- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Century; First Edition edition (24 Sep 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712655905
- ISBN-13: 978-0712655903
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 512,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Norman Wisdom was born in poverty in the East End. By the age of 12 he was a homeless tramp who had to beg and steal to eat. Eventually he joined the Army where he became a boxing champion and also discovered his true vocation as an entertainer. On leaving the Army he blew his savings on a trip to Hollywood where he bluffed his way in to see Charlie Chaplin, who predicted that Norman Wisdom would be the man to take his mantle. This little man in a tight suit and cloth cap was to make over 40 films and became Britain's most successful comedian of the 1950s and early 1960s. His stories from this time revolve around film greats including Laurel and Hardy, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson and John Wayne. His song, "Don't Laugh At Me", was in the top ten for nine months, hinting at a sadness behind all the success, and his wife Freda was to leave him when, as he says, she found someone tall and good-looking. Now Norman's film career is reviving with the release of a new film called "Double X".
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Written as a "sequel" to Don't Laugh At Me with a different co-author, this book simply repeats the the facts of the original in abbreviated form, followed by a few stretched out observations on his interest in sports, his home, his tours, his fans, etc. Rather a disappointment after his brilliant original. But, having bought both books and read this one immediately after the first, I found it useful in that it helped to seal in my mind the sequence of events which brought him to fame and success.
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Book arrived, has been read, & passed to a friend to read.
Just as we wanted.
John
Book arrived, has been read, & passed to a friend to read.
Just as we wanted.
John
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The heart-warming life story of the well loved British comic
25 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
For years Norman Wisdom has delighted audiences with his wonderfully self-depricating comedy. His remarkable story - his working-class background through to his rise to fame and top-of-the-bill appearances at the London Palladium - is charted in this the first part of his autobiography. This book scores over other showbiz biographies thanks to Wisdom's warmth, affection, and sheer humility, and, above all, this story of "working-class lad makes good" serves as an uplifting reminder to us all that, with hard work and determination, one can achieve anything.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
DON'T LAUGH AT ME : Norman Wisdom..The best book I ever read
14 Jan 2002
Format:Hardcover
Norman Wisdom touched my heart when I was just a boy and he has never let go. After reading his autobiography, DON'T LAUGH AT ME, I was moved to tears with the sadness and heartache he had to endure in his childhood days. To say Norman's life was an emotional rollercoaster would be an understatement, but do not fear, for as many tears of sadness in this book, there are tenfold the number of tears of laughter.
If you like Norman now, you will want to adopt him as your grandfather by the time you read this book. A great biography, I highly recommend it.
If you like Norman now, you will want to adopt him as your grandfather by the time you read this book. A great biography, I highly recommend it.
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