{"product_id":"mae-west-broadcast-muse-paperback","title":"MAE WEST: BROADCAST MUSE (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN  9781629334387\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n @font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536869121 1107305727 33554432 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:swiss;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, 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1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMuch is known and written about the film and stage careers of Mae West.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut she also worked sporadically on national radio and television during her seventy-five-year career in show business.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMAE WEST: Broadcast Muse\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive look at her television and radio appearances with Rudy Vallee, Perry Como, and, most famously, with Edger Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Chase and Sanborn Hour\u003c\/i\u003e in 1937.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHer portrayal of Eve, opposite Don Ameche’s Adam, in the infamous “Garden of Eden” skit, and her provocative sparring with Bergen’s wooden companion, Charlie McCarthy, earned the actress condemnation and a ban from national radio that lasted more than a decade.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt also all but ended her motion picture career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003eIn the 1950s, she ventured into television with a surprise appearance on the 30\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Annual Academy Awards presentation singing a duet with Rock Hudson, guest starring appearances on \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Dean Martin Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Red\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eSkelton Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and an interview on the CBS-TV program, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ePerson to Person\u003c\/i\u003e, which was considered so risqué, the network cancelled the pre-recorded broadcast twenty-four hours before the show was scheduled to air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003eIn the 1960s, she guest-starred on the popular sitcom, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMr. Ed\u003c\/i\u003e, considered several television specials and a cartoon series, and did a rare sit-down interview with Dick Cavett.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMAE WEST: Broadcast Muse\u003c\/i\u003e includes the fascinating behind the scene stories of her work on these shows, and many rare photographs from the sets.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe book also includes several proposed radio and television scripts that were written for Mae West, but never made it on the air, including a proposed appearance with Frank Sinatra on the Armed Forces radio show, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMail Call\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1944, and fascinating interviews with the actress expressing her thoughts on television, censorship, sex, and being one of the most famous sex symbols in Hollywood history.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e“I never liked the idea of doing television because people could turn me off,” Mae West said to Joyce Haber in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMAE WEST: Broadcast Muse\u003c\/i\u003e explores with hilarious details all the famed actress’ radio and television ventures – those that made it on the air, and the many more that didn’t – and bring the 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