36 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:3.92

more photos (1)

Mark Bennett’s Followers (4)

Mark’s Bookshelves

to-read (53)
currently-reading (1)
read (21)
favorites (4)

Mark’s Friends (94)

Rhonda

4,323 books | 1,866 friends

Dany

3,647 books | 91 friends

Kitty Cat

270 books | 83 friends

Dorothy Thompson

86 books | 1,492 friends

John Goodwin

97 books | 251 friends

Julian Stone

121 books | 259 friends

Kristin Nador

797 books | 237 friends

Lee Goldberg

700 books | 1,962 friends

More friends…

Mark Bennett

Goodreads Author

Born

in Royal Oak, Michigan, The United States

Website

http://markbennettauthor.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Everyone I came in contact with in Entertainment

Member Since

August 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscommark_bennett

edit data

I was just a kid from the Midwest who had a desire to be a performer in show business. I had no idea what life had in store when I stumbled upon an unlikely partnership with legendary television producer Fred de Cordova.

He was Old-Hollywood in the truest sense. A symphony in beiges, self made down to his socks. THIS guy has got a table at 21.

I was barely out of college when, along with Fred, I was pre-approved as an Executive Producer.

And that certainly wansn't in the plan.

Enter The Big Show. A non-fiction novella, a tribute to my mentor and friend. ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Mark Bennett questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Mark Bennett’s books

Average rating: 4.33 · 6 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work

The Big Show

4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

8 posts
Mark Bennett's Blog: Movies, TV and Swimming Upstream in Hollywood

Tom on Amazon said:

This review is from: The Big Show: A tribute to my mentor and friend, Television Producer, Fred de Cordova (Kindle Edition)

I watched the Tonight Show when I was a kid and had to go to bed as soon as Johnny finished his monolog. But I still recall him calling out his producer, Fred DeCordova now and again, and the shot would cut to a dapper dark haired mystery man standing in the wings. This book Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag