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Over the Limit: My Secret Diaries 1993-8
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Bob Monkhouse has been in show business for over 45 years and is one of Britain’s most enduring comedians. This second volume of his memoirs combines personal disclosures with anecdotes and revelations about the stars he has known.
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| Publisher | Century, First Edition (17 Sept. 1998) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 352 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0712677070 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0712677073 |
by Tony Best
Excellent
by Ex Libris
Bob Monkhouse Over The Limit – My Secret Diaries 1993-8
These are not just diaries…..
This book is a tutorial – a master class on the history of comedy. Bob Monkhouse expounds in beautiful prose on what comedy is and what makes a great comedian. As Bob himself says of his book Bob Monkhouse Over The Limit – My Secret Diaries 1993-8: “.. a two-ton box of chocolates with no guide on the lid as to what’s in the centres ” or again ” a collection of memoirs….strung along the chronological washing line of time….” Bob writes brilliantly and at length on many things including the comedy greats of yesteryear as well as on the more recent kings of comedy. We read hilarious stories and interesting anecdotes about the people Bob has worked with over his many years in comedy.
Among those mentioned are: Bing Crosby, Rex Harrison, Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper,Bruce Forsyth,Jimmy Tarbuck, Dick Emery, Frank Sinatra, Paul Merton,Jack Benny, Tony Hancock, Ken Dodd, Les Dawson, Benny Hill, Danny Kaye,John Cleese, Bob Hope – and the list goes on and on.Jeffrey Archer gets a mention,too and we get a laugh as well. This is a book to read and to dip into again and again. The book is full to bursting with real true stories. Bob’s wit and wisdom shine through from every page of this genuinely funny, interesting and enthralling masterpiece.
Unputdownable!!
Buy it!! Read it and enjoy!!
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by Kelly O’ Smurf
I expected this second book to pick up where the first biography Crying With laughter had left off. Perhaps a collection of racier and more litigious stories of the scrapes Bob and his friends and colleagues had gotten themselves into during his eventful career combined with insightful and poignant views of the famous and not so famous he currently knew and had known.
Disappointingly this additional book was more the combined off cuts from the cutting room floor of the first and his day to view diary from the mid 1990s. Details of airports, hotels and venues left me bored while the majority of the anecdotes did not match the touching honesty and laugh out loud quality gags and puns from Crying With Laughter.
I’d expected a tell ’em straight, no punches pulled signing off memoir from this great comedian’s life but sadly it’s more like a contractual filler.
by mr v g door
I really liked this book…did not think it would be better than his Life story(Crying with Laughter)bbut yes he did come over a bit smarmy but under that he was a very witty/man.