Limo

by Edwin Shrake, Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins

Book Overview

Decades before it saturated the airwaves, Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake actually invented reality TV--and skewered it into a comic novel that was way ahead of its time. Frank Mallory is a big gun at one... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671812394
• ISBN13: 9780671812393
• Release Date: October 1977
• Publisher: Pocket
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the funniest books I've ever read, & it ripped on "reality TV" back in the 70's!!!

It's just a lot of fun. With this, Semi-Tough, and Baja Oklahoma, Dan Jenkins was at the top of his game

One hilarious book: Old Bubba forsees "Reality TV"

This is one of the funniest novels I've ever read, and when the craze for so-called "reality" TV infected much of the world, this is what I thought of, and when the truth came out that much of "reality" TV had been staged, I realized Dan Jenkins was truly prescient. Jenkins had a period there where he built comedic characters who you could really care about. Jerry Jeff, excuse me, Jacky Jack Snowdrift cracked me up, but the climax is when "JUTS" is broadcast.

Climb on board for a wonderful ride with LIMO!!!!

Truly one of the funniest and enjoyable books written by Dan Jenkins and his good friend Bud Shrake. If you liked Semi-Tough or Dead Solid Perfect, you will love Limo --trust me!! I laughed out loud regarding some passages and have committed several others to memory. Enjoy!!

The Ultimate Reality TV Show

Copyright 1976. Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake write about the ultimate reality TV show, "Just Up The Street," showing four families *LIVE* for three prime-time hours. 25 years before Survivor, Big Brother, Fear Factor, and the rest of the wannabes, Jenkins and Shrake produced my personal pick for funniest book I've ever read. Favorite bits include a drag race between a Rolls Royce and a Lincoln through midtown Manhattan at 11:45 a.m., the protagonists ex-wife's psychiatrist du jour trying to pick up his girlfriend-to-be, and a number of descriptions of top network executives that put Stanley Bing to shame.And when you've picked yourself up off the floor as the screens go dark on Just Up the Street, remember when the book was written.

A month in the life of a network weasel

Hey, a Jenkins book that doesn't involve golf! What this is is a semi-tender love story about a Texan network exec and a pretty lady writer from NYC. Secondary plots involve his vapid ex-wife, his trailer-trash driver and the more trashy folks that encrust the TV business. Should've been made into a movie.