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From the beginning of STILL FOOLIN' EM, I knew I'd bought the right version - an audio-book. After listening to Billy Crystal read his book before a live audience, I knew nothing could top the living laugh track. Unfortunately, only SOME chapters are read aloud before real human beings who laugh and energize Mr. Crystal's perfect comic timing. I now wish that EVERY chapter had his perfect timing and a living laugh track. Too bad. Nevertheless, I recommend buying the audio-book over a Kindle version or a hard copy. Billy Crystal is too funny when he is performing; I can't imagine reading it in print could even come close!


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Still Foolin' 'Em Where I've Been Where I'm Going and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Billy Crystal 9781427229502 Books Reviews

I enjoy how Crystal tells a story, and I certainly can appreciate his background and upbringing (being Jewish, and raised in Los Angeles in the '50's and '60's...I'm two years younger than Crystal). The individual stories were great. However....while one realizes that an autobiography is ultimately a lot of 'me, me, me', it became annoying that every person Crystal met during his career became a close friend, and so many of the were very prominent, recognizable celebrities (maybe I'm just jealous?), it just wore me down, and became annoying. While he certainly had a few 'struggles' in life, I didn't get a real sense that they were as impactful or appreciated by him as much as he tried to lead us to believe. His life was beyond perfect, with almost nothing but success. His 'struggles', luckily for him, seemed more like just normal life experiences. It was difficult finding anything sympathetic in his life. That certainly doesn't diminish the successes, which were based on his talent and skills. But I couldn't find any empathy. It's not like he approached it as deserved, or taken for granted...it was just a lot of repetitive references and statements. I couldn't feel sorry for those times he was away from family and wife. Again, it was enjoyable...to a point. A great talent, tremendous luck, and certainly a good, talented, person. But, in my view, there was far too much 'me me me', and too many 'best of friends'. About 2/3's through the book, I just wanted it to be over.
My book club and I read this book as part of our 2016 challenge to read an autobiography. At first glance I was not sure what I would think about it. I have never been a huge fan of Billy Crystal, but there are a few films he is in that I have enjoyed over the years. His comedy style has always been a little off for my taste. I have always been more of a Jerry Seinfeld or Steve Martin fan (sorry Billy!)

The novel itself is wonderfully executed. The story alternates between his thoughts on aging as he is now 65 and his life story. I found it interesting to learn so many facts about his role in the film industry. On the other hand his life experiences involving baseball and his many friendships with baseball legends was less interesting but not at all less of an experience as a reader. I am not a sports fan so it was hard for me to identify with his passion for it.

The voice of the novel was amazing. Billy's true voice spoke off the pages to me the entire time. Rarely have I read an autobiography where I felt so convinced that I was having an intimate conversation with the writer. That is great writing and execution. For interest and likability I would rate it a solid 3 stars. For execution and voice I am adding a star for a rating of 4 stars.

On a side note I am disappointed I didn't order this on Audio CD as I just saw that it won 2 awards for best audiobook. I listen to audiobooks all the time and found it somewhat irritating that I didn't think to get it on audio. The additional plus would have been the performance of Billy reading the book. Live and learn.
I thought I only had a few things in common with Mr. Crystal birth month, daughter, grandchildren, dead parents, growing up watching Johnny (always smile when I get on the Slaussen), love of Soap and When Harry, and lastly, a dry sense of humor. None of it matters, this book breaks life down to poignant moments with a lot of humor in between that gets him from birthday to birthday. Something many can relate to. The last few chapters reminded me how much our gallows humor helped my husband and I face his death together, hand-in-hand, through smiles and tears... Just like Billy and Janice Crystal will do. Maybe we all have more in common than we think. Thank you for sharing your life and humor and for helping me see my own life with humor and poignancy in retrospective. I couldnt stop reading your stories, and couldnt stop smiling. Great work. Great read. Great fun. Great story. Great life. Thank you!
From the beginning of STILL FOOLIN' EM, I knew I'd bought the right version - an audio-book. After listening to Billy Crystal read his book before a live audience, I knew nothing could top the living laugh track. Unfortunately, only SOME chapters are read aloud before real human beings who laugh and energize Mr. Crystal's perfect comic timing. I now wish that EVERY chapter had his perfect timing and a living laugh track. Too bad. Nevertheless, I recommend buying the audio-book over a version or a hard copy. Billy Crystal is too funny when he is performing; I can't imagine reading it in print could even come close!