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Good talk, dad : the birds and the bees...and other conversations we forgot to have / Bill Geist and Willie Geist.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014Edition: First EditionDescription: viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1455547220 (hardback)
  • 9781455547227 (hardback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- The birds and the bees ... of which we dared not speak -- Letters from gang camp -- The red jeep -- "Dad, this really sucks" -- A sledgehammer Christmas -- Yuletide at Grandpa George's zoo -- Baseball, fathers, sons ... and all that -- A four-year-old, a football game & Dora the Explorer -- Talking to teens about drinking (once they've reached their thirties) -- Our birthday party for Elvis -- Willie, Uncle Herb & Mick Jagger: a journey down the Garden State Parkway -- The talk we really never had: Vietnam -- The family business: from the Fisher Reporter to 30 Rock -- Parkinson's: the denial treatment -- Bend but don't break: the Geist parenting style -- When Bill became "Bumpa" -- Epilogue.
Summary: "From popular TV hosts and bestselling authors Bill and Willie Geist, a hilarious testament to the special nature of father-son relationships. In GOOD TALK, DAD, this talented father-son team shares stories of their funny and heartwarming relationship. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, this extended conversation riffs on everything from music and sports to summer camp, driving lessons, and family life. Imagine Big Russ & Me meets Sh*t My Dad Says. After Bill went public with his struggle with Parkinson's disease, the Geists decided to collaborate on this book so their children and grandchildren would have a record of their unique bond. Now that Willie is a father (and Bill a grandfather), Willie has continued Bill's child-rearing traditions in the hopes of carrying on the riotous Geistian parenting legacy. The result is delightfully entertaining, wildly funny, and poignant as well"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Bill Geist--the beloved, award-winning, long-time special correspondent for "CBS: Sunday Morning," whose debut Little League Confidential was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and paper--and Willie Geist, the Today Show host, popular member of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and author of the best-selling American Freak Show --have begun an extended conversation between father and son on areas of mutual interest, agreement, and disagreement.

Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, the hilarious father-son team will laugh together at the shared journey of their relationship. They'll riff on fatherhood, religion, music, sports, summer camp disasters, driving lessons gone horribly wrong, being on TV, and their wonderfully odd family life. Think Big Russ and Me meets S*** My Dad Says , with humorous observations about professional wrestling as a worldview, raising a kid with television cameras in the kitchen, and anything and everything else that comes to their witty minds.

The Geists decided to write this book so their children and grandchildren would have a record of their unusual father-son relationship. The book is remarkably funny, as well as poignant and sincere, especially in light of Bill's announcement that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's. With its lighthearted look at the crazy things fathers and sons go through and the unique bond those experiences forge, the book is sure to be a must-have gift for Father's Day.

Introduction -- The birds and the bees ... of which we dared not speak -- Letters from gang camp -- The red jeep -- "Dad, this really sucks" -- A sledgehammer Christmas -- Yuletide at Grandpa George's zoo -- Baseball, fathers, sons ... and all that -- A four-year-old, a football game & Dora the Explorer -- Talking to teens about drinking (once they've reached their thirties) -- Our birthday party for Elvis -- Willie, Uncle Herb & Mick Jagger: a journey down the Garden State Parkway -- The talk we really never had: Vietnam -- The family business: from the Fisher Reporter to 30 Rock -- Parkinson's: the denial treatment -- Bend but don't break: the Geist parenting style -- When Bill became "Bumpa" -- Epilogue.

"From popular TV hosts and bestselling authors Bill and Willie Geist, a hilarious testament to the special nature of father-son relationships. In GOOD TALK, DAD, this talented father-son team shares stories of their funny and heartwarming relationship. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, this extended conversation riffs on everything from music and sports to summer camp, driving lessons, and family life. Imagine Big Russ & Me meets Sh*t My Dad Says. After Bill went public with his struggle with Parkinson's disease, the Geists decided to collaborate on this book so their children and grandchildren would have a record of their unique bond. Now that Willie is a father (and Bill a grandfather), Willie has continued Bill's child-rearing traditions in the hopes of carrying on the riotous Geistian parenting legacy. The result is delightfully entertaining, wildly funny, and poignant as well"-- Provided by publisher.

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