NBC & ME MY LIFE AS A PAGE IN A BOOK (A MOCK MEMOIR OF MY BIG
'80s DAZE WITH THE PEACOCK NETWORK) From May 1984 to December 1985,
actor/author/TV producer/singer Herbie J Pilato worked as a Page
for NBC-TV in Burbank, California. Many Pages were excited by the
frequent showbiz interactions that were accessible and provided by
a major TV network facility. Some found work within and outside of
the industry. Others found their job only uncovered a depressing,
even insulting Hollywood experience. For Herbie J, it was da bomb,
as he found himself on the set of Family Ties, The Golden Girls and
Wheel of Fortune. He helped to coordinate an affiliates'
convention, two press tours, five Bob Hope specials, An All-Star
Salute To President Dutch Reagan, the 1984 Democratic Presidential
Debates, and the 1984 Emmy Awards. He laughed with established
comedians, lunched with network suits, hob-knobbed with
celebrities, stuffed envelopes - and passed out tickets to Scrabble
- all for a measly $5.20 an hour. It's an experience that he
remembers in-depth - and with tongue-in-cheek - in NBC & ME: MY
LIFE AS A PAGE IN A BOOK - A MOCK MEMOIR OF MY BIG '80s DAZE WITH
THE PEACOCK NETWORK. With NBC & ME, Herbie J (no period after
the J - and it's all explained in the book) exposes for the first
time the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of his initial TV network
tenure. Within these pages (every possible pun intended), Herbie J
takes you - the reader - behind closed-doors, down inactive
hallways, and inside TV's oldest web of intrigue (that's what they
used to call television networks in the old days - webs). NBC &
ME offers the fast-track, inside-scoop, close-up-look, and
behind-the-scenes peek at my wanna'-belife with the so-called
Peacock network - and in the process, becomes the first book to
chronicle infamous Page department of NBC (or any other network's
Page division, for that matter). In doing so, NBC & ME rides
the skirt-tails of past or recent hit television shows like
A&E's Airline (which was really Pages on a Plane), Andy Dick's
The Assistant, and, of course, Donald Trump's and NBC's very own
hit reality show, The Apprentice - as well as the success of NBC's
newly-christened Emmy-winning hit comedy, 30 Rock (which features
the Peacock net's former Saturday Night Live star/writer Tina Fey
and offers periodic appearances by a character who just so happens
to be a Page). So, if you're looking for a fun read, NBC & ME:
MY LIFE AS A PAGE IN A BOOK fits the bill as, none other than, a
real...uhm...page-turner.
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