{"product_id":"the-norman-and-phyllis-show-joel-dubin-9798990848634","title":"The Norman and Phyllis Show","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Norman and Phyllis Show is a memoir about my parents. It's a humor book about my eccentric Jewish family in Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman and Phyllis were my parents and, well, they were crazy. Growing up with them was like being on The Norman and Phyllis Show, a bad sitcom the producers forgot to cancel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were the uncrowned royalty of the Chicago restaurant scene, where Norman taught Mexican waiters broken Yiddish and was a member of The Golden Tipper's Club. They had to go to restaurants. Phyllis was a terrible cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween Norman telling Barack Obama during a campaign stop in Chicago that he had seen him naked in a health club locker room, and Phyllis talking incessantly about her bowel movements, there was no way I could have turned out normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhyllis stocked the fridge with enough prune juice for a nuclear war, but I needed something stiffer to survive. After talking to medical specialists, I learned that insanity is, in fact, hereditary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, I thought the job of parents was to embarrass their kids in public. Then I went into therapy and learned otherwise. It was called love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was still hard work raising my parents. But I think they turned out alright. This is their story. The story of The Norman and Phyllis Show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Dubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990848634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dysfunctional Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Joel Dubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46907414544639,"sku":"9798990848634","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_008244fb-1e61-4a28-8618-d66469199385.jpg?v=1748773266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-norman-and-phyllis-show-joel-dubin-9798990848634","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}