Rescue Me: Uncensored: The Official Companion | 
| Creators: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Publisher: Newmarket
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 118645
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 155704791X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781557047915
ASIN: 155704791X
Publication Date: December 17, 2007
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Product Description
The only book on the hit television show starring Denis Leary about the professional and personal lives of New York City firefighters, acclaimed by critics and viewers alike.
Now in its fourth season, Rescue Me is the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking drama that attracts millions of viewers a week. Revolving around the lives of the men in a New York City firehouse (the crew of 62 Truck), the series examines the fraternal nature and relationships of firefighters. Each week, compelling storylines tackle the daily drama of the life-and-death situations associated with being a firefighter in a post-9/11 world, while exploring the ways they use dark humor to protect their true emotions. The men of Rescue Me are Tommy Gavin (Leary), Mike Silletti (Mike Lombardi), Chief Jerry Reilly (Jack McGee), Sean Garrity (Steven Pasquale), Kenny "Lou" Shea (John Scurti), and Franco Rivera (Daniel Sunjata).
This full-color companion guide provides an insider's look at the first four seasons of this Emmy -nominated series. It captures behind-the-scenes moments with the cast and crew, including the show's star, Denis Leary, and features stills from the show and candid photos. This book includes interviews with creators Leary, Peter Tolan, and Executive Producer Jim Serpico, biographies of the cast and crew, a detailed look at the show's action sequences, extracts from the scripts, and sidebars of favorite quotes from the show's gritty dialogue. 150 color photos.
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 A Enjoyable Replay of an Entertaining, Irreligious, Even Thoughtful Show June 12, 2009
John B (Overland Park. USA)
Trying to sum up Leary's (and Tolan's) humor is like trying to catch a gas molecule with a fish landing net, just forget it. Ever since season one, my wife and I have laughed, gasped, felt our throats tighten and eyes water, all in a time span of 2 minutes. If you have attention deficit disorder ("ADD" for you smart guys out there), you'll love this insanely-paced show and this book about it. It brings all the great, and not so great, memories of the series first seasons quickly back in focus. While reading it and looking at the pretty pictures, I found myself thinking, "What an incredible roller coaster ride this has been over the years! Look at all that has happened to all these wonderful characters, and how they've developed, good or bad, as time has passed by".
The pictures from, and episode synopsis for the first four seasons, is a great review of a wonderful show. Season four had some weaker moments in the writing department, in my personal opinion, (which along with $3.49 and tax will get you a cafe mocha at Starbucks) but happily for me, season five has come back with a real bang! Seeing inside the very closed and private family known as a firehouse, is a privilege very few of us civilians get to see. No, this isn't a realistic depiction of firefighters lives, just some of the flavor of it. It wasn't meant to be another "Emergency" with Johnny and Roy making 99.9% of their saves and never losing a member of their shift. This is Denis and Peter taking civilians idolized picture of firefighters, (oh yes, and Catholics too!) and showing that they are in reality, still human beings with lots of problems like the rest of us. They just don't share them with anyone outside of the firehouse family, because we just wouldn't understand what they are talking about, sort of like listening to Einstein explaining quantum mechanics. "What did he just say?" Humor is reality squared, and Leary squares THAT! Rescue Me is a wild exaggeration of the lives of a special type of people, who are willing to lay their lives on the line for perfect strangers, every time they roll out the station bay doors. Firefighters and Paramedics have feelings and emotions too. And demons. The same as you and me. But they care more about helping others than telling everyone in the world about their own problems, like most of the rest of us. That's what I think Denis and Peter are trying to portray on the TV screen.
Bottom line, if you're still watching the show after 5 seasons, buy the book, you'll really enjoy it. In case you are wondering, no, I've never even met Denis, but I really admire the guy for what "The Leary Foundation" has done for our friends in the fire service. And since you're STILL reading this, protect your family by checking your smoke alarms every week and replacing the batteries every October. Stay safe out there.
Funny As Hell November 3, 2008
M. E Hennessy (Grand Forks, ND United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first opened the book and saw almost all excerpts from the scripts I thought this might not bewhat I was hoping for. I bought it thinking that there'd be some behind the scenes stories that might be interesting. There is some, but not a lot. What they did do is select certian topics or issues that have come up in the series and then put up parts of the scripts that dealt with those issues. And they do it very well because I was laughing out loud every time I picked it up in the john (Good bathroom reading). If you're a big time fan, then you'll really get a kick out of this book...
 Where's Damien?? August 2, 2008
Teddy Oblomov
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Shouldn't this book have included Damien? Or did I imagine this series actually once had an interesting young character? C'mon people! Damien is the son of Rescue Me's Holy Spirit. Don't you think he was worth mentioning?? Rumor is the Prodigal Son is in training to fight fires and save damsels in sexual distress. Revised Edition. Soon, I hope.
book review June 22, 2008
Jennifer A. Larock (Chemung, NY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any fan of the show Rescue Me needs to have this. A book of qoutes from all the episodes. The funny ones, the sad ones, the bitter ones are all right here to remember and makes you want to get out your DVDS and watch the shows all over again and again!!
Leary As A Firefighter April 25, 2008
C. Johnson (Iowa, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Leary has done such a magnificant service for our nation's firefighters, he has done what our local and federal governments wouldn't do or weren't funded to do. I suggest that anyone who thinks that his portrayal of a firefighter that uses 4 letter words try to BE a fire fighter who DOESN'T use 4 letter words. You would be called a Saint. Leary is no slouch in the reality department.
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