Pardon My Hearse
A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood

Informative: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - it's been quite interesting to learn how many innovations Abbott & Hast has been responsible for over the years. Amusing: ⭐⭐⭐ - not quite as lively as Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid (and its prequel), but PMS has some funny moments. Gross: ⭐⭐⭐½ - while OODB was car......more

I Enjoyed This, but... Actually, I enjoyed it quite a bit. But I started to wondered if the editor had actually read it. More than once, a potentially great anecdote suddenly stops. “Wait! What’s the REST of that story???” Imagine if your favorite comedian suddenly stop telling the punchlines. This n......more

Weirdly interesting!! I read that book in one seating, on a night I was suffering from insomnia; it didn't help me to fall asleep. It's a really interesting book, written by someone who fell into the 'death' business by accident. Hollywood is more of a side story, than the main part of it, so if you wa......more

While I found the founding of the company and many of the stories interesting and entertaining, it seemed Allan Abbott was often opportunistic in his exploitation of private details to boost his own importance. Betraying humiliating information of others and the overall crassness of his behavior at......more

The insider knowledge about the death industry and Hollywood Written very tongue and cheek. Allen's clear explanations and non sensational writing is a good read. A good look into a world not many see.......more