Product Description

The authorised tie-in companion book to the popular MTV and Channel 4 show (Oct 2002) that follows the rocker, Ozzy Osbourne, and his family. While a reality-based series, THE OSBOURNES is really a sitcom about curfews, pets and pooper-scoopers, unwanted guests, lost credit cards, remote controls, folk-singing neighbours and praise for Pat Boone. It's more ingenious than a bat-biting campaign and is bound to interest networks in future inside-the-family series - especially if those families feature a father who can make you laugh just by watching him take out the rubbish. Already commissioned for a further two series, one to be filmed at their estate in the UK, THE OSBOURNES is a global hit, breaking all viewing figures both in Europe and the States.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2776454 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
OZZY OSBOURNE, the veteran rocker and Grammy Award-winning lead singer of Black Sabbath, is an infamous name in the music industry. Although known to many as the dove-eating, bat-wielding rebellious frontman of Black Sabbath and notorious solo star, his fans know that offstage, Ozzy Osbourne is a family man and good-hearted soul who loves and appreciates his fans. TODD GOLD is an editor for PEOPLE MAGAZINE. He has co-authored several biographies including LITTLE LOST GIRL with Drew Barrymore and PRYOR CONVICTIONS with Richard Pryor.

Customer Reviews

Officially Osbourne
This book is a must for all fans of 'The Osbournes'. It contains loads of information about the show as well as lots of pictures and information about the Osbourne family. The book contains behind the scenes information and extras on what you didn't see on the show. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it to any one who likes the show.

The wizards of Os(bourne)
The Osbournes have gained fame not just for pioneering the reality TV show (and succeeding in it the way pretty much nobody else has), but for letting the masses in on their family life. It's weird, it's wacky, and when you pare it down it's pretty close to anyone else's family life. And that includes dogs peeing on the furniture, music, thongs, the arrogance of big sisters, getting tattoos, and much more.

"Officially Osbourne" is an episode guide (first season) interspersed with biographies, interviews, and information. Each of the bios includes favorite music, birth date, video games, personal philosophies, what their family members say about them, and then an interview. Each episode has a basic summary (about two or three paragraphs) and a slew of pictures. Also there are best lines ("Bubbles? Oh come on, Sharon! I'm the Prince of #$&*in' Darkness!"), and highlights (a fire in the kitchen -- "the first one in the new house").

There are chapters on other topics too: On Melinda Verga, a lower-key employee, on home decor (black, antiques, and crucifixes), the different rooms in the house, and on the pets (dogs and cats, most memorably Lola). One chapter is devoted to Ozzy and Sharon's parenting methods, and what their kids think of those methods. And most tantalizing of all is the chapter where they talk about what never made it onto your TV screen...

This book captures some of the spirit that infuses the Osbourne TV show. The coverage and interviews with Ozzy, smart wife Sharon and kids Jack and Kelly (Aimee declined to be in the show). Their attitudes are refreshingly honest and open -- in a celebrity subculture where people say prescripted, inoffensive lines, the Osbournes will tell the world what they do and don't like (Kelly hates pop singers, for example).

The pages are likably colorful, not just black text on white paper. The pictures are a slightly more mixed bag -- there are a lot of them on almost every page in the book, of everyone: The house, the furnishings, the dogs... unfortunately, many are too small to look at easily, and some are blurred. Many are quite good, clear and well-lit.

"We're not the #$&*ing Partridge Family" -- Sharon said it best. And "Officially Osbourne" takes some of the best elements from the TV show and commits them to paper. Definitely recommended for people who watch the show.