Someday I Want to Go to All the Places My Luggage Has Been
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Travel is universal. It's something we all have in common -- except for those of us who are under house arrest. It's an adventure, whether it's a car crammed full of family and gear trudging along to the resort or a cross continental flight with only one carry-on and on space left in the overhead compartment.
Someday I Want To Go To All The Places My Luggage Has Been is a book that explores the adventures of traveling. It finds the fun in travel (even if it didn't seem to be fun at the time). It kids everything from airplane meals (Airlines only serve two meals in flight -- chicken and We're all out of that.") to packing your luggage before you leave and then trying to find it once you arrive. It presents the funny side of eating out, sleeping in hotels, dealing with fellow travelers, and even a few of the places you might have been or are planning to go.
Someone once said, "Getting there is half the fun." Maybe so. But it's even more fun when you're reading Someday I Want To Go To All The Places My Luggage Has Been on your way. It's even fun to read without ever leaving the house.
About the Author
Gene Perret has been a comedy writer since the early 1960s working for comedians such as Slappy White and Phyllis Diller. He's been a television comedy writer and producer since 1968. The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show was his first television staff assignment. Gene has also worked as a writer on: The Jim Nabors Show; Laugh-in; The New Bill Cosby Show; The Helen Reddy Show; The Carol Burnett Show; Mama's Family, ...and others. He was a head-writer/producer on: Welcome Back, Kotter; Three's Company; The Tim Conway Show. And wrote episodes for: All in the Family; Joe and Sons; What's Happening; Gimme a Break; Love, American Style, ...and others.
Gene has also worked on Bob Hope's writing staff as his head writer. In this capacity Gene wrote for all of Bob's personal appearances and TV Specials. Gene was the only writer to travel with the Bob Hope troupe to the war zones of Beirut, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and on a peace time military jaunt around the world that featured stops at the Berlin Wall and in Moscow.
As a television writer Perret has earned 7 Emmy nominations, including one for original music, and 2 Writer's Guild Award nominations. He has captured three Emmy awards and one Writer's Guild Award.
Gene also teaches comedy writing through various avenues. He features several how-to articles each year in the comedy newsletter Round Table that he founded. He is a comedy writing tutor for Professional Comedy Writing Course, a correspondence course consisting of 40 lessons on the business of writing comedy. Gene also is active in a new project which helps aspiring writers gain experience by participating, via e-mail and fax, in simulated staff writing situations. Each team of writers, working together with Gene as head-writer/advisor, creates and writes a monologue for a comedian, a variety show, or a half-hour situation comedy segment.
Presently, Gene Perret writes a monthly humor column for Arizona Highways, and contributes regular humor columns to Active Times, and Westlake Magazine. He has also written articles for Reader's Digest, Good Houskeeping, McCall's, Parents, Friends, Toastmaster, The Writer's Digest, and others.
Gene is a sought-after banquet speaker who has addressed the national conventions of Toastmasters International, The International Platform Association, and The National Speakers Association.
Gene also has appeared as a guest on many television and radio shows promoting his book and in connection with his work with Bob Hope.
Someday I Want to Go to All the Places My Luggage Has Been,Gene Perret,Azurite Books,1893860019,Essays & Travelogues,Form - Essays,Humor,Topic - Adult,Travel
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