Stories From Candyland

Stories from
Candyland

Candy Spelling

St. Martin’s Press
New York

 

 

 

 

 

STORIES FROM CANDYLAND
. Copyright © 2009 by Candyland, Inc.
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“Sounds of Silence.” Copyright © 1964 Paul Simon. Used by permission of the Publisher: Paul Simon Music.

 

“Silence Is Golden.” Words and Music by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Copyright © 1963 (Renewed 1991) EMI LONGITUDE MUSIC and GAVADIMA MUSIC. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission.

 

Excerpts from
Dick and Jane: Happy Days with Our Friends
and
Read with Dick and Jane: Guess Who
by Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer, M.D., and William S. Gray, A. Sterl Artley, and Lillian Gray. Copyright © 1948 and 1951 by Scott Foresman and Company. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.

 

Book design by Kathryn Parise

 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

 

Spelling, Candy.
     Stories from Candyland / Candy Spelling. —1st ed.
        p. cm.
     ISBN-13: 978-0-312-57070-5
     ISBN-10: 0-312-57070-8
  1. Spelling, Candy. 2. Spelling, Aaron. 3. Television producers’ and directors’ spouses—United States—Biography. I. Title.
      PN1992.4.S64A3 2009
      791.430233092—dc22
      [B]

20008054719

First Edition: April 2009

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To Aaron,
My love . . . and the man who entertained
the world with great stories.
I hope my storytelling makes you proud.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter   1   My Rock for the Ages

Chapter   2   Dr. Spock or Mr. Spock: Did We Really Listen to These Guys?

Chapter   3   Fred Astaire Asked Me to Dance Because I’se Biggest

Chapter   4   Hollywood Wife and Mother 101: A Star Isn’t Born

Chapter   5   The Sounds of Silence: Golden or Dangerous?

Chapter   6   Celebrity Houses and Glue Guns Require a Gift-Wrapping Room

Chapter   7   Stop, Look, and Listen to My Dog

Chapter   8   Size Does Matter, Especially in Hollywood

Chapter   9   Wizards and Showgirls Need Fifty-Two Suitcases

Chapter 10   1984 Was a Very Good Year, After All

Chapter 11   There’s a Lot of Funny Business in Showbiz

Chapter 12   I’d Like a Thousand Shares of Pushkey, Please

Chapter 13   Sweets for My Sweet

Chapter 14   My Mother’s Gloves Were Off-White

Chapter 15   Help Me, Oprah

Chapter 16   Up, Up, and Put Away

Chapter 17   And Now a Word from . . . Everyone Else

Chapter 18   The Pop Culture Trail to Candyland

Afterword

Addendum: Candy Spelling’s Favorite Recipes