Henry 57 Forget the Gas, I Want the Jell-O 64 Take Everything 70 A Work in Progress 75 Thank God My Brother Had a Job 81 The Manson Murders 87 I Made Him Sick 92 All in the Family 98 Funny Business 106 Out with a Laugh 111 Live from New York 114 Ready for Prime Time 118 Chick Fight 125 viii 23.
Introduction xi Five More Minutes 1 What did’ya expect -Hedy Lamarr? 8 The Grand Concourse 14 Dinnertime 20 Strictly Ballroom 24 Dear Mom & Dad 32 The Marshall Plan 39 Mucho Grath-e-ath 46 The Facts of Life 52 Mrs. isbn 978-2-7 Printed in the United States of America doc 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my Mommy and Daddy, who gave me their best my brother, who gave me a job my sister, who helped me cross the street and my daughter, Tracy, and my grandchildren, Spencer, Bella, and Viva, who provided me with the opportunity to love them forever.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. I wouldn’t have a career without her!” - M A R K WA H L B E R G $26.00 HIGHER IN CANADA ISBN 978-2-7 1508536 MyM other Was Nuts New Harvest Houghton Mifflin Harcourt b oston new york 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Penny Marshall All rights reserved This edition published by special arrangement with Amazon Publishing For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. Read this book and you will know why.” - G A R RY M A R S H A L L “A very funny book by a very funny lady. The fact that she went on to become the first woman director in the history of film to make not one, but two movies that made over $100 million is no surprise to me. She made everyone laugh at our family dinner table, and she made everyone laugh on the set of Laverne & Shirley. I’m not saying that because she’s my sister, although I am partial to nepotism. Also, I’m so glad she wrote it because it helps me remember things I forgot, which is a lot.” -CARRIE FISHER “My sister Penny is one of the funniest people I know. Read her memoir and you’ll come to love her as much as I do.” -TOM HANKS “If I hadn’t known Penny for the past 35 years, reading this book would make me want to.
Did you know she gave me two of the best jobs I’ve ever had? Of course not, because when she talks she is barely comprehensible. My Mother Was Nuts Penny Marshall A Memoir PRAISE FOR My Mother Was Nuts “Penny Marshall is a fascinating woman who has lived a life few of us could survive.
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