<![CDATA[700 Sundays]]>

false <![CDATA[700 Sundays]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173240647m/263429.jpg 263429 5 Actor and comedian Billy Crystal has forged a highly successful career by portraying other people in movies like When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers. But in 700 Sundays, a memoir based on his one-man Broadway play of the same name, Crystal tells his own story, dissecting an often complex relationship with his father and how that relationship resonated in other aspects of his life. His father, Jack Crystal was an influential jazz concert promoter and operated an influential jazz record label, affording his son an opportunity to tell stories of being taken to his first movie by Billie Holliday and seeing his grandmother suggest that Louis Armstrong simply "try coughing it up." But Jack died when his son was fifteen years old, soon after a forever-unresolved argument between the two, leaving Billy to cope with crushing grief while simultaneously and perhaps ironically trying to launch a career in comedy. This lends 700 Sundays much needed gravity in a volume that is packed with zingy one-liners and whimsical observations that serve to illustrate the comedy career Crystal forged, while also providing some decent laughs. Interestingly, there is very little reference to the better known accomplishments of Crystal's Hollywood career as the author chooses to focus instead on the seemingly mundane but highly entertaining aspects of his Long Island roots. Though 700 Sundays (the name comes from Crystal's estimation of how many Sundays he got to spend with his father) is packaged here in book form, it reads like a piece of theater and, more specifically, like a selection of memories about a father, lovingly and touchingly re-told by his loving son. --John Moe 375918 2005 700 Sundays total:486|5:103|4:201|3:145|2:33|1:4| 486 1824 657 112 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 16 12:29:04 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:48:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 11:53:32 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:54:22 -0800 2008
Funny. funny man. I found myself snickering and giggling at some of his throw away lines. I ha...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 10:28:40 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:22:11 -0700 2009
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As expected, it has its humor, but is also touching--Billy is a real family man.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 08 11:30:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:32:18 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 23:05:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 23:09:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:41:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:43:01 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jun 08 19:28:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 21:42:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 00:30:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 00:33:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 13:44:04 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 13:59:55 -0800 2008
I'm a big fan of Billy Crystal, and it's nice that he isn't confined to being a comedian, but also as an awesome storyteller.

The book is extremely funny, but also tragic. It contains the best of Mr. Crystal's life before he became a comedian and acto...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 10:45:46 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 10:47:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 08:24:37 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 08:28:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 22 18:59:47 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 19:03:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:49:46 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:54:49 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=263429