Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101984589 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Louis, where he still lives. Joe Buck grew up in St. He has two daughters, Natalie and Trudy, and is married to fellow sportscaster Michelle Beisner
"Any fan of Joe Buck will love this book. For those haters, he shares tons of embarrassing stories!" according to SarahA. Full Disclosure: This review is by an unabashed Joe Buck fan. His voice is the voice of televised sports for me growing up, as his father's voice was the voice of sports for many years for older generations. I didn't even know his dad was a famous broadcaster until I asked someone years ago, "Why does everyone hate Joe Buck? I love the guy."So after admiring his work during every World Series and Fox NFL Super Bowl I was so excited to read this book. Of course a fan is going to be interested and entertained by it but I think even his haters will find a lot to enjo. "Not what the free sample makes it out to be but still a great book" according to Matt. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I feel like I have a better understanding of the person behind the public image of Joe Buck. Based on the free sample, I expected the book to be a lot of stories "from the inside" of the broadcast book. However, the book is a lot more about his childhood, professional struggles and successes outside of the broadcast booth itself, and personal fears.If you're looking for a tell all book like NFL Confidential or Slow Getting Up, this book probably isn't what you looking for. If you're looking for a more conventional autobio. Jake said A good way to spend a few hours. I was curious if he would keep his St. Louis focus while trying to reach a national audience. He does. to the point that if you are a St. Louisperson and Cardinal fan it really resonates. If not, less so. Buck really broods over how he is perceived, way more than me. I always thought he is a good broadcaster.There are plenty of anecdotes, some of them really good, and the book moves quickly and well.If you are interested in his dad, Jack Buck, you get all you could ever want. Some would say too much, but not me.For me, this was a good way to spend a few hours.
This is a quick, captivating read.”—The Missourian. Praise for Lucky Bastard“Buck unleashes his inner stand-up comic, sprinkling the text with surprisingly funny and often self-deprecating wit.”—Booklist“With a comic yet reverent approach to his life and broadcasting, Buck effectively captures the merging of his career and the popularity of American sports.”—Publishers Weekly“Honest, poignant, and full of fun and heart, this is the kind of sports book any fan will love reading.”—Bustle“With light humor and darker emotion, Buck candidly calls the game of his own life.”—Kirkus Reviews“A steady flow of humor, love, pain, loss, and genuine human emotion.”—Sports Illustrated“Emmy Award–winning sportscaster Joe Buck pulls back the curtain on both his public and private lives in the entertai
He now has a successful, Emmy-winning career, but only after a lot of dues-paying, learning, and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Jack, the voice of the St. And they don’t know what it was really like to grow up in his father’s shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends, but it wasn’t that simple. He shares the lessons he learned from his father, the errors he made along the way, and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered, all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard. . But Joe had to prove himself, first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV, national TV with ESPN, and then finally on FOX. They haven’t read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era. Or how he got here. They don’t kn