Title: Life & Laughing: My Story
Author: Michael McIntyre
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 14, 2010
Publisher: Penguin
ASIN: B005WTAHN4
Michael McIntyre has become Britain's biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time, only to be eclipsed by his second, Hello Wembley, that sold over 1.4 million copies and was the 2009 Christmas number one. He hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up in 2009 following his record breaking fifty-four date Arena tour.
But how did he get there?
Michael reveals all in his remarkably honest and hilarious autobiography Life & Laughing. His showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school and his astonishing journey from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to selling half a million tickets on his last tour. Michael's story is riveting, poignant, romantic and above all very, very funny.
My rating:
A hilarious, self-deprecating take on his life. The humor and levity of the first half is nicely balanced by the serious topics of debt and self-doubts in the second that shows McIntyre, for all his ability to make you laugh, doesn't shy away from deeper, somewhat darker matters and knows where it's time to sugar coat it and when the time comes to tell it as it is.
Though written by a "funny man", this book teaches quite a few lessons...Never take yourself too seriously. No matter how hard and dark the times are, you can always find something to giggle about. Never stop dreaming, never stop pushing for what you want, if you want it enough, if you're willing to work for it, your dream will come true.
I would suggest, though, not to read this (especially the first half) in public. It will have you in stitches and people will look at you funny.
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