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Thurm, Joel.
Casting directors -- Biography.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Sex, drugs, & pilot season : confessions of a casting director / by Joel Thurm.
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Thurm, Joel, author.
Orlando, FL : BearManor Media, 2023.
Subjects
Thurm, Joel.
Casting directors -- Biography.
Television programs -- United States -- History.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781629339528 (paperback) :
1629339520 (paperback)
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vi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
PROLOGUE -- David Hasselhoff: blame me -- Introduction -- Kosher milk -- Summer stock: from Nyack to Rome and back -- Dvaid Merrick: working for the abominable showman -- California, here I come -- Live from television city in Hollywood: Bob Newhart meets the Rocky Horror Show -- Spelling-Goldberg: cops & robbers & bimbos, oh my! -- John Travolta - the boy in the plastic bubble -- Grease -- Angie & the real taxi drivers of New York -- PHOTOS -- How Airplane! Became airborne -- NBC, Bill Cosby & the casting couch -- Beautiful Downtown Burbank and The Golden Girls -- The Phoenixes: true family values -- Nell Carter: a most unusual friendship -- Life is easy, reality TV is hard -- EPILOGUE -- GLOSSARY -- NBC SERIES NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
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"From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather's dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in Hollywood, Early on, Thurm's instincts proved beyond reproach when he recognized John Travolta as much more than a teen idol, casting him in the TV movie THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE. It was during his years as Vice President of Talent and Casting for both Paramount Television and NBC that he discovered the remarkable Phoenix family, from which River and Joaquin became A-list movie stars. With his insider's knowledge, irreverent style, and biting wit, Thurm tells the stories of his key involvement in such iconic movies and shows as GREASE, AIRPLANE!, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, CHEERS, TAXI, THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND, STARSKY & HUTCH, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, KNIGHT RIDER, THE COSBY SHOW, HILL STREET BLUES and many, many more. SEX, DRUGS, AND PILOT SEASON is the ultimate backstage pass to the boardrooms of Manhattan and the executive suites of Hollywood where show-business history was made." -- Back cover.
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