"Conservatives" is a collection of one hundred essays dealing with matters political, sociological and pop cultural, generously leavened with humor.
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Burt Prelutsky is a writer with a varied and extensive background. He wrote a humor column for the L.A. Times and book and movie criticism for Los Angeles magazine. On a freelance basis, he has written for the N.Y. Times, Holiday, TV Guide, Modern Maturity, Playgirl and Sports Illustrated.
For TV, he has, in addition to several award-winning movies, written episodes of Dragnet, McMillan & Wife, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, MASH, Bob Newhart, Family Ties, Dr. Quinn and Diagnosis Murder.
In 1989, Capra Press published an earlier collection of his humorous essays, "Civilization and Welcome to It".
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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This is one fun read!,
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This review is from: Conservatives Are from Mars (Liberals Are from San Francisco): A Hollywood Rightwinger Comes Out of the Closet (Paperback)
I'm glad Mr. Prelutsky has finally put many of his colorful essays between two covers. This is a delightful, if somewhat cynical, collection of characteristically opinionated pieces that would give Andy Rooney a run for his money. Highly recommended, despite a caricature of the author that makes him look, inexplicably, like the late Jose Ferrer.
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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Laughed, wanted more,
This review is from: Conservatives Are from Mars (Liberals Are from San Francisco): A Hollywood Rightwinger Comes Out of the Closet (Paperback)
I listened to this interview on First Voice. I got the book and read it. He's funny and very thoughtful in his writing, which I like a lot. But I gave it four stars rather than five because I wish the chapters were longer. Of course, with short chapters it's an easy read, you can read it in sections. Very touching his thoughts about family, like why he flies the American flag (www.firstvoicebooks.com/marsconservative.html). He is warm without being fake and hard without being fake.
15 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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witty insightful easy reading,
By Maenad (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conservatives Are from Mars (Liberals Are from San Francisco): A Hollywood Rightwinger Comes Out of the Closet (Paperback)
I love this book. It was very humorous and well written and organized in short chapters. Yes not all artistic people are lefists!
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New York, Saddam Hussein, American Jews, Jack Webb, President Bush, Supreme Court, San Francisco, White House, Beverly Hills, Jesse Jackson, Los Angeles, Middle East, World War, Dick Van Dyke, Julia Roberts, North Korea, Soviet Union, Writers Guild, Bill Clinton, Cesar Chavez, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Sam, United States, Ava Gardner, Dianne Feinstein New!
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New York, Saddam Hussein, American Jews, Jack Webb, President Bush, Supreme Court, San Francisco, White House, Beverly Hills, Jesse Jackson, Los Angeles, Middle East, World War, Dick Van Dyke, Julia Roberts, North Korea, Soviet Union, Writers Guild, Bill Clinton, Cesar Chavez, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Sam, United States, Ava Gardner, Dianne Feinstein New!
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- It's a Wonderful Life by James W. Rodgers on page 270
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby on page 52
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo on page 269
- Mount Rushmore (Places in American History) by Susan Ashley on page 46
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