Still foolin' 'em : where i've been, where i'm going, and where the hell are my keys? / Billy Crystal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crystal, Billy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crystal, Billy.

Comedians--United States--Biography.

Comedians.

United States.

Aging.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 272 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Still fooling them

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2013.

Summary:

"Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's 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 his 77 million 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 stand-up 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 front-row seat to his one-day 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, Crystal's reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

65 is not 60

I worry

Sex

Growing up Crystal

Count to ten

My twenties

The elbow

Take care of your teeth

My thirties

The five stages of forgetting things

Conservative

Iron balls : my forties

Kiss me twice

Still foolin' 'em

My fifties

Grandpa

Celebrate your birthdays

Let him go

Can't take it with you

Buying the plot.

ISBN:

0805098208

9780805098204

OCLC:

760974889

Publisher Number:

99959178532