Belly Laughs: Adventures with Celebrities and Other Unusual Characters

by Rod Long and Tamalyn Dallal

Entertaining and quirky stories from 32 of the world's most mysterious women, who all just happen to be -- bellydancers! Their unusual careers bring them to movie stars, kings and presidents. REAL... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890916501
• ISBN13: 9781890916503
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Dancing Moon Press (OR)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

star gazing with Rod

Well,first of all I've caught Rod Long's stand up act and heard him many times on the local sports radio station,so i was familar with his style of humor! Well honey,his wrting dosen't disappoint it's just as funny as his live act........I loved the star gazing aspect.what it's actually like behind the scenes.I loved The Prince saga as well as all the Jodette stories.I've actually been to see some real belly dancers since buying this book!Great for the mind and soul.Right on Rod Long

When Entertainment World Collide!

Yes, folks, belly dancing really are entertainers and it does count as "show business". Although this review is a bit gratuitious since I've got a chapter in this book, it's still nice to know my colleagues in belly dance have these "close encounters of the absurd kind"! I'd recommend this book for anyone who likes to read about the "real", funny and bizzare side of show business.

Amusing, excellent book -- surprised me.

If I read a book twice, it's good. If I finish the last page and start right back to read it again, it's excellent. When I started reading Belly Laughs, I wasn't so impressed. Sometimes the sentences seemed a little choppy. Of course, it is funny -- the situations are so bizarre you know it must be true. Who could think up things like that? But with this book, the whole is a lot more than the sum of the parts. After I read it all, I had so many glorious images and concepts -- really multicultural, interesting things -- I literally started right over again from page one. Deceptively simple, easily read book with more substance than I expected.

laughs subtle but a plenty

I was drawn to this book by its' very eye catching cover-surprise-this book is filled with unusual stories by belly-dancers about some of their famous clients.Mr. Long is a very good satire writer .this book is filled with gems that at first reading you might miss.One thing is for sure-this man is funny and can write.Now I want to go and actually experience the culture of belly dance---not to be mistaken for those that remove their clothing for a living>5 STARS AND TWO THUMBS UP FOR THIS BOOK!!