Father Knows Less

by Lee Kalcheim

Overview

Soon after Emmy award winning comedy writer and playwright Lee Kalcheim's twin boys were born, he realized he wouldn't get much sleep for the next few years. So, while he was awake, he'd better remember what was happening. Lee records the poignant funny stories of this free wheeling family, their adventures living in L.A., Rome and New York, most importantly; the lessons he learned bringing them up. "We all just laughed our way through life, and I realized, writing comedy is hard....living it is exuberant!"

Lee Kalcheim has written for both the theatre and television. An Emmy winning comedy writer (All In The Family), Cable Ace Award winner (The Paper Chase), Writers Guild Award (The Bridge of Adam Rush) and creator of the comedy series "Something Wilder" for NBC, which won no awards, but enabled Mr. Kalcheim to return to his first love; Playwriting. His plays include: "Breakfast With Les and Bess" at the Lambs Theatre, "Friends" at Manhattan Theatre Club", "Defiled" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, with Peter Falk and Jason Alexander, and "Slouching Toward Hollywood" at the Penguin Rep in Stony Point, NY and "Seminar" most recently in Tokyo Japan.

"A beguiling valentine to fatherhood from one of the funniest minds in Hollywood and New York !"
Daniel Klein, co author of the New York Times bestseller, "Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar"

"Lee Kalcheim is one of my favorite Dads for three reasons: what he does; what he hears; and how he tells it."
Jason Alexander, Actor

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786755820
Publisher:	Argo-Navis
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1 TV Or Not TV… That is the Question 11

2 How to Be Insulted and Not Be Hurt By It 25

3 Hooray For You Know What 31

4 Traveling: Getting Away From You Know Where 43

5 Return to La La Land 53

6 No Penises at the Table 67

7 Hitler's Bathroom 77

8 Damned Yankees? 89

9 Roman (Working) Holiday 99

10 The Blue Grotto 109

11 Sketches 117

12 Dieci Minuti 127

13 The Hood 135

14 The Last Word 143

15 The "Cleveland Response" 151

16 Letting Go 161

17 Wake Up, Mr. President 179

18 Yes, There is a Santa Claus 189

19 Soothing the Savage Breast 205

20 Don't Take it Personally 219

21 Teachers 229

22 Sex, Love, and Money 241

23 The Grand (Or Not So Grand) Tour 251

24 Renaissance 265

25 Separation Agreement 273