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David R. Reuben (born November 29, 1933) is a psychiatrist, [1] and author. He is most famous for his book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) .
David R. Reuben (born November 29, 1933) is a psychiatrist, [1] and author. He is most famous for his book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) .
Reuben was born in Chicago, and entered the University of Chicago, at 15. Reuben was graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine, at 25. [2] He had only one year of a psychiatric residency, and no record of further training or specialty certification. [3]
He worked at Cook County Hospital, then the United States Air Force, then opened a clinic in La Presa, California. [2] [4] He let his California license lapse in 1976. [3]
Reuben was a frequent guest [3] on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Jack Benny's "Everything you always wanted to know about Jack Benny, but were afraid to ask" featured Reuben. [5]
The National Academy of Sciences filed a $35-million libel suit against Reuben. [6]
He changed his name, from Rubin to Reuben. [3] shortly before writing Everything, published in 1969. That book inspired a film by Woody Allen, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972).
Reuben also authored other books about sex, such as Any Woman Can! [7] and How to Get More out of Sex, as well as about diet and nutrition. These books suggest we should live by these three principles: Eat no refined sugar, eat no white flour, and do not take vitamin pills or other supplements. His book The Save Your Life Diet, promoted a high-fiber diet. Reuben suggested that a healthy diet involved the intake of natural fiber and reduction of cholesterol. [8]
He also authored The Save Your Life Diet High-Fiber Cookbook, and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nutrition. The last book was written in the same style as his famous book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.
In 1999, Reuben and his wife Barbara lived in Costa Rica. [9] In 1999, they were married for 37 years and had five children. [9]
John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Sex manuals are books which explain how to perform sexual practices; they also commonly feature advice on birth control, and sometimes on safe sex and sexual relationships.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* is a book by California psychiatrist David Reuben. It was one of the first sex manuals that entered mainstream culture in the 1960s, and had a profound effect on sex education and in liberalizing attitudes towards sex. It was "among the top 20 all-time best sellers of the 20th century in the United States".
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* is a 1972 American sex comedy anthology film directed by Woody Allen. It consists of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name.
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Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe MBE, M.C., who wrote under the name Alan Caillou, was an English-born author, actor, screenwriter, soldier, policeman and professional hunter.
Patience is a play written and published in 1998 by Jason Sherman (Doollie.com). It is about Reuben, who one day loses everything. The play follows a path similar to David Mamet's play Edmond. It traces a psychological journey through Reuben's head while he tries to figure out how everything happened. The play was written at a time when the story would hit home for a lot of middle-aged, middle-class men.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* may refer to:
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The book is written to sell, sell. It amazes me how an M.D. can know "every thing" about medicine ( he's a psychiatrist), "everything" about sex (Remember Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask?)
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