My Father, Uncle Miltie

By Bradley Lewis, William Berle, Brad Lewis

Milton Berle is acknowledged as the man who made television popular. The millions who religiously watched The Texaco Star Theater which became The Milton Berle Show can attest to the genesis of TV: In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569801495
• ISBN13: 9781569801499
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Quite Simply the Greatest Book Ever Written

An insider's view of growing up with the greatest comedian of all time. It doesn't get better than this, kids. You can practically smell Uncle Miltie's cigar.

The Humanizing of Milton Berle

I have always heard that comedians by nature are truly serious people, and basically an unhappy group. Therefore, it doesn't surprise me that Milton Berle treated people, especially his son Bill, so obusively. MFUM humanizes the great TV star and, in fact, I pitied my idol after reading this book. I'm sure that Bill Berle would have much preferred a "real father" from a modest background rather than a superstar ogre such as Uncle Miltie. MFUM was an informative, interesting, well written book, and while it shattered my image of Milton Berle, I found it quite enjoyable.

Good Bio. Could Have Gone Deeper

I like reading entertainment bios. This is one of the good ones out there. I think William Berle is too concerned about himself. He comes off passionless and pretty selfish. There are plenty of people who would have loved to have Milton as a father. What did he do that was so bad? There is way too much about Wiliam. Who cares? I would have liked to read more about Milton and all the great people he knew. Even with all of the Beverly Hills whining, the book is still fun to read.

Reeks of honesty. Is funny and sad.

This has to have been a difficult book for Bill Berle to write (co-write), yet he is extremely fair and loving about his father. Bill Berle deserved a better father.

Interesting history of show business.

I was surprised to see how flattering this story was to Milton. It was fun to read about the most famous comedian of his time. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of television comedy. It also talks about Hollywood home life.