Table 14

About the Book

Table 14 is a collection of tales about people old enough to be wise yet young enough to be fallible. If you recognize yourself in these tales, then they are for you. If you don't recognize yourself in them, just wait. With luck, you may last long enough to enjoy reading about the foibles of people your age.

The retirement home in which these tales are set is its own universe of aches, pains and wisdom. Read one tale, put the book down for a day or so, then pick it up and read another one. There should be something here for everyone.

About the Author

A two-time Emmy Award winner for his work as a writer and as the head writer for The Carol Burnett Show, Stanley Hart has been active in television, screen and theater for more years than he cares to remember. His screen credits include “Move”, an unmemorable movie that the star, Elliot Gould, would also like to forget. He has had numerous screenplays that were sold and never made into films. Hart’s theater pieces fared much better. A long time ago, Hart co-wrote a revue, “The Mad Show” that played for twenty two months off Broadway—a record run for a revue at that time. This gave him the chutzpah to write a play, “Some of My Best Friends” that was produced on Broadway, directed by Harold Prince. Many regional theaters have produced Hart’s plays and he is still waiting for their royalties. In TV, aside from his work on The Carol Burnett Show, he wrote specials for Hal Linden, Paul Lynde, Carol Burnett with Julie Andrews, Bonnie Franklin and Hanna-Barbara (don’t ask).

Hart contributed to the insanity of Mad Magazine for thirty odd years and somehow avoided being committed. His five Mad books include, “A Mad Look at Parents, Teacher and Other Enemies,” and “The Mad Survival Book.” He also moonlighted and wrote a book giving the skinny on top baseball players when they were first considered by Major League scouts, fittingly named “Scouting Reports” that McMillan published. There are still some copies left.