10 Lessons I Learned from Gilligan, Mr. Ed and Primetime TV

By Larry Brill

Dispensing advice on how to live a happy life is a 12 billion dollar chunk of the self-help and inspiration industry. Imagine all the money we could have saved if only we had paid attention to the pearls of wisdom that came from our favorite TV characters when we were growing up. This first book in our 10 Lessons series uses quotes from primetime TV shows as inspiration to make you giggle, laugh out loud, or just scratch your head and wonder about the author's sanity. But you also might find little bits of real advice poking through the fun, the kind we need to be reminded of from time to time to keep our lives in balance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Black Tie Books
• Release date: Aug 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9780988864375

Larry Brill

Larry Brill spent most of his adult life as a TV news anchor and reporter. It is a remarkable vantage point to watch the world go by, and to try and make sense of both the tragedy and the craziness that surrounds us. It's the craziness that captured his imagination as he transitioned into writing several novels and his acclaimed tongue-in-cheek series of life lessons based on quotes from primetime TV, song lyrics and classic Hollywood movies.

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Copyright © 2017 by Larry Brill

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CHEERS

September 1982 – May 1993

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SAM MALONE: What’s happening, Norm?

NORM PETERSON: It’s a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear.

Norm!

Norm was every man’s everyman. We’ve all been beaten down by life from time to time—some people more than others—but in the immortal words of Oscar Wilde, Life is too important to be taken seriously. Sometimes life’s a bitch, and sometimes she’s Queen for a