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About Me

WHO THE HELL IS EDWIN HEAVEN? First, the BANDS: THE TUBES & THE NUNS. The films (WRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR): "THE ORGANIST (official selection at 20 int'l film fests), "RANDY, RUDY & ROSE" (inching its way into production), "THE CONTESTANT" (now in the able hands of the great Sedelmaier), "HOWARD THE DUCK (head 'n feathers above the turkey they upchucked onto the big screen). Presently in the throes of writing "PRETTY GIRL FLOYD" and, coming soon (fingers crossed), "DIMAGGIO'S DILEMMA". Edwin is also the INVENTOR of THROX, The Cure For The Missing Sock (awarded "Americas Best Innovation of 2006" by Readers Digest). As a COMEDY WRITER, he co-authored (with the late great Steve Silver) America's longest-running musical-comedy BEACH BLANKET BABYLON (MAKIN' WHOOPEE!), wrote for JONATHAN WINTERS, RICH LITTLE, JOHN CLEESE, TIM CONWAY, BOB NEWHART, etc., etc. and is the author of HARRY POTBELLY. Mr. Heaven just completed his novel, THE WORLD'S MOST HANDSOME MAN. He is also the proud pop of the lovely and talented AUDREY HEAVEN (star of SOFIA COPPOLA'S "LICK THE STAR").................................................. AUDREY HEAVEN.

My Interests

*WRITING AND DIRECTING LIKE HELL* ... love, laughter, lust, lunacy, la-de-dah, loop-de-loo ... and being *THERE* for my loving (and oh-so-lovable) kid.

I'd like to meet:

............................................................ .. ...................................................... Here's me. "Performing." Haha.
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Music:

That's like asking what's your favorite snowflake? Music, to me, is a luscious blizzard. And if I don't like it, I can always go inside.PARIS IN JAIL: The Music Video

Movies:

MONSTER HOUSE !!! ***** And of course ... ON THE WAY TO THE CLIENT ... a little film by Edwin Heaven about the creative process. (Yes, that's him in the backseat wearing that Little Richard moustache.)

Television:

*Drive-Thru Confessions* *Oakland A's baseball and WARRIORS basketball* *24* *The Office* *The Wire* *Nip/Tuck* *Curb Your Enthusiasm* *The Sopranos* *Bill Maher* *Deadwood* *Extras* *FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS* *MAD MEN* *ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT* *30 Rock* and just about anything produced by Ken Burns.

Books:

Far too many to mention. But I must mention the works of Kurt Vonnegut, Elizabeth McKenzie, Richard Price (Lush Life), Christopher Moore, Larry McMurtry, Elmore Leonard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel West, Tom Robbins, Philip Roth, John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces), William Goldman (Princess Bride), James Frey, Adam Davies (The Frog King), John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin, Donald E. Westlake, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Damon Runyon, Mark Harris, Pete Dexter, David Schickler (Kissing In Manhattan), J.D. Salinger, Erik Larson, Ann Patchett, Bret Easton Ellis, Katherine Dunn (Geek Love), Laura Hillenbrand, E.L. Doctorow, Ring Lardner, W.P Kinsella, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Norman Mailer, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Max Shulman, Dave Barry (LOL) ... and the list goes on.

Heroes:

Bob Dylan, Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Larry David, Harold Lloyd, Tod Browning, Quentin Tarantino, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Elizabeth McKenzie, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Mickey Mantle, Elmore Leonard, Preston Sturges, "Wild Bill" Hickok, Francis Coppola, Edward R. Murrow, Jimmy "Iggy Pop" Osterberg, Michael Moore, Hillary Swank, Bogie 'n Bacall, Jacques Tati, Errol Flynn, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Donald E. Westkake, Daisaku Ikeda, George Carlin, Al Gore, Billy Beane, "Pistol Pete" Maravich, Baron Davis, Gen'l George Washington (Xmas 1776), those brave young Marines who stormed Iwo Jima, my grandparents Ben 'n Sarah, and my incredible daughter Audrey. Now watch Tina Turner chant NAM-MYOHO-RENGE KYO:

My Blog

THE WRITER, THINKING OF HIS READER, IS SUDDENLY BURDENED BY SOMETHING PONDEROUS: AN IDEA.

* * *A HATFUL OF CHANGE= A Story Without A Home =by Edwin Heaven(For Renata) * * *= Coughy = The day Coughy's cough stopp...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:45:00 PST

COMING SOON TO A METATARSAL NEAR YOU.

Well, like the old adage "Good things come to those who wait," if you’ve been waiting for the new shipment of THROX to come (and I sure have!), good things will come come May. Meanwhile,...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

WHO NEEDS A 3-PIECE SUIT WHEN YOU HAVE 3-PIECE SOCKS?

In the event you missed it, here's a brief CNBC clip from a recent airing of The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch ... and Edwin Heaven.Note: at the end, Donny (in good fun) needles Edwin about not showing ...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:42:00 PST

BIG EYES, SMALL BOOBS (A LOVE STORY. SORT OF.)

I have this girlfriend sort of with these big, puddly eyes (like Disney painted them with cat dander), who thinks watching old black and white movies is romantic. If it's not in black and white, ...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:58:00 PST

THE SIMPLE ART OF OVERACTING.

On The Way To The Client is another goofy little film by yours truly. It's proof that sometimes (especially in advertising) any idea (even a crappy one) may be all you need to get by. Oh, and believ...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:07:00 PST

A BURIED TREASURE I DUG UP FOR YOUR VIEWING DISPLEASURE!

Behold, ladies and germs ... a very rare (BLOODY rare) buried treasure by the legendary punk rock band The Nuns. (Their "Suicide Child" is a punk anthem.)Sure, they're punk, alright ... but this song ...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:11:00 PST

THE BLOG THAT STOPPED THE WAR.

This is an anti-war commercial I wrote. It's pretty simple. So simple, in fact, it just might work. I AM WAR ... HELP ME KILL.ALL YOU HAVE TO DO ... IS D...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:35:00 PST

AND SO IT GOES.

If it wasn't for a letter Kurt Vonnegut sent me years ago, I probably wouldn't be writing like hell today.It was Brother Vonnegut who gave me that very first nudge.Yes, we called each other brothers. ...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:57:00 PST

PORTRAIT OF A TEACUP PUP NAMED HARLEY.

Her nose: A heart-shaped lump of black licorice with nostrils perfectly round like small power-drilled holes. Her eyes: Two soft puddles of cocoa; whe...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:09:00 PST

MR. BROWN, YOU MADE IT A BLUE XMAS.

On Christmas, The Godfather Of Soul went home to the father of all souls. And now when it thunders, perhaps we'll all get up and dance. Get up!I had the great pleasure to know the man. When he was beh...
Posted by Edwin Heaven on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:42:00 PST