Background
Berle, Milton was born on July 12, 1908 in New York City.
(When Milton Berle died in the Spring of 2002, THE NEW YOR...)
When Milton Berle died in the Spring of 2002, THE NEW YORK TIMES declared that the legendary comic "may have had a more profound influence on our way of life than some presidents or Nobel Prize winners." This landmark memoir, as startling today as it was when it was first published, reveals the life and times of the man known affectionately to millions as Uncle Miltie. Told with unflinching candor, here is one of the most fabled and influential show business careers of all time: from performing as a child in Vaudeville and making silent movies with Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford, to nightclub performances for Al Capone, working on radio during World War II, performing in Broadway musicals, and, finally, superstardom on television. Perhaps even more fascinating is Berle's scandal-ridden private life: his star-crossed love affair with a 1930's movie queen and the child they had out of wedlock, his numerous affairs with women ranging from evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson to Marilyn Monroe, and his stormy relationship with beautiful showgirl Joyce Mathews, whom Berle married twice. It is Berle's unsparing account of his life and his determination to show the world his real face that led Frank Sinatra, at the time, to call this "the gutsiest book I've read in years." Told with equal amounts of comedy and pathos, and featuring colorful appearancesby all the major stars of his day, MILTON BERLE is simply one of the best show business memoirs ever written.
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(THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF THIS OR ANY YEAR. B....)
THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF THIS OR ANY YEAR. B.S. I LOVE YOU IS WRITTEN BY ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST SHOW BUSINESS LEGENDS ABOUT HIS SIXTY YEARS IN THE FRIARS CLUB-THAT RIBALD, ROLLICKING COLLECTION OF ZONIES. THE FRIARS CLUB IS TO HUMOR WHAT FOR KNOX IS TO GOLD. THIS SIXTY-YEAR MEMOIR OF LIFE WITH THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS IS FILLED WITH THE WIT, AD LIBS, PITHY REMARKS, RISQUE ROASTS, ONE-LINERS, AND ANECDOTES THAT MILTON BERLE HAS BEEN COLLECTING-WITH JUST THIS PURPOSE IN MIND-FOR THE LAST SIXTY YEARS. THIS BOOK IS A TREASURE TROVE OF STORIES ABOUT POLITICIANS, ACTORS, SPORTS STARS, SINGERS, WRITERS, COMEDIANS, GANGSTERS, BAND LEADERS, DRINKERS, GAMBLERS, AND LOVERS-AND SEVERAL WHO ARE COMBINATIONS THEREOF. THE CAST OF CHARACTERS INCLUDES RONALD REAGAN AND JFK, GEORGE BURNS AND AL CAPONE, SOPHIE TUCKER AND GROUCHO MARX, ENRICO CARUSO AND GEORGE S. KAUFMAN, PHYLLIS DILLER AND EDDIE CANTOR, ORSON WELLES AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR-ALL SEEN THROUGH THE IRREVERENT, IRREPRESSIBLY HILARIOUS EYES OF MILTON BERLE./WONDERFUL WONDERFUL BOOK!/WELL WORTH THE PRICE!
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(Frank Sinatra said behind the lights and applause it isn'...)
Frank Sinatra said behind the lights and applause it isn't all laughs and calls this book the gutsiest book I have read in years. He was 5 when he appeared on stage, 12 when he was seduced by a choir girl, the first of a long list like Marilyn Monroe Aimee Semple McPherson and a heartbreaking affair by whom he fathered an illegitimate child.
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(FIRST McGraw-Hill PAPERBACK EDITION. 1989 trade paperback...)
FIRST McGraw-Hill PAPERBACK EDITION. 1989 trade paperback, 2nd printing. Milton Berle (Milton Berle's Private Joke File: Over 10,000 of His Best Gags, Anecdotes, and One-Liners). An entertaining autobiography of Milton Berle's fifty years in the Friars Club features one-lines, ad libs, and risque roasts of America's past and present celebrities from the fields of entertainment, sports, politics and crime.
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Berle, Milton was born on July 12, 1908 in New York City.
HHD (honorary), McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, 1984.
(When Milton Berle died in the Spring of 2002, THE NEW YOR...)
(Frank Sinatra said behind the lights and applause it isn'...)
(THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF THIS OR ANY YEAR. B....)
(FIRST McGraw-Hill PAPERBACK EDITION. 1989 trade paperback...)
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Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Guild Authors and Composers, Grand Street Boys, Friar's (re-elected honorary abbot emeritus 1968, president 1978- Los Angeles).
Married Joyce Mathews, 1941, (divorced 1947), remarried 1949, divorced 1950. 2 adopted children; married Ruth Cosgrove(deceased 1989) December 9, 1953. 1 adopted son; married Lorna Adams, November 26, 1991.