{"product_id":"it-seemed-like-a-bad-idea-at-the-time","title":"It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bruce Vilanch, a storyteller without peer, has written a tell-all . . . on himself! And it's hilarious! He's finally coming clean and owning up to his part in creating some of the worst television of the twentieth century, and that's saying a lot. There's no one like him. As they've been saying since I discovered him as a cub reporter at the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, when you're in a pinch . . . Get Bruce!\" --BETTE MIDLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bruce Vilanch is known as a go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and top-heavy variety specials, but he has also been responsible for quite a few of the worst shows ever put on television--legendarily bad productions. \u003cbr\u003e Some of his work lives in infamy--\u003ci\u003eThe Star Wars Holiday Special\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paul Lynde Halloween Special\u003c\/i\u003e, Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White at the Oscars, and \u003ci\u003eThe Brady Bunch Variety Hour\u003c\/i\u003e. How did these ever seem like a good idea? \u003cbr\u003e Well, everyone has screwed up a few times, or had their work screwed up by others. \u003ci\u003eIt Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a lifetime reflection of what Vilanch has experienced, learned, forgotten, dismissed, and embraced in decades of working in show business, specifically the south forty acres known as comedy. It involves very famous people and people who were not very famous but should have been. \u003cbr\u003e And it explains to the person in the audience who says to himself, once he has gotten his jaw off the floor, \"'How did this \u003ci\u003eever\u003c\/i\u003e get made?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't we all want to know?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bruce Vilanch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46332173222124,"sku":"9780914091929","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780914091929.jpg?v=1743544622","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/it-seemed-like-a-bad-idea-at-the-time","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}