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. It won't be long before I listen again.īilly Crystal is 65, and he's not happy about it. I could not help but be moved by the emotion in her voice. It is particularly good because it is read by the author who has an excellent 'speaking' voice that is easy to understand. I can't recommend this audiobook highly enough. But sometimes too I was moved to tears of laughter - and thanks to the Internet was able to find some of the clips of her comedy show that were riotously described. And the personal aspects of her life are described well and more than once moved me to tears. It helps that I spent the years of her 'heyday' in the USA so am familiar with her TV programme, but her recollections of the stars with whom she worked are wonderfully detailed and would be of interest to anyone interested in the old-time stars of Hollywood. Carol Burnett's 'This Time Together' does not fall in to this category. Most are written by or about two-bit entertainers or overpaid sportsmen and women (some of whom are so young they have little of interest to report!). I have no interest in most recently published biographies, autobiographies or memoirs.
This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh. Those include the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice-cream emporium. In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with such stars as Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary "Went With the Wind" skit and things that would happen only to Carol. Listening to it feels like sitting down with an old friend who has wonderful tales to tell. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won 25 Emmys in its remarkable 11-year run. This Time Together is 100 percent Carol Burnett: funny, irreverent, and irresistible.Ĭarol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America.
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