Miss America
by Howard Stern

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Book Review: Howard gets political on 2nd Novel
Summary: 5 Stars

The unmaking of sad Zoo personality John Debella. Howard tortures this man to no end til his ratings are squashed. A lot of interesting turns in the story occur. It's a great saga.

Howard's impressive run for the office of governor in New York, not to mention the fact that he gets to control the destiny of political hopefuls like Christine Todd Whitman. Etc.

Howard rips into his radio crew, mostly King of Mars Fred/Eric Norris. What was the deal with the wedding no one was invited to, Cookie Puss cakes for Mother's day and even more horror. Howard looks into it. Also the questions everyone wants to know about Robin are answered on a lie detector.

The private painful battle with OCD. Howard gets a chuckle out of you while telling his of sad and true story that is meant to help others and certainty does.

Lots of fun little bits in here. You real have to be devout Stern to dig this one and if you are, it might just blow "Parts" out of the map. Have fun reading all the details of the Stern empire. F Jackie and Baba Booey to y'all. Also, if you ever hear about the phony infommercial that Stern did for the book airing on E!, tape it! It's a classic Stern parody.

Summary of Miss America

What "Private Parts" didn't tell you about the most outrageous person alive, "Miss America" will, again proving why Howard Stern, with his wickedly twisted, vicious, hilarious eye view is the ONLY honest person in radio, the FCC's worst nightmare, and a man not to be messed with.

For the first time, Stern reveals what went on during his bizarre secret meeting with Michael Jackson; the true story of his aborted run for Governor of New York State; his emergence as a major powerbroker on the national political scene, and his courageous 20-year battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

What? "Howard Stern an obsessive compulsive"? Yes boys and girls, the King of All Media was prisoner of his own warped obsessions. Like right-hand domination. Whether he was washing his face, brushing his teeth or tieing his shoelaces, his right hand had to dominate. Like odd numbers. Touching things three times to protect his own empire was paramount to his mental stability. Sometimes he needed to take three extra bites of food so he could get to the right number before finishing. He had to turn off his alarm clock a certain way, even put his records back in their sleeves in a prescribed ritualistic fashion, just to prove to himself that he was better than anyone else and ensure that nothing would come between him and success.

In "Miss America," for the first time, Stern talks "lovingly" about his broadcasting family. Robin Quivers ("Robin's like a Vulcan when it comes to sex. Like Spock, every seven years, she gets this incredible urge to mate."); Fred Norris ("a tremendous pain in the ass");Jackie Martling ("Jackie always feels abused, downtrodden and underappreciated"); Gary Dell'Abate ("Gary is the son I never had. And if my relationship with Gary is any indication of how I would be with my own son, then there truly is a God who spared the world another Stern family father-son relationship"). Also included: why Ralph Cirella is the most-hated cast member and the interns who "never" seem to leave.

Filled with hundreds of photographs, including 40 of naked breasts, a pictorial history of Howard's hair, behind-the-scenes photos from one-of-a-kind television and radio moments, and an inspirational tour of Stern's Fantasy F*** List (in the event of Alison Stern's death, of course) that includes Carol Alt, Patti Davis, Phoebe Cates and the Barbi Twins, "Miss America" is a razor-sharp lampoon of everything America holds dear, from family values and politics to Kathie Lee Gifford.

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