tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6018518380519937294..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: And Keep Off His Lawn!mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-9801878459150379872012-04-10T06:48:02.435-05:002012-04-10T06:48:02.435-05:00I didn't know he was still alive either, thoug...I didn't know he was still alive either, though I did know he was involved in Jimmy Buffett's musical adaptation of his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_the_Carnival_(novel)" rel="nofollow">Don't Stop the Carnival</a> in 1997. <br /><br />We have the CD of the short-lived musical, which played in Miami but never made it to Broadway.<br /><br />I liked his semi-autobiographical novel, <b>City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder</b> about an 11 year old Jewish boy growing up in The Bronx in 1928.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16355351598511845432012-04-10T03:11:13.092-05:002012-04-10T03:11:13.092-05:00How many here are aware that he wrote comedy for F...How many here are aware that he wrote comedy for Fred Allen's radio program?Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-39353653677279889362012-04-09T19:32:18.724-05:002012-04-09T19:32:18.724-05:00I read that one more than 50 years ago. Liked it ...I read that one more than 50 years ago. Liked it a lot at the time.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69161148374366609222012-04-09T19:30:48.218-05:002012-04-09T19:30:48.218-05:00Wow, I didn't know he was still alive. My fav...Wow, I didn't know he was still alive. My favorite of his books was MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR (the movie adaptation, however, is another matter altogether).Debnoreply@blogger.com