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Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop

The Team That Changed Children's Television

by Nat Segaloff, Mallory Lewis ...

Narrated by Nat Segaloff, Mallory Lewis, Lamb Chop ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

For over forty years, ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her sassy hand puppet Lamb Chop were the most beloved team in children's television. Together with her other puppets Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy, Shari raised three generations of kids and struggled to stay relevant in an industry that was constantly changing. In this audiobook, cowritten and recorded by Shari's daughter Mallory Lewis (who now ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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For over forty years, ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her sassy hand puppet Lamb Chop were the most beloved team in children's television. Together with her other puppets Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy, Shari raised three generations of kids and struggled to stay relevant in an industry that was constantly changing. In this audiobook, cowritten and recorded by Shari's daughter Mallory Lewis (who now
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Guarding Gable

by Nat Segaloff ...

Guarding Gable starts with an actual event in the life of the screen's number one star and becomes a story worthy of a Hollywood movie.It's 1942 and World War Two is just beginning. Beloved actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash while returning from a bond-selling tour and her devoted husband, Clark Gable, is beyond consolation. Depressed to the point of suicide, he enlists in the U.S. ... Read more

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Guarding Gable starts with an actual event in the life of the screen's number one star and becomes a story worthy of a Hollywood movie.It's 1942 and World War Two is just beginning. Beloved actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash while returning from a bond-selling tour and her devoted husband, Clark Gable, is beyond consolation. Depressed to the point of suicide, he enlists in the U.S.
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The Rambo Report

Five Films, Three Books, One Legend

by Nat Segaloff ...

The ultimate guide to the Rambo phenomenon—from bestselling novel to Hollywood blockbuster to all-American hero, legend, and icon—written with the full cooperation of Rambo’s creator, bestselling author David Morrell . . .From the beginning, Rambo was more than a character in a 1972 novel by David Morrell. He was the culmination of the author’s personal encounters with veterans returning from the ... Read more

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The ultimate guide to the Rambo phenomenon—from bestselling novel to Hollywood blockbuster to all-American hero, legend, and icon—written with the full cooperation of Rambo’s creator, bestselling author David Morrell . . .From the beginning, Rambo was more than a character in a 1972 novel by David Morrell. He was the culmination of the author’s personal encounters with veterans returning from the
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Bogart and Huston

Their Lives, Their Adventures, and the Iconic Movies They Made Together

by Nat Segaloff ...

From 1941 to 1953, director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart made one classic film after another, from The Maltese Falcon to The African Queen. Here is the story of their close but combative friendship that produced some of the best movies ever made.Every time they made a movie together, they made a classic—or so it seemed for star Humphrey Bogart and writer/director John Huston. Their six ... Read more

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From 1941 to 1953, director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart made one classic film after another, from The Maltese Falcon to The African Queen. Here is the story of their close but combative friendship that produced some of the best movies ever made.Every time they made a movie together, they made a classic—or so it seemed for star Humphrey Bogart and writer/director John Huston. Their six
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A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison

by Nat Segaloff ...

An unguarded, uncensored, unquiet tour of the life of Harlan Ellison.In late 2011 Harlan Ellison—the multi-award-winning writer of speculative fiction and famously litigious personality—did two uncharacteristic things. First, he asked biographer Nat Segaloff if he'd be interested in writing his life story. Second, he gave Segaloff full control. The result is the long-anticipated A Lit Fuse: The ... Read more

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An unguarded, uncensored, unquiet tour of the life of Harlan Ellison.In late 2011 Harlan Ellison—the multi-award-winning writer of speculative fiction and famously litigious personality—did two uncharacteristic things. First, he asked biographer Nat Segaloff if he'd be interested in writing his life story. Second, he gave Segaloff full control. The result is the long-anticipated A Lit Fuse: The
... Read more
The Exorcist Legacy

50 Years of Fear

by Nat Segaloff ...

**Foreword by John RussoUpdated and Expanded with a New CodaA provocative, fascinating, and compulsively readable account of one of the most shocking, influential, and successful films of all time, The Exorcist, with a new coda on The Exorcist: Believer and the upcoming The Exorcist: Deceiver.**On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Within days it had become legend. Moviegoers braved ... Read more

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**Foreword by John RussoUpdated and Expanded with a New CodaA provocative, fascinating, and compulsively readable account of one of the most shocking, influential, and successful films of all time, The Exorcist, with a new coda on The Exorcist: Believer and the upcoming The Exorcist: Deceiver.**On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Within days it had become legend. Moviegoers braved
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The Naughty Bits

What The Censors Wouldn't Let You See in Hollywood's Most Famous Movies

by Nat Segaloff ...

Between 1934 and 1968, no Hollywood studio could make a movie without the permission of and a seal of approval from the Production Code Administration. The Production Code was Hollywood's official censor. Screenplays, books, plays, costumes and even story ideas and songs had to be okayed by the Code before they could be filmed, and the Code monitored every stage of the production process to ensure ... Read more

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Between 1934 and 1968, no Hollywood studio could make a movie without the permission of and a seal of approval from the Production Code Administration. The Production Code was Hollywood's official censor. Screenplays, books, plays, costumes and even story ideas and songs had to be okayed by the Code before they could be filmed, and the Code monitored every stage of the production process to ensure
... Read more

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Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop

The Team That Changed Children's Television

by Nat Segaloff, Mallory Lewis ...

For almost half a century, celebrated ventriloquist and entertainer Shari Lewis (1933–1998) delighted generations of children and adults with the help of her trusted sock puppet sidekick, Lamb Chop. For decades, the beloved pair were synonymous with children's television, educating and entrancing their young audience with their symbiotic personalities and their proclivity for song, dance, and the ... Read more

$20.19 USD

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For almost half a century, celebrated ventriloquist and entertainer Shari Lewis (1933–1998) delighted generations of children and adults with the help of her trusted sock puppet sidekick, Lamb Chop. For decades, the beloved pair were synonymous with children's television, educating and entrancing their young audience with their symbiotic personalities and their proclivity for song, dance, and the
... Read more

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More Fire! The Building of The Towering Inferno: A 50th Anniversary Explosion

by Nat Segaloff ...

It wasn't the first or last of the disaster pictures, but it was the best of them all, yet its producer had no way of knowing that his career would never again reach those heights.The Towering Inferno (1974) was the crowning achievement of über-producer Irwin Allen, the self-proclaimed "Master of disaster." Crafted from two best-selling books and with a budget-busting cast headed by two mega-stars ... Read more

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It wasn't the first or last of the disaster pictures, but it was the best of them all, yet its producer had no way of knowing that his career would never again reach those heights.The Towering Inferno (1974) was the crowning achievement of über-producer Irwin Allen, the self-proclaimed "Master of disaster." Crafted from two best-selling books and with a budget-busting cast headed by two mega-stars
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Bogart and Huston

Their Lives, Their Adventures, and the Classic Movies They Made Together

by Nat Segaloff ...

Narrated by Nat Segaloff ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

From 1941 to 1953, director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart made one classic film after another, from The Maltese Falcon to The African Queen. Here is the story of their close but combative friendship that produced some of the best movies ever made.Every time they made a movie together, they made a classic—or so it seemed for star Humphrey Bogart and writer/director John Huston. Their six ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From 1941 to 1953, director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart made one classic film after another, from The Maltese Falcon to The African Queen. Here is the story of their close but combative friendship that produced some of the best movies ever made.Every time they made a movie together, they made a classic—or so it seemed for star Humphrey Bogart and writer/director John Huston. Their six
... Read more
Breaking the Code

Otto Preminger versus Hollywood’s Censors

by Nat Segaloff ...

Breaking the Code reveals the efforts of director-producer Otto Preminger to bring his aesthetic vision to the screen even if it meant challenging the Production Code, a system of self-censorship that shaped the movies during the four decades it was in force. Along the way, Preminger sent shock waves through Hollywood and a network of exhibitors, publishers, and religious leaders who had personal, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Breaking the Code reveals the efforts of director-producer Otto Preminger to bring his aesthetic vision to the screen even if it meant challenging the Production Code, a system of self-censorship that shaped the movies during the four decades it was in force. Along the way, Preminger sent shock waves through Hollywood and a network of exhibitors, publishers, and religious leaders who had personal,
... Read more
Dog's Diary - Living with a Human During Covid

by Nat Segaloff ...

The bond between man and dog has been celebrated in poetry, song, and legend ever since the two species discovered each other around a campfire. Louie and Nat (Louie's the dog) came together just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut people off and turned life topsy-turvy. Nat had never had a dog before and, as you'll learn from Louie's funny, touching, revelatory diary, Louie had never had a Nat ... Read more

$2.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The bond between man and dog has been celebrated in poetry, song, and legend ever since the two species discovered each other around a campfire. Louie and Nat (Louie's the dog) came together just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut people off and turned life topsy-turvy. Nat had never had a dog before and, as you'll learn from Louie's funny, touching, revelatory diary, Louie had never had a Nat
... Read more