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4.12 AVERAGE
Listen to the audiobook. I laughed and I cried. Great listen.
funny
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Must listen to the audiobook!! Martin Short does impersonations, his beloved characters, and short musical numbers throughout the book. Very enjoyable memoirs book!
I can’t imagine NOT taking this material in as an audiobook, imagine being locked in an elevator for an entire day with Martin short except you can’t speak and he wouldn’t be able to hear you anyways. That might not sound ideal but somehow it is.
It’s probably more of a 3.5 for me, because I was unfamiliar with a lot of Martin’s earlier career, so many of the references went over my head. However, I enjoyed learning about his personal life - you would never have guessed how much grief he has experienced for being such a funny guy.
This book was good and it was fun to listen to Martin Short on the audio version. I can't quite imagine how some of his material would translate to the printed word. Some of this stories were interesting and it was fun to hear from his old characters again. That said, I was rather bored at times. He seemed to be name dropping constantly and thinks incredibly highly of himself. That aspect led to somewhat of a yawn fest for me.
4.5 stars. I have always loved Martin short, but find myself even more enamored with him after listening to him read his heartfelt, funny memoir (complete with Ed Grimley and other character voices!). I loved hearing about his Canadian childhood and his SCTV roots alongside Eugene Levy and Catherine o’Hara. I also didn’t know about his past relationship with Gilda Radner and I didn’t know about his wife Nancy and her tragic death. Their love story was beautiful, and the way he talked about her and her illness was just heartbreaking. I find myself glad that all these years later (even now in 2023) he still has such a close friendship with Steve Martin and seems to be doing well.
Loved it and hated it
I wanted to love this book and I did love parts of it. I loved the behind-the-scenes stuff and reading about Martin and Nancy's romance and marriage. But then there was the language. And more language. Profanity, crude language and such abounds. Also, the parts where he's writing as one of his characters would perhaps be more effective in the audiobook.
I wanted to love this book and I did love parts of it. I loved the behind-the-scenes stuff and reading about Martin and Nancy's romance and marriage. But then there was the language. And more language. Profanity, crude language and such abounds. Also, the parts where he's writing as one of his characters would perhaps be more effective in the audiobook.
I thought this was more current when I started it, but it was still very good. It was interesting to read about how he got his start and the people he's worked with over the years—some from the beginning.
It was also interesting to hear some of the sketches and characters he's done over the years and think about how so much of that just wouldn't fly now. That's not to say Short's a "bad" guy—just that we've become much more aware that some of that was very cringey.
4h 53m
It was also interesting to hear some of the sketches and characters he's done over the years and think about how so much of that just wouldn't fly now. That's not to say Short's a "bad" guy—just that we've become much more aware that some of that was very cringey.
4h 53m
funny
hopeful
informative
medium-paced