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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.

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!!

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.

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

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.