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ICE CUBE: Gently silly book signings

POSTED: Friday, November 19, 2010, 6:13 PM

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Adam Carolla at B

Book signings are such cute events. No, I'm not talking about the one's with real authors at the Free Library, I'm talking about the gently silly ones held at book shoppes around town. The only thing more damned near adorable than the "authors" are the audiences who love them. When Nigella Lawson did her book signing for Nigella's Kitchen at Borders, the place was packed with kitchen witchy types, and Ms. Lawson was sweet as six cupcakes. So hyper was she, it seemed as if Lawson ate those cakes as well. Nothing could've sweetened up Adam Carolla. The thick eyebrow-ed comic hit Borders for his book signing of In 50 Years We'll All Be Chicks. Don't quote me on the exact number of book buyers and signees, but I think it was sixteen. Then again, Jay Mohr had even less when he was in town for his book months before Carolla, so let that be a lesson to comedians writing books. Don't bother with Philly. Gary Dell'Abate, though? He's no comedian and probably doesn't know much about kitchenware but the Howard Stern Show producer's They Call Me Baba Booey was number six on the Times' Best Seller list, and apparently the the local police are digging it, too — an area officer got a copy signed when Dell'Abate hit Borders the other day. How silly will Salman Rushdie's visit to Philly be on Nov. 23? Stay tuned.

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Gary Dell'Abate and a police officer at Borders

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