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Ten Questions with Shelley Herman Author of "My Peacock Tale: Secrets Of An NBC Page"
Ten Questions with Shelley Herman Author of "My Peacock Tale: Secrets Of An NBC Page" 1) In 25 words or less, tell me about "My Peacock Tale: Secrets of an NBC Page." It's a funny, sexy, gossipy, celebrity-filled memoir set against the backdrop of NBC Burbank in the mid-70s. Think "Sex and the City" meets "Mad Men." 2) I guess this is the most obvious question to ask, but what is an NBC Page? When I worked at NBC Burbank, we had numerous duties beyond giving tours and ushering TV shows, including "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,"...
Hope contest!
All Bob Hope Fans New Book Contest! Answer three questions correctly and win a copy of my latest book entitled Bob Hope’s Bungalow: Tales from the Typing Trenches. The first person to answer all three questions correctly will be the winner! Questions 1. What were the names of Bob’s guard dogs in 1983? 2. What was Bob’s boxing name? 3. What street did Bob live on? As soon as we have a winner, I will announce it! You have until next Friday, June 16, 2023 to play. Good luck to everybody! In the meantime feel free to take a...
Anthony Slide on Ted Ray
Q&A with Anthony Slide, author of The Ted Ray StorySo who is Ted Ray and what is his story? Simply put, Ted Ray was a comedian active from the 1920s through the 1970s in British Music Hall, Radio, Television, and Films. I call him a regular guy because he did not rely on costumes or characterizations but just appeared as himself, a typical working class male wearing a ready-made suit and tie. His contemporaries were united in describing him as the greatest stand-up comedian of all time. So why is he forgotten? With the passing of the years, most entertainers...
a book of poetry by yours truly, Ben Ohmart
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Q & A with the Author/Illustrator of "Peggy's Puzzles - Volume Two"
Q. How did you come to write Peggy’s Puzzles – Volume Two A. Volume Two is actually comprised of two puzzle books that I wrote and illustrated in the mid-1970s for a New York publishing company. Metric Puzzles and Math Puzzles. Q. What is the story behind them? A. In 1976, an editor at New York’s Franklin Watts Publishing Company contacted me to say that the United States was going to be “metricized” in 1981. Thus, Watts wanted me to write and illustrate a book that taught the metric system through mathematical games and puzzles. Not knowing anything about the metric system, my Dad, Irving...