Access Today Still Foolin Em: Where Ive Been, Where Im Going, And Where The Hell Are My Keys Created By Billy Crystal Made Available In Paperback

you're going to invest the time in this one, listen on audiobook as it's narrated by the author and often made me laugh out loud! The final chapter is totally hilarious and a great ending to wrap up the story of his life.
out of. I thoroughly enjoyed this,

This audiobook was waiting in my Overdrive wishlist for aaaaages, Every time I scrolled through to see what I wanted to listen to next, I wondered if I even liked Billy Crystal enough to bother, In fact, I almost deleted it, I mean, sure I've seen Princess Bride, City Slickers and Throw Mama From the Train, but did I really want to listen tohours of Billy Crystal As it turns out, yes.


I enjoy biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, This one is now, by far, my favourite, I laughed a lot, I cried a bit, I wanted to do something special on my birthday, I reflected on my own life I was inspired to be more fun as a parent and just a better person all around.


I can understand that not everyone might like this, There were a few jokes that didn't do much for me, but they were few, He uses the "f" word, but I happen to be fond of that word, He talks about the body and how it changes I thought it was hilarious I've heard jokes on that plenty of times, yet I never laughed as much or at all.
He is a huge baseball fan and I don't care for any sports, yet the baseball talk didn't bother me in the slightest, I actually think I might kind of like it now, Well okay, maybe not. But, still! His love for it was so pure and so sweet,

His 'Conservative' chapter was pure gold,

I'm SO glad I listened to this, and I HIGHLY recommend it although there's no way the book could compare to the audiobook, Audiobook all the way! Ill go on record that I love Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally is still one of my favorite romantic comedies and the nine years he hosted the Oscars made for great television, in my humble opinion, still the best.
That said, Im not big on memoirs unless theyre a little bit offbeat and when this one began it was more old comedian playing the Berkshire circuit, especially since I was listening to it.
I persevered and about a quarter of the way in he settles into the pattern of the book, chapters relate each decade of his life in linear fashion, he marvels at and is grateful for the life hes led and it comes through in the writing.
The memoir portions are interspersed with essays and I enjoyed these little breaks in the narrative of a life, Overall, an enjoyable listening experience, trademark Billy, if maybe a little crankier at the indignities of aging, but with a sentimentality I hadnt heard from him before, If youre a fan, youll like it, If not, I might skip it,

My reading tends to get too heavy, Books on politics, presidential biographies, history, Game of Thrones, . . the weight of the words can be too much at times,

So it was refreshing to read Billy Crystal's memoir, which I flew through in just a couple of days, It was just what my literary mind needed: something lighter, but with substance,

I don't consider myself a diehard Crystal fan, per se, He just has a knack for showing up in projects I have enjoyed over the years, like Running Scared, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, . . , Monster's Inc. ,, and Analyze This. His delivery reminds me of Jackie Mason, if slightly edgier, His book is written in much the same way, I could hear Crystal's voice in my head as I read,

Either by coincidence or by design, Crystal's narrative seems to mature as he ages in the narrative, The dirty jokes and knowing winks give way to genuine introspection and occasional melancholia, But he finds a way to make it all funny in the right places, I don't like to use the phrase LOL, but I found that I did quite a bit of that as I read,

While not a tellall in the truest sense of the word, Crystal does spin more than a few interesting yarns about the famous people he has encountered, Good story or bad, one thing is certain: Billy Crystal has led a remarkable life,

Take a little time and check it out, You won't regret it. I am not a huge Billy Crystal fan but I liked most of the movies with him, I like biographies and love humor so this seemed like a good book to read for me,

His life isn't like most celebrity lives I read about, Keith Richard's for example had lots of drugs and drama, Billy Crystal on the other hand had a very smooth and "normal" as normal as a life of a movie star who is friends with other celebrities can be, He got married when he was, is still married to that woman, Had kids. Started his career in his early's and kept on moving up, But a "boring" life can be a good thing, It does seem to be a happy life,

And one can see that he is a good writer and comedian because he still managed to present it all in a pretty entertaining way, I don't like baseball but I still liked the passages where he talks about it, It isn't an outrageously funny book, He concentrates a lot on getting old in the chapters between the ones where he describes his work and life in one of the decades of his life, So it is a mixture of humor and sentimentality, In my opinion it was pretty well balanced and I did enjoy it, Billy Crystal is a man I'd like to have as a friend, Unless he's really fooling lots of people, he's a real mensch, There's nothing to date in all that I know of him to give any other indication, Caring, funny, married to the same woman since he was, devoted to his friends and family, and able to make the world laugh,

A few things that stood out for me in this book: the people he calls close friends, who inhabit every walk of life, his love of baseball, his athleticism.
There were some stories I'd heard before, others that were totally new to me, Some particularly resonated his bar mitzvah, the passing of his mother, his interactions with Mohammed Ali, the show in Russia,

Good book. If I ever get to have that fantasy dinner, I hope I remember to invite Billy Crystal, Interesting book, one that I found in terms fascinating and redundant, I listened to this on audio, with Crystal doing the narrating, In the case of this book, I should call it performing, though, The book begins with Crystal recorded performing in front of a live audience, and hes not telling stories of his life, hes doing standup about being old, And to my taste, not very good standup I didnt get any chuckles out of his live performances, But the book takes a turn toward the more interesting as Crystal changes to telling the story of his life and his career, That part was good, interesting anecdotes and funny bits, He ends the book with more kvetching about aging which I could have done without, The anecdote I find most memorable and I find this very strange on reflection is his story about coming up with a oneliner while hosting the Oscars and cutting off Hollywood oldtimer Hal Roach who was speaking from his seat so no one heard him clearly “Well, its only fitting.
He got his start in silent films, ” Crystal does his impersonations along the way, and you hear his Ali and Mickey Mantle a lot, The Mickey stories are truly poignant, The saving grace is that Crystal seems shocked that he was as lucky in life as hes been, and he sounds so appreciative throughout, I found this one hard to rank one star for the bad standup combined with four for the life story, but Ill round up tobecause his stories are so memorable.
An excellent autobiography by a great comedian, Listening is best for his spoton impersonations and comedic timing,of One of the best, one of the funniest, one of my favorites, Halfway through, he launches into a diatribe of hate speech, He should know better. Your reaction to this memoir will depend on how much you like Billy Crystal's comedy style, I'm meh about him, so I'm meh about this book, Other reviewers who adore him liked this book a lot more than I did,

Billy is now, which he will tell you over and over again, and several chapters are devoted to his shtick about getting old, There's nothing new here, except discovering that Billy has become a cranky old man, cursing about social media and teenagers and politics, Speaking of cursing, it was a bit shocking to hear Billy drop so many Fbombs, For decades now Billy has nurtured the persona of the sweet, goofy, schmaltzy, awshucks guy, and I was surprised to hear him swear so much,

Despite the Fbombs, Billy's comedy style remains firmly stuck in thes ands, Some of his jokes have punchlines that date back to then, and I rolled my eyes at the preciousness of it, He also relies heavily on Jewish humor numerous tired quips are about how much Jews love food, and he ends several chapters with an exaggerated Oy! plus there's a lot of baseball jokes.
Billy is a Yankees fan, which he will never let you forget,

But I'm focusing too much on the negative, The parts I liked were the stories of how he got started in comedy and the behindthescenes anecdotes of his movies and TV shows, He talks about making "When Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers," "The Princess Bride," about hosting the Oscars and about visiting Russia for the comedy special "Midnight Train to Moscow, " He also had good stories of his famous friends, such as Mickey Mantle, Sammy Davis Jr, and Muhammad Ali. One of Billy's early famous bits was his impression of Ali, and the two men became close, with Ali calling Billy "Little Brother" whenever they'd meet,

Billy also shared some nice family moments, such as the day his first daughter got married, and how much he likes being a grandfather, There were some emotional chapters, like when his dad died when Billy was, and how he later wrote those childhood memories into the Broadway show "Sundays, "

I listened to this book on audio CD, and parts of it were performed in front of a live studio audience, Again, your reaction to this will depend on how much you like listening to Billy, He reprises all of his famous impressions, including Ali, Mantle, Sammy, Howard Cosell, "You look MAHvalous!" and the voice of Miracle Max, While I enjoyed most of the performance, at times I found it tedious and wished he would wrap it up already, Oy.

Rating:.rounded up toListened to the audiobook read by Billy Crystal himself, This book is touching at times as he shares personal stories of friends, family, and his career, Being a comedian though, he also does some standup comedy, impressions, and pokes fun at aging, I enjoyed listening to the audiobook, I dont think I would have enjoyed the book as much, What impressed me most of all was Billys love for his family, It really comes through in the book,
Favorite quote: ”Do something special on your birthday, Whatever you do, celebrate the fact that youre here and people love you and you love them, We only do this once, ”
I think Billy could read me the phone book and I would sit in my chair and be totally enthralled,

I loved his story and the way he told it, He made me laugh and cry and made me feel honored to be able to listen to him tell his story about his family and friends,

Billy, I hope you go on living, laughing and loving for a long, long time to come, Though I don't listen to audio books often, this was a hit as it is narrated by Mr, Crystal in all his splendor, . . imitations and all! Covering his life thus far, from birth to the big, this is a delightful view into the life of one of the top entertainers who has somehow remained humble and seemingly normal! I laughed out loud and choked back tears as I traveled along with this talented, fortunate and grateful man.
One who values family and friendships above all else,
The way he talks of the dreams he had as a child and young man and then seeing them come true is inspiring, If you didn't like him before, you will after reading this! Full of life, witty and heartwarming, and very age appropriate for many of us "older folks" Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of Americas favorite comedians as he turns, and a look back at a remarkable career

Billy Crystal is turning, and hes not happy about it.
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.
In humorous chapters like “Buying the Plot” and “Nodding Off,” Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to hismillion fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him.
He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing standup in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards.
Readers get a frontrow seat to his oneday career with the New York Yankees he was the first player to ever “test positive for Maalox”, his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle

and Muhammad Ali.
He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion “the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac”, grandparenting, and, of course, dentistry.
As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystals reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived,
So fun and made a long car trip fly by, OMG! Hilarious! Highly recommend!

Billy Crystal hits it out of the park with this book! At age sixtyfive, he reflects on his life with humor, selfawareness, humility, and poignancy.
He describes aging as peeing in Morse code, dropping food on your chin, shirt and pants, and walking like a whoopee cushion after a colonoscopy,

He weaves a colorful tapestry of his personal and professional life that made me laugh and cry at the same time, He shares his wonderful experiences walking his daughters down the aisle at their weddings as well as his role as a grandfather, He provides insights into movie and athletic celebrities that are a peek at their true character,

Highly, highly recommend! I liked Billy Crystal, Then I listened to this audiobook, Now I don't like Billy Crystal,

Wow, this is the epitome of what I don't like about "celebrity" memoirs, Selfindulgent, smug and dull. He's friends with Muhammad Ali, He loves the Yankees. He's friends with Mickey Mantle, In case you forget he reminds you that he's friends with Muhammad Ali continually throughout the book, Seriously. All the damn time. Did I mention that he's friends with Muhammad Ali

I don't want to hear about his penis, his balls or his "chubby" over Sophia Loren, I don't want to hear his impressions honestly, you can just say what these people said without having to do their voices, I don't want to hear about the Yankees and I seriously don't want to hear any more about Muhammad Ali, He came across as so unbelievably full of himself, The book was one giant selfpatontheback, I have a great marriage! I have raised wonderful children! I'm friends with Muhammad Ali! I am amazing! And then he gives advice on how to be a grandparent, Just no!

His serious sour grapes over Joe DiMaggio not signing something for his wife although DiMaggio did give his reasons why, plus gave him something else signed was the final nail in the coffin for me.
He came off sounding like an absolute spoilt brat, "Well I think insert other baseball player I have no idea about is the greatest living player, " Really You're. Grow the fuck up.

And if it wasn't dull enough with all of the namedropping and selfcongratulation, he spentminutes talking about something he didn't do, For reals.

Nope. .