the...

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10 Questions and Answers with Mark Arnold, author of Unconditionally Mad

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10 Questions and Answers with Mark Arnold, author of Unconditionally Mad

10 Questions and Answers with Mark Arnold, author of Unconditionally Mad 1. Why a MAD Magazine book now? My publisher, Ben Ohmart, has been bugging me for a history of MAD book for almost a decade. After the success of "If You're Cracked, You're Happy, Part Won and Part Too" it seemed inevitable that I would eventually tackle America's foremost humor magazine for the past 70 years.  2. Why didn't you want to write it? I didn't want to do it for a number of reasons. I knew it would be a massive undertaking, and in the end, I was...

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TEN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR …SUCH CREATURES IN! by Bruce J Starin

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TEN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR …SUCH CREATURES IN! by Bruce J Starin

TEN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR …SUCH CREATURES IN! by Bruce J Starin (Clicking on the picture takes you to an amazon affiliate link) 1. Throughout your lengthy career in show business you have come into contact with a huge variety of people, places and situations…  How did you remember them all? After telling an early mentor of mine who was a working writer for a network police drama, I had been hired as a Social Director on a thousand passenger cruise ship, he had three simple words of advice, that proved to be unbelievably prophetic,  “Keep a notebook!”   I came...

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Q&A with author Barry Atkinson

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Q&A with author Barry Atkinson

DOUBLE SHOCK HORROR! Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Combos in British Cinemas 1958-1970 Q & A with author Barry Atkinson This is a Hard Cover, Paperback and eBook about the horror/sci-fi/fantasy double programs that proliferated in British cinemas throughout the 1950s and 1960s, providing audiences with a vast array of cinematic delights on a weekly basis, as will be seen from the author’s never-ending trips to various cinemas in search of all things of a fantastical nature. In those days, the feature film as a form of mass entertainment reigned supreme over all others, the British censor’s office dictating, by means of strict film...

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Q&A with Shaun Perkins, author of Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions 

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Q&A with Shaun Perkins, author of Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions 

Q&A with Shaun Perkins, author of Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions  What is your book Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions all about?It’s a review of all 82 of the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Each book is rated with a unique rating system that measures the amount of cocktails, coquettes, and cigarettes featured in the book. It’s a fun read and a guide of sorts for people reading the books and enjoying their pulp fiction and noir qualities. I hope it inspires new Perry Mason readers and adds some wisdom and insight to those...

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