Live From New York - James H. Miller [0]
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First eBook Edition: November 2008
ISBN: 978-0-316-04582-7
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Prologue
1: Exordium: 1975–1976
2: Heyday: 1976–1980
3: The Stars Come Out: 1980–1985
4: Behemiel Rising: 1985–1990
5: Overpopulation: 1990–1995
6: Still Crazy After All These Years: 1995–
7: Lorne
About the Authors
Applause for
TOM SHALES and JAMES ANDREW MILLER’s
LIVE FROM NEW YORK
An Entertainment Weekly “Best of 2002” selection
Chosen by the Chicago Tribune as one of the “Best Books” of the year
A “Hot Read” in Rolling Stone
“Live from New York feels like the party to which we’ve waited to be invited for years, the one where everyone is free to dish and tell all.”
— Gene Seymour, Chicago Sun-Times
“Live from New York captures page after page of witty and wonderful recollections… .An engaging oral history and a gold mine for serious SNL fans, the book is also compelling reading for those with a casual curiosity about the show, its battles with censors, the backstage addictions, the drunken hosts, and the perpetual cycle of creative boom, bust, and boom.”
— Eric Boehlert, Salon.com
“A guilty pleasure of the highest order… . Funnier, sadder, seedier, more moving, more alive than Saturday Night Live itself… . Live from New York shines.”
— Lev Grossman, Time
“The juiciest treasure trove of backstage gossip, sex, and drugs since The Andy Warhol Diaries… . Scandals, infighting, and plenty of showbiz dirt make this a guilty-pleasure page-turner from start to finish.”
— Publishers Weekly
“An exhaustive oral history of twenty-seven years of backstage squabbles, freaked-out hosts, meddling network suits, score-settling malcontents, and nostalgic revisionists, not to mention the drugs, feuds, and affairs… . Although authorized, the book is censored less than the show itself.”
— Phil Kloer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“The straight dope is intoxicating, illuminating, befuddling, and — appropriately — wildly funny and ultimately addictive… . Live from New York is a big book, but the rich voices make it compelling. It’s over way too soon.”
— James Norton, Flak
“Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller have crafted an irresistible read. By gathering quotes from all the principals and using only the occasional italicized paragraph for subject mortar, the authors defy a reader not to turn a page and see what’s next….You have to give big credit to the authors for figuring out the people involved were eloquent and forthright enough to be able to tell the tale themselves… . There is something memorable on nearly every page.”
— John Smyntek, Cincinnati Enquirer
“A word-of-mouth masterpiece.”
— Ed Bark, Dallas Morning News
“Reads like a backstage confidential…. Live from New York isn’t just straight from the horse’s mouth. Here, the stable spills while the many perspectives are adeptly shaped by Shales and Miller. This may be entertainment history but it reads like ‘live from Studio 8H.’”
— Sherryl Connelly, New York Daily News
“The most definitive record yet of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, the TV comedy program that redefined our popular culture.”
— Monica Collins, Boston Herald
“Dozens of now-famous comedians have been part of the SNL crew over the years; this ‘oral history’ reveals them in stories, behind-the-scenes gossip, feuds, and secrets. The book will delight fans of the show.”
— Nan Goldberg, Newark Sunday Star-Ledger
“Pure, unadulterated, delicious