Hilarious
and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America’s favorite comedians as
he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career
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.
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