Back in the 1960s and 1970s a handful of male authors struck gold with relatively short, quirky first-person love stories. The most famous of these, of course, was Erich Segal’s 1970 mega-bestseller Love Story. It was quickly followed by Herman Raucher’s Summer of ’42 (1971), John Jay Osborn, Jr.’s Paper Chase (1971), and a handful of others. One of my favorite works in this vein is You and Me, Babe, published in 1974, and written by Chuck Barris, who would soon become famous as the host of The Gong Show, a silly TV talent show for people who were only moderately talented or, in some cases, decidedly untalented.
A MOVING LOVE STORY FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE
A MOVING LOVE STORY FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE
A MOVING LOVE STORY FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE
Back in the 1960s and 1970s a handful of male authors struck gold with relatively short, quirky first-person love stories. The most famous of these, of course, was Erich Segal’s 1970 mega-bestseller Love Story. It was quickly followed by Herman Raucher’s Summer of ’42 (1971), John Jay Osborn, Jr.’s Paper Chase (1971), and a handful of others. One of my favorite works in this vein is You and Me, Babe, published in 1974, and written by Chuck Barris, who would soon become famous as the host of The Gong Show, a silly TV talent show for people who were only moderately talented or, in some cases, decidedly untalented.