Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?

by Billy Crystal | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1250051843 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingglade1wing of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 1/25/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingglade1wing from McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, January 25, 2017
I am a Billy Crystal fan. I've always enjoyed his performances, loved his book 700 Sundays, and was moved by his eulogy last year for Muhammad Ali. He seems like a genuinely nice and funny guy. Couldn't resist getting this book with a Barnes & Noble gift card a generous coworker gave me at Christmastime. Description from Amazon:

Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Readers get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees (he was the first player to ever "test positive for Maalox"), his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion ("the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac"), grandparenting, and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystal's reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived.

Journal Entry 2 by wingglade1wing at McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Monday, November 8, 2021
This book was a little uneven, in my opinion. I think maybe Crystal tried too hard to be funny about getting old. The best parts were when he just talked from the heart about his past and present. His reminiscences are wonderful, and he has had a remarkable life, but somehow still seems grounded. If you are a fan of Billy Crystal, you can't go wrong spending some time with this book!

Journal Entry 3 by wingglade1wing at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Thursday, November 18, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (11/17/2021 UTC) at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA

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