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So, Anyway...
- Narrateur(s): John Cleese
- Durée: 13 h et 32 min
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We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python - from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on an unforgettable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and film.
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It's Eric Idle. Enjoy.
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Six-time Emmy Award-winning funnyman Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian. In television history, few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. There's nothing in the world that Tim Conway would rather do than entertain - and in his first-ever memoir, What's So Funny?, that's exactly what he does.
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fantastic addition to memories i have of Tim
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Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction - but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked Canada. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report - the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show - would be the last. This volume brings together never-before-published rants from the last five seasons of the show, plus a selection of the very best rants from earlier years.
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A newer, truly Canadian satirist.
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You might think that creativity is some mysterious, rare gift - one that only a few possess. But you’d be wrong. As John Cleese shows in this short, practical, and often amusing guide, it’s a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, Cleese shares his insights into the nature of the creative process and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing. What do you need to do to get yourself in the right frame of mind? When do you know that you’ve come up with an idea that might be worth pursuing?
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At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words.
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very interesting and enjoyable
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If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. t's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits.
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I miss George!
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The world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the New York Times calls "a comic institution himself", the only comedian (26 years in stand-up) to have made Elie Wiesel laugh, as well as having appeared on The Tonight Show (140 times, second only to Bob Hope, but who's counting). From the director of TV comedy series Mad About You, Seinfeld, Friends, Weeds, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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John Cleese's huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp, irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy's DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway..., Cleese takes listeners on a grand tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman) to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown.
Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That fateful moment - and a near-simultaneous offer to take his university humor revue to London's famed West End - propelled him down a different path, cutting his teeth writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers and eventually joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world-class actor and back again.
Twisting and turning through surprising stories and hilarious digressions - with some brief pauses along the way that comprise a fascinating primer on what's funny and why - this story of a young man's journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer.
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- Zenith VCR
- 2019-11-13
excellent, as expected.
I'm Canadian, and I'm not a critic so I won't shit on it. loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-09
John is a great narrator!
I loved that they did not edit out when John broke with laughter when reading his own book. Make the book more human and like you are listening to a friend tell you a story about what happened to them once.
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- Spencer
- 2018-04-17
A book you need to listen to
You could read this book but Cleese brings his own skill to this wonderful recording.
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- Scott
- 2020-01-29
And Now for Something Completely Different
I really enjoyed the book and rekindling my interest and love for everything Monty Python and their amazing comedy. It was also interesting to learn about John's early days and everything that led up to MP. Waiting for volume II so I can hear about what came next.
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- Steve A
- 2019-05-18
John Cleese is awesome, but the book is a snooze
There's no underlining message or focus to the book. The first few chapters about his early life are very interesting, but the book quickly becomes a drag. This biography is more of a "and then this happened, and this happened, and this...etc."
It's a shame, especially as a big Cleese fan myself.
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- Slick
- 2018-11-19
Fun and interesting
For fans of John Cleese this is an interesting autobiography and of course Monty Python fans will enjoy hearing about its origins. To hear it in Cleese’s voice is imperative
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- Anthony Humble
- 2021-08-22
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Finally, after three days of giggling, chuckling, roaring and snickering, I can give my wife a rest. Her neck was becoming sore as hell from snapping her head around to see what the hell was going on.
Let me explain. I read the book when it first came out, on a couple of long flights, and enjoyed it immensely. I may have even left a review at the time, I don’t remember. But despite having been a lifelong fan of the pythons, John in particular (I even moderated his forum before the creeping scourge of Facebook took it over, but I digress), even I was unprepared for the tidal wave of unadulterated erudition bathed and swirled in an incredible tour de force that is his breathtaking oratorical mastery. Now imagine that last sentence presented in John’s inimitable style. From high-pitched squeal to almost indiscernible growl, laced with fury, incredulity, indignation, irrepressible chuckles, and every imaginable emotion in between. That, dear listener, is the treat you are in for if you make the glorious decision to acquire this once in a lifetime audio experience. So what I want to know, Mr. or Ms Audible, whoever you are, is, why do you only have five bloody stars to give?
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-07-02
love John Cleese
John Cleese is legendary. his narration is great book has some spots where its slightly boring but overall its just great
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- Loraine
- 2021-05-10
love it!
I love monty python, and any monty python related things really makes me happy, and this book makes me that. very excellent book, I loved John's voice, really brought out the book itself.
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- Julie
- 2021-05-07
That was fascinating and funny
You have to listen to this book. Read by the author, you get the inflection and much more meaning. The bonus audio clips are much appreciated.
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- G. Beauchamp
- 2017-01-15
Cleese, the early years, in his own voice
This is a really fun autobiography, but before you buy, you do need to take note of one thing: The book more or less ends when Monty Python is formed. Things like Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda are mentioned often, but they are not really covered.
The book is joy to listen to, as Mr Cleese recalls his childhood, education, and early work, both in the U.K. and U.S. There are a few actual clips of old routines, and he often has to pause to laugh as he relates funny episodes from his past.
My personal hope is that he decides to do a follow-up, covering the years from Monty Python to present day.
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- rob
- 2017-01-20
A lovely memoir
If you're reading this, chances are that you're a Python fan already. Cleese delivers exactly what you'd expect. It's very funny, full of trivia for the fans, and his performance is absolutely genuine.
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- Luvtallships
- 2017-01-10
John Cleese! Need I Say More?
Loved it so much that I listened to it twice in a row just in case I missed anything. His talent for timing paired with his unique gift of storytelling elevate this memoir of a uniquely British humorist to an absolute must- listen for the connoisseur of absurd Pythonesque comedy.
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- Greg P.
- 2016-12-31
The voice.
I came of age as the Circus came on the air. This was a wonderful return to the development of the series told by the voice of an old friend.
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- Barry
- 2017-03-14
Too many people reviewing the man, not the book.
Like anyone else who bought Say Anything, I am a fan of Mr, Cleese and his work. However this "Autobiography" is not very good. Even though nothing is said about it, this book effectively ends when Cleese turns thirty, and Monty Python is writing their first sketch. You want to know about Monty Python? Not in this book. You want to hear about Fawlty Towers? Barely a word about it. A Fish Called Wanda, or Harry Potter or James Bond? No way. Its almost amusing how far Cleese goes to AVOID talking about anything interesting. He was in Footlights, a Cambridge theater troupe. He never once mentions that future fellow Python Eric Idle was in the same troupe, only a year behind himself and Graham Chapman. I am not sure if Idles or Terry Jones name is ever mentioned in the 16 chapters given here.. To be fair, quite a bit is written about Graham Chapman, who was Cleeses most consistent writing partner in the period before and during Python, but I never felt like Chapman and Cleese ever connected as real friends, and I know very little about Chapman that I didnt know before I listened to this book. (And I didnt know much) In fact the only people that make any sort of impact on Cleese for his first thirty years are his mother, (Whom he loathes) and his first wife, Connie Booth, whom he seems to still be fond of. Otherwise, no friends, no people who are there as mentors, no real connections of any kind. Its a bit sad, but the book seems to be a protracted therapy session, except we the audience is paying Cleese for the privilege of him telling people we never knew that they were mean to him in 1956. I did like that Cleese narrated his own work, but that was the best part of this missive. BEWARE TO EVERYONE WHO IS THINKING OF GETTING THIS. It ends in 1969, on the day Python is producing their first sketch. Nothing you care about happened to John Cleese before 1969. Its like reading a book about Albert Einstein, that ends when he gets a job as a patent clerk. There is so much you want to know about, but you will not find it here. To those people giving this such glowing reviews? You are doing your fellow readers a disservice to not warn them that this is a very partial autobiography.
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- Janice
- 2017-01-16
Jack Cheese!
Merci, Monsieur Cleese. Ain't nothing wrong with being lucky. Your reading was top shelf and, as I listened, I became more and more fond of your denigration of all of us ungrateful and unappreciative listeners. Goodnight!
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- Kent Curtis
- 2016-12-31
Missing a few chapters
I would have give the book five stars but he quit just as he gets to Monty Python! This maybe a bit mean but it might be compared to a bad sexual experience where the foreplay is great but the lover quits and leaves just as things really start heating up. I loved everything that was written. If only he'd written a few more chapters! He wrote about the foreplay but said nothing about the sex, so to speak.
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- Mitch
- 2016-12-27
Wonderfully. funny some great insights
cleese is wildly entertaining. it includes old audio recordings that are wonderful. a bit more from the python time would've been appreciated
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- John Webb
- 2019-09-04
"Too many notes... "
Very interesting, but a bit too much detail, and 95% about his career. Glad to have "read" it, but I wouldn't re-read it.
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- Jonah
- 2017-01-11
I love this book!
Jon Cheese is a brilliant writer and performer. I'm so glad I not only got to enjoy this book but I got to enjoy Cheese's timing and delivery as well!
Yes it's Cheese. Check the book.
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