Dear Ernest and Julio: The Ordinary Guy's Search for the Extraordinary Job

Grimes, Fred; Freed, David

ISBN 10: 0312155115 / ISBN 13: 9780312155117

Published by St Martins Pr (edition 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed), 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dear Ernest and Julio: The Ordinary Guy's Search for the Extraordinary Job
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (edition 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed)
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312155115
• ISBN 13: 9780312155117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

An ordinary guy sends out a series of job application letters in which he applies to be Barbara Eden's houseboy, a Power Ranger, a La-Z-Boy tester, and a Sea World whale trainer

Reviews

Screenwriter and former Los Angeles Times reporter Freed, in the voice of "ordinary guy" Fred Grimes, has taken all the best job-hunting advice and misapplied it. The result is this hilarious collection of application letters and rejections. Freed has made up off-the-wall jobs to match his multifaceted but somewhat dubious "talents" and interests, sent out application letters, and shown off the answers from pompous executives and self-important bureaucrats. Even those instances when his letters were not answered have something to say about the person to whom they were addressed. On occasion, though, several good sports have, with a wink and a nod, gone along with the gag. Freed's effort is reminiscent of Michael Moore's Roger and Me, the now classic documentary of his own attempts to meet with General Motors CEO Roger Moore. David Rouse