Published to acclaim in 1974—and substantially rewritten and expanded in this new edition—You and Me, Babe was the New York Times best-seller that launched Chuck Barris's career as a top-selling author. But unlike his later books (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Bad Grass Never Dies), You and Me, Babe is the irresistible combination of a truly affecting love story motored by Barris's classic brand of unique humor. Set in 1960s New York City, the novel centers on Tommy, a blue-collar schemer, who sets out to marry Sammy, an opinionated but dysfunctional young heiress with enough smarts to stand up to his shenanigans, though not enough to see his true motives. Her parents, however, see all too clearly, and when Tommy and Sammy announce their intention to marry, the family disinherits their firebrand daughter. Not to worry: Tommy has fallen in love with Sammy in the meantime, and the couple's fortune and fame all on their own becomes the source for this winning, and ultimately moving, New York tale.
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A "rags to riches" love story,
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This review is from: You and Me, Babe (Hardcover)
This was the first book written by game show producer/host Chuck Barris in the early '70's (before "The Gong Show"), and was basically a fictionalized autobiography of his life at the time. It seems a bit reminicient of "Love Story", but is a good read and a "rags to riches" story on how when you marry for money, you wind up paying for it in the end.....
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Not a masterpiece, but for twenty years now I have been unable to forget it. And I guess that says something.
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I read this book when I was in my early teens (over 30 years ago) and enjoyed it so much that have kept that original copy of it ever since. It is the only fictional story book that I have read more than once and I find every few years I will pick it up and read it again. Just purchased a new copy of the book to read because my original copy is officially retired. It is a great story and one that is hard to put down until you have finished it.
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We met in 1949, when I was twenty and Sammy was fourteen. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Mike Malloy, Gil Mack, The Cinderella Game, Bernice Chapman, Paul Blum, Donnie Massella, Saint Tropez, Samantha Jane Wilkerson, David Greenberg, Tommy Christian, Saint Patrick, Samantha Wilkerson, Third Avenue, Madison Avenue, New Jersey, Central Park, Ellen Harris, Kitten Oxley, Rolls Royce, Sammy Wilkerson, United States, Vector Weeks, American Broadcasting Company, Fifth Avenue New!
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We met in 1949, when I was twenty and Sammy was fourteen. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secretary politely, blond actress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mike Malloy, Gil Mack, The Cinderella Game, Bernice Chapman, Paul Blum, Donnie Massella, Saint Tropez, Samantha Jane Wilkerson, David Greenberg, Tommy Christian, Saint Patrick, Samantha Wilkerson, Third Avenue, Madison Avenue, New Jersey, Central Park, Ellen Harris, Kitten Oxley, Rolls Royce, Sammy Wilkerson, United States, Vector Weeks, American Broadcasting Company, Fifth Avenue New!
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- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris in Front Matter
- A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway on page 13
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