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Rating: 
Summary: If you miss Steve Allen, get this book!
Review: I always admired Steve Allen . . . his protege, Andy Williams,
once described him as follows: "Steve Allen does so many
things, he's the only man I know who's listed on every one
of the Yellow Pages." . . . not just a comedian,
he was also a prolific writer (having written well over 50 books),composer, pianist, actor, and a serious thinker . . . in
addition, he created NBC's TONIGHT show and PBS's
award-winning MEETING OF MINDS . . . ever since he
died, I have tried to find either a good biography or
autobiography about him; alas, the closest I could find was his own REFLECTIONS--written back in 1994 . . . so I got ahold
of it, anxious to read Allen's comments on assorted
philosophical, political and social questions . . . I enjoyed
these . . . they reminded me of the type of observations
made by George Carlin with the key exception being
that they're all clean!There were many memorable passages; among them:
As one who enjoys biographical reports of others' lives, I
am much more interested in what a man thinks than in the fact
that he was born in Seattle, played football for several years,
or sleeps in pajama bottoms. People today--especially if they're under forty--often have
background, soft-rock music going in their homes or offices,
sometimes during important discussions. They say it
calms them. Should international arms negotiations be conducted with a background of such music? There are some people who seem to enjoy talking about
food more than they enjoy eating. There are those who have
a similar attitude toward sex.
Rating:
Summary: If you miss Steve Allen, get this book!
Review: I always admired Steve Allen . . . his protege, Andy Williams,
once described him as follows: "Steve Allen does so many
things, he's the only man I know who's listed on every one
of the Yellow Pages." . . . not just a comedian,
he was also a prolific writer (having written well over 50 books),composer, pianist, actor, and a serious thinker . . . in
addition, he created NBC's TONIGHT show and PBS's
award-winning MEETING OF MINDS . . . ever since he
died, I have tried to find either a good biography or
autobiography about him; alas, the closest I could find was his own REFLECTIONS--written back in 1994 . . . so I got ahold
of it, anxious to read Allen's comments on assorted
philosophical, political and social questions . . . I enjoyed
these . . . they reminded me of the type of observations
made by George Carlin with the key exception being
that they're all clean! There were many memorable passages; among them:
As one who enjoys biographical reports of others' lives, I
am much more interested in what a man thinks than in the fact
that he was born in Seattle, played football for several years,
or sleeps in pajama bottoms. People today--especially if they're under forty--often have
background, soft-rock music going in their homes or offices,
sometimes during important discussions. They say it
calms them. Should international arms negotiations be conducted with a background of such music? There are some people who seem to enjoy talking about
food more than they enjoy eating. There are those who have
a similar attitude toward sex.
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