About
I have been a Television Producer Director writer since the golden years of television. After 10 years at ABC I went in in the kid show business with Pip the Piper (3 years on ABC), Magic Midway on NBC and with Marx toys The Little People. A nationally syndicated local show. In the early sixties Allen Funt hired me to direct Candid Camera, Sunday nights on CBS. I worked for him for three years then partnered with Marvin Sugarman in MHS Productions in the network and syndicated sports television business. We did college football highlights with the NCAA Sundays on ABC, Bowling Champions, seven years the top rated sports series, then with the AAU we produced The CBS Sport Spectacular for 28 years. Marvin died three years ago and I retired. For years I told stories about Candid Camera and Allen Funt, Marvin would say "Write the book1" So I have written the book, The Flying Phone Booth." It's a Kindle eBook and a paperback on Amazon. So now I have to market it. And I'm here!
Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness
Description
<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>
Story Behind The Book
I was Director Producer of Candid Camera for three years. In the mid sixties I left to join Marvin H. Sugarman in his sports television business. Over the years we were together I told him stories about my Candid Camera days, he would say, "Louie, write the book." So, when Marvin was called to the great TV Network in the sky I wrote the book. Come back to the sixties and meet Mr. Candid Camera himself, Allen Funt and discover the laughs, the sweat, the pain it takes to produce a comedy show when the boss changes his personality every day!
