Limo [Hardcover]

Dan Jenkins (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 308 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum; 1st edition (1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068910734X
• ISBN-13: 978-0689107344
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,468,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Reality TV Show, May 27, 2002

By 

Brad Blumenthal (Lincolnwood, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Limo (Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Climb on board for a wonderful ride with LIMO!!!!, February 25, 2005

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Mario Lawrence (Waldorf, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Limo (Paperback)

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!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A month in the life of a network weasel, March 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Limo (Hardcover)

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.