Synopsis
Witty, insightful observations on family life from a sitcom star.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-11-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 209 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
In a books that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and all-too-true to life, comedy-talent-turned-television-star Ray Romano goes home again, revealing that the source of his inspiration is heritage, hearth and family. As did his stand-up comedy and his present, top-rated CBS-TV program, Romano draws on his real-life experience as a husband, a father, a father of twins, a son with parents living very very close, and a brother, to make readers laugh and laugh harder.
On "Everybody Loves Raymond", the show "Entertainment Weekly" calls"the smartest sitcom", Ray Romano has won millions of fans by being today's funniest observer of family life. Now, in a book that is both laugh-out-loud funny and steeped in the all-too-real stew of life, Romano uses that same blend of wicked wit and survivor's wisdom to find humor in those family situations to which every reader can relate.
Industry Reviews
Laughs from Romano, star of CBS-TV's Everybody Loves Raymond.
Mayer
Star of the hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, the amiably bemused Romano here puts his stand-up act on the page, and despite a few dull patches remains amusingly down-to-earth. The title refers to one of his kids' birthday requests, and the Queens-raised, Italian-American comic can mine the family/kids/guyhood comedy lode with the best of 'em. "Bugs are simply our jurisdiction," Romano says of men and the marriage contract and the task of killing creepy-crawlies, while parents could use a "nap pressure gauge" to monitor their child's consciousness. How often does a guy with four kids have sex? Well, "the next day I pay my estimated tax." Most of Romano's shtick seems believable, and even the stuff that clearly stretches like his taking off his pants to keep alert while driving seems in character. Romano's "proud history of accumulated neuroses" apparently gives him the perspective to appreciate the concept that "your happiness peaks at three," as when his daughter daydreams about... candy. Major ad/promo; simultaneous BDD audio cassette and CD. (Nov.)
Leuchtenburg
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