BOOB TUBE: A Woman's Battle in the TV Wars

BOOB TUBE is a funny and often touching memoir of a working woman's struggle to live her dream. Vivian is present at the first demonstration of a thing called television. At the start of WWII she is a G-Girl working in radio as "Rosie the Reporter'. Returning home to New York she lands a job on a popular radio show "Strike it Rich" which is adapted to the new medium - television. As a writer on "The Big Payoff ", she works side by side with her friend, the former Miss America, Bess Myerson. She never stops running into roadblocks and sometimes clueless bosses. Only days after winning an Emmy for "The Body Human" she receives a shocking memo. Her refusal to accept rejection based on her gender speaks volumes about her determined efforts to make a life for herself and her family. This behind the scenes glimpse of the birth of TV and unexpected later years working with her most unlikely superhero, Bob Guccione, publisher of "Penthouse" magazine is like life--full of surprises.