This Hollywood executive of 40 years gives his wry take on the everyday things that he either likes or dislikes. This amusing outspoken octogenarian who retired to Palm Desert, California, will remind you of Will Rogers, Mark Twain, and the late Andy Rooney at the close of CBS's long-running "60 Minutes" every week. From a look behind the scenes of Hollywood to life in the "peaceful" Coachella Valley where the "Snow Birds" migrate from the North every winter to clog the desert streets, this 83-year-old raconteur has a friendly opinion of most everything in life.
Earl Hamner created and wrote such novels as Spenser's Mountain (which became a major movie), and "The Walton's" which was also a best-seller before becoming the long-running network television series, which continues to air in syndication throughout the world.I also get into some of my personal battles with American Airlines and the lack of "Customer Service" we all face nowadays! It simply does NOT exist!Earl wrote me just weeks before he died of cancer, which I wanted to share with you. I still miss him.
The last letter to me from Al Dickerman, regarding his many years with Maya Angelou and her life in Northern California before the world & OPRA really discovered her.
I found an old manuscript I had written about how my mom never took a break!
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