I really love Billy Crystal — his movies, yes, but he also just seems like a wonderful man. I read his autobiography a few months ago and loved it. 700 Sundays is much shorter, and feels more like stand up — I can’t remember if he based his HBO stand up special on the book, or vice versa — but it’s just as enjoyable and gives the reader an even better picture of a wonderful man. “Consider the rose…The rose is the sweetest smelling flower of all, […]
Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal
This was fantastic. Really. I listened to the audiobook — which I would highly recommend — and I was cracking up and tearing up and just loved the whole thing. I’ve always been a Billy Crystal fan — specifically, The Princess Bride and City Slickers. In fact, I’ve probably watched those two movies at least a dozen times each. I’m a bit young to be familiar with stand-up Billy Crystal or how he got his beginnings, but he takes the reader (or listener) through it all: how […]