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Authors: Candy Spelling
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Entertainment & Performing Arts
Stories from
Candyland
Candy Spelling
St. Martin’s Press
New York
STORIES FROM CANDYLAND
. Copyright © 2009 by Candyland, Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
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175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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“Sounds of Silence.” Copyright © 1964 Paul Simon. Used by permission of the Publisher: Paul Simon Music.
“Silence Is Golden.” Words and Music by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Copyright © 1963 (Renewed 1991) EMI LONGITUDE MUSIC and GAVADIMA MUSIC. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission.
Excerpts from
Dick and Jane: Happy Days with Our Friends
and
Read with Dick and Jane: Guess Who
by Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer, M.D., and William S. Gray, A. Sterl Artley, and Lillian Gray. Copyright © 1948 and 1951 by Scott Foresman and Company. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.
Book design by Kathryn Parise
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Spelling, Candy.
Stories from Candyland / Candy Spelling. —1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-57070-5
ISBN-10: 0-312-57070-8
1. Spelling, Candy. 2. Spelling, Aaron. 3. Television producers’ and directors’ spouses—United States—Biography. I. Title.
PN1992.4.S64A3 2009
791.430233092—dc22
[B]
20008054719
First Edition: April 2009
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Aaron,
My love . . . and the man who entertained
the world with great stories.
I hope my storytelling makes you proud.
Chapter 1 My Rock for the Ages
Chapter 2 Dr. Spock or Mr. Spock: Did We Really Listen to These Guys?
Chapter 3 Fred Astaire Asked Me to Dance Because I’se Biggest
Chapter 4 Hollywood Wife and Mother 101: A Star Isn’t Born
Chapter 5 The Sounds of Silence: Golden or Dangerous?
Chapter 6 Celebrity Houses and Glue Guns Require a Gift-Wrapping Room
Chapter 7 Stop, Look, and Listen to My Dog
Chapter 8 Size Does Matter, Especially in Hollywood
Chapter 9 Wizards and Showgirls Need Fifty-Two Suitcases
Chapter 10 1984 Was a Very Good Year, After All
Chapter 11 There’s a Lot of Funny Business in Showbiz
Chapter 12 I’d Like a Thousand Shares of Pushkey, Please
Chapter 13 Sweets for My Sweet
Chapter 14 My Mother’s Gloves Were Off-White
Chapter 16 Up, Up, and Put Away
Chapter 17 And Now a Word from . . . Everyone Else
Chapter 18 The Pop Culture Trail to Candyland
Addendum: Candy Spelling’s Favorite Recipes