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Title: My Anecdotal Life by Carl Reiner ISBN: 0-312-31104-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 16 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you are expecting an autobiography, this isn't it
Comment: This book isn't an autobiography and doesn't pretend to be one. Instead, this is a collection of stories you might hear if you were one of Carl Reiner's close personal friends. I laughed out loud at the craziness of the stories. While reading this book, I was struck by the humor and decency of Carl Reiner. He actually lives by the old saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". There is no dirt to be dished on friends. There are no descriptions of sexual exploits. What there is instead is a collection of very funny stories you might hear from a grandfather. I recommend this book highly.
And when you finish this book, find a copy of his play: Something Different. That is a truly bizarre, yet totally hilarious, play. You will thank me. You might have sore muscles from laughing, but you will thank me.
Rating: 2
Summary: I love Carl Reiner, but . . .
Comment: Saw a lot of Reiner on TV growing up in the 60s, and he was always entertaining and funny. Not so this book. At best, its a behind-the-scenes look at a creative genius' more mundane moments. At worst, its a mish-mash of random thoughts and name-dropping. If you imagine Reiner telling the stories out loud, you might get a kick out of some of them, but on the printed page, its boring and doesn't tell you anything you haven't heard about show business from a hundrred other sources. Carl is only 81 - better luck next time!
Rating: 5
Summary: Mel Brooks was right
Comment: OK, so I didn't buy this book, I read it standing up at a bookstore (Barnes & Noble on State Street in Chicago), and one, just one, of the anecdotes was so funny that I was laughing so hard that my sides were actually hurting and I thought they were going to throw me out of the store. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone, but let's just call it the "Richard III" anecdote. And if you don't think it's the funniest thing you're ever read, -- well, then you have no sense of humor.
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Title: The 2000-Year-Old Man in the Year 2000 : The Book by Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner ISBN: 0060929928 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Hold the Roses by Rose Marie, Rose Marie, Rose ISBN: 0813122643 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Caesar's Hours: My Life in Comedy, With Love and Laughter by Sid Caesar, Eddy Friedfeld, Larry Gelbart ISBN: 1586481525 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Seriously Funny : The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s by Gerald Nachman ISBN: 0375410309 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Are You Hungry, Dear?: Life, Laughs, and Lasagna by Doris Roberts, Danelle Morton ISBN: 0312312261 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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