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Get Real!: The Untold Story: Sexy, Scary, Scandalous World of Reality TV! |
Author: Mike Walker
Published: 2008-04-01 |
List price: $17.95
Our price: $12.21
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As of: October 06th, 2008 07:41:31 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Tedious read
I love hearing Mike Walker on Howard Stern, but leaving him write pages upon pages of his overblown dialogue is not only tedious...but downright annoying to read.
 Sorry Mike, It's a Snoozer
Like a lot of other reviewers here, I'm a Stern fan and bought this book on Howard's recommendation. I'm a pop culture junkie and was looking forward to getting the inside scoop on the reality genre, but the majority of the book was rehashed gossip items from the last several years. Also disappointing was the presence of many factual errors and misspellings, which made me wonder if Mike even showed this to an editor/fact checker.
 Real World discrepency
I have not actually read the book yet, but am looking forward to it. A few members have been mentioning about the "Real World" mistake. Maybe he meant Road Rules or Real World/Road Rules Challenge. That's all that I can think of. I agree that this mistake should have been caught! Oh well.
 If You've Followed Reality TV...
If you have followed reality TV, this is a great book. I am also a big Howard Stern Fan and a Mike Walker fan so I loved this book. It's a quick read, but lots of interesting things and behind the scenes on reality TV both the good and the bad. A nice gift for someone who is a fan as well.
A Very Enjoyable Read
Although I have rarely read Mike Walker's regular gossip column, I love this book, and he seems to have the dirt on everyone. The book is large in size with loosely spaced type, and Mike's fun and witty writing style will keep you interested throughout each chapter.
The only reason I am giving it four stars instead of five is because, as one other reviewer noted, Mike totally blew it on 'The Real World', describing the MTV series as having "Pioneered the concept of competition. Contestants battled each other in an elimination contest and were booted off the show, one by one, until only the winner remained." I think Mike was describing 'Big Brother', not 'The Real World'.
But don't let that mistake keep you from buying this book. If you're a fan of reality TV or if you have any interest in what goes on behind the scenes in getting these shows produced, the good and the bad, the down and dirty, there is no better source of information than Mike Walker.
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