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Summary: Title should have been a warning!
Review: "Been There, Done That" is an accurate title for Fishers latest book because it's the same old story he's written before! The best that can be said about Eddie Fisher is that he's great at selling himself as ever the victim in his infamous marriages. The worst of Fisher is the way he has used these marriages, affairs and one-night-stands to promote interest in reading about his life, and I confess; I'm a person that has bought his books only to get the dish on Debbie, Liz,Connie,Ann-Margret and a host of other ladies he claims were crazy about him. Why? Apparently I have a weakness for books written by kiss & tell has beens. Hope I've learned my lesson and avoid buying the next book he comes out with detailing his life with the same characters and little variation. On second thought, if enough people buy this book, resulting in enough sales to pad Fishers bank account maybe he'll spare the world at large by not penning another Debbie-Eddie-Liz memoir.He barely touches on his relationship with his four children; Carrie & Todd by Reynolds, Joely and Tricia Leigh by Stevens, outside of acknowledging he wasn't a good father. Major understatement! If you've never heard of the author or the principal players in "Been There, Done That", it may make for an interesting read for you. However, for anyone that remembers the headlines...you may as well save your money.
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Summary: Teaches you about show business
Review: (Paperback edition) Why am I reviewing this? Because I like entertainment, and I like the people who are in it. Like another reviewer, I have to confess that I did not read the entire book. If I do, perhaps Amazon will give me a "second review" chance? But I read enough to say this: His encounter with President Harry Truman is "laugh out loud" stuff, although the co-auther may have punched it up a bit. The "Afterword" chapter I liked. We should all COUNT OUR BLESSINGS. I respect Fisher's service to his country during the Korean War. But $21 a month? That was what they paid at the beginning of World War II. By the time of the Korean conflict I think the pay had gone up a little. And "swimming in the Yalu" in 1952? At that point , weren't the American lines a bit further back. Some of the encounters with women were "laugh out loud" material also. BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. Marlene, Elizabeth and Betty seem to have it. The rest of them are rated not too good on the Fisher report card. But who knows about these things? Will Rogers would probably say- "It's just a book." In fact, it reminds me of a book some years back by Shelley Winters, in which she said- "I did it, or I dreamed it, I'm not sure which?"
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Summary: Oh! Eddie
Review: A better title for this book -- "Been There, Done Her". .
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Summary: Casting swine before pearls
Review: A man with minimal talent and moderate looks, who was in the right place at the right time, got to marry two of the most famous and talented women in show business. Now he's making money by airing real and imagined dirty laundry. How admirable. Debbie Reynolds will always be my sweetheart, no matter how an unsatisfactory husband and father tries to drag her through the dirt. A waste of time that will validate all the cynical thoughts you've ever had, and an apt punishment for our fascination with performers' private lives.
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Summary: Casting swine before pearls
Review: A man with minimal talent and moderate looks, who was in the right place at the right time, got to marry two of the most famous and talented women in show business. Now he's making money by airing real and imagined dirty laundry. How admirable. Debbie Reynolds will always be my sweetheart, no matter how an unsatisfactory husband and father tries to drag her through the dirt. A waste of time that will validate all the cynical thoughts you've ever had, and an apt punishment for our fascination with performers' private lives.
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Summary: Engagingly funny/tragically sad
Review: After finishing Eddie's book, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Certainly nothing funny about his addiction to sex and drugs ala Dr. Feelgood. Nothing funny about the way he and his friends used women and threw them away. But the way he tells his story is humorous and I admire his honesty. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it highly for a no-holds-barred romp through the Hollywood swill.
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Summary: Sex and Drugs and . . . More Sex and Drugs!!!
Review: Be forewarned: this book is like eating junk food, but who says that can't be fun sometimes! Like some of the other reviewers, when I was growing up, Eddie Fisher was a household word. This was especially true for those people from my background: working-class Jews. They viewed Eddie, (one of their own) as a hopeful sign that their own lives could be changed. Then, quite sadly, he slowly became a laughing stock - he seemed to lead the Hollywood gossip columns in terms of scandals. And that is just what this book consists of - his "explanation" of his scandals. Unfortunately, you don't know what to believe in reading this book; he explains that all of his ex-wives were horrible, but its difficult to feel sorry for someone who, at minimum, kept making the same mistakes repeatedly, by choosing the wrong women to marry, or who, more likely, made a terrible husband himself. Yet, in great contrast, is the best part of the book by far - his discussion of his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor. She was the only wife he truly loved, and it was wonderful to see him finally care about someone other than himself. That part of the book is actually quite touching, and sadly, is such a contrast to the rest of his life, which consisted more of shallow relationships and a constant supply of drugs. With that in mind, it is hard to believe this superficial man, and I truly wonder if he just wrote this book as a final stab at making some quick cash, by offering "juicy tidbits" concerning sex (or supposed sex) with some famous movie stars.
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Summary: Viva La 50's Era
Review: Could not put this book down, it was very revealing and OH so funny. Eddie had humble beginnings; so he was enjoying what was put before him, he made fun of himself. That was the era before everything became taboo to indulge in. If you were willing to play the game and they were, no holds barred. Drugs and alcohol played a big part in this book.
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Summary: Viva La 50's Era
Review: Could not put this book down, it was very revealing and OH so funny. Eddie had humble beginnings; so he was enjoying what was put before him, he made fun of himself. That was the era before everything became taboo to indulge in. If you were willing to play the game and they were, no holds barred. Drugs and alcohol played a big part in this book.
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Summary: Eddie who?
Review: Didn't ever quite grow up, did you Eddie? He brags about his questionable sexual conquests, whines about the wrongs done to him, and wastes our time with page after page of laughable tripe. The further into this book you get, the worse the taste in your mouth. If you are curious, find it in a library and don't waste your money. It seems the only way Mr. Fisher can feel better about himself is to trash others with a despicable enthusiasm to be admired by any hack tabloid writer. Roddy McDowall was right, Eddie. You aren't much of a man at all.
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