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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: 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: OOOooo Naughty, Naughty Boy
Review: First, I couldn't put the book down. It was a fascinating read. One thing I have to correct here and that is Eddie's opinion that he was bigger than Elvis. Eddie - NOBODY except God is bigger than Elvis. Eddie Fisher, according to what he reveals in his memoir, was his own worst enemy. Yes, he bedded many beautiful and famous women, but the business decisions he made were atrocious! Ye gads! this man never learned his lesson! His drug addiction was his downfall and of course, his marriage to Liz Taylor didn't help either. But, I do understand how he felt about Liz. When you fall hopelessly in love with someone and they end up cutting your heart out, you are never quite the same again. I didn't realize Debbie Reynolds was so devious. He does tell why they broke up - she was too prim and proper and needed to loosen up a bit. However, if he had stayed with her he might not have had such a sad life. Who knows. The one thing that you will get out of this book is that lots of women loved Eddie and Eddie loved Eddie too.
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Summary: Disgusting and petty
Review: Fisher is a class A jerk. Don't spend even a penny on this book, unless you just particularly enjoy sordid and vindictive, self-glorifying and absurd "versions" of truth. I get the impression that Fisher was jealous of a great many of the people he smears in this book, and that he didn't have enough sense or decency to keep his mouth shut. He hurt himself more than anyone else by writing this book, and I don't see how anyose, especially his ex-wives or children could ever have ANY respect for him again---if they ever had.
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Summary: Disgusting and petty
Review: Fisher is a class A jerk. Don't spend even a penny on this book, unless you just particularly enjoy sordid and vindictive, self-glorifying and absurd "versions" of truth. I get the impression that Fisher was jealous of a great many of the people he smears in this book, and that he didn't have enough sense or decency to keep his mouth shut. He hurt himself more than anyone else by writing this book, and I don't see how anyose, especially his ex-wives or children could ever have ANY respect for him again---if they ever had.
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Summary: Sad tale...
Review: I bought the book because of the story involving Elizabeth Taylor. If I were Eddie Fisher, I would not be so willing to share this sad tale with the world.
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Summary: EDDIE AT LEAST TRIED TO BE HONEST ABOUT HIMSELF!
Review: I read Mr. Fishers book TWICE I loved it. While i certainly concede he is no great star at least give him credit. He is honest about he's drug addiction and his not so great role as a father. i dont understand Liz Taylor's displeasure in the book.
He writes about her in glowing terms. Of course, I could see why
Debbie Reynolds would not like it. THAT part is understandable.
But at least, Eddie took the blame for most of his mistakes unlike other books who try to shift the blame. I recently bought a CD of him at the Winter Garden. He WAS NOT BAD AT ALL>
And years ago I saw Debbie in a show in Charlotte and she was great but at the end SHE DID DO WHAT EDDIE STATED IN HIS BOOK>
(SHE put her finger down her throat when she said "Fisher") If his daughter Carrie cared anything about her father she would not have liked that disrespect (he might have been an absentie father but, he was not an abusive one -like i had)
Anyway, I liked it and thought it was so readable.Thanks Eddie
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Summary: Sleazy, Slimy and Degrading
Review: This guy is such a joke. It's no fun to read about a has-been dishing dirt when you aren't even sure what details are true and which aren't. Plus he's so incredibly self-involved and egotistical - his head is so swollen that it would be impossible to measure its circumference. Carrie Fisher, by her own admission, has refused to speak to Eddie since the publication of this book, and I can't say as I blame her. I don't consider him to be all that self-effacing. Even when he tries, it comes out as whiny and defensive. The only way that this book ever could be considered as a good, interesting read is to go through and try to imagine how someone this conceited ever made it as huge as he claims to have done. Rubbish.
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Summary: Sleazy, Slimy and Degrading
Review: This guy is such a joke. It's no fun to read about a has-been dishing dirt when you aren't even sure what details are true and which aren't. Plus he's so incredibly self-involved and egotistical - his head is so swollen that it would be impossible to measure its circumference. Carrie Fisher, by her own admission, has refused to speak to Eddie since the publication of this book, and I can't say as I blame her. I don't consider him to be all that self-effacing. Even when he tries, it comes out as whiny and defensive. The only way that this book ever could be considered as a good, interesting read is to go through and try to imagine how someone this conceited ever made it as huge as he claims to have done. Rubbish.
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Summary: One interesting and troubled man
Review: This is one of the hardest reviews I've written because I honestly wasn't sure when I finished this book if half of what I had just read was true or said merely for revenge. While the story of Eddie Fisher's career is interesting there is so much malicious gossip that it detracts from the basic story.
Starting as a talented child and then through a very up and down career Mr. Fisher never had any doubts about his abilities professionally. Through his version of his marriages to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens and so forth we get all the dirt that we ever wanted to hear and then some. While I like a good "Hollywood" biography as much as the next person I've never read one that gave me so many details on people that I really didn't WANT to hear. Sometimes petty, sometimes shocking and frequently doubtful there's a lot of stuff in this book that really could and should have been left unsaid. A strong proponent of freedom of speech I also believe that much of what Mr. Fisher had to say was simply unkind and people who have since died like Montgomery Clift and Roddy McDowell are no longer able to defend themselves and to deny what is printed about themselves. Although he never had any doubts about his singing ability Mr. Fisher is also quite self-effacing about his shortcomings as a husband, father and speaks openly about his addictions. What is probably the best aspect of the book is when the reader realizes how much Eddie Fisher has learned along his journey. I wish him peace but I wish he didn't have to be so just plain mean in this version of his life.
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