Fun with Woody

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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW WOODY?
Remember lines like: "My brain—that's my second favorite organ!" Or, "I don't mind dying—I just don't want to be there when it happens." Everyone has their favorite jokes, and this book is the cumulative result of being at too many parties where people tried to stump each other with Woody Allen dialogue. Invariably, they would get it wrong. Graham Flashner, however, always knew the right answer and has put his wisdom into the most ?omprehen-sive collection of Woody Allen humor and personal observations ever assembled.
Fans finally have access to the funniest gags, scenes, and anecdotes by America's foremost comedian, covering not only all his films from What's New, Pussycat? to Radio Days, but also Woody's nightclub routines, books, and plays. In addition, special chapters deal with such topics as Woody and television, the women in Woody's films, Woody's repertory "family," and his early days.
Test yourself. Find out which character noted that "death... Tovább

Fülszöveg

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW WOODY?
Remember lines like: "My brain—that's my second favorite organ!" Or, "I don't mind dying—I just don't want to be there when it happens." Everyone has their favorite jokes, and this book is the cumulative result of being at too many parties where people tried to stump each other with Woody Allen dialogue. Invariably, they would get it wrong. Graham Flashner, however, always knew the right answer and has put his wisdom into the most ?omprehen-sive collection of Woody Allen humor and personal observations ever assembled.
Fans finally have access to the funniest gags, scenes, and anecdotes by America's foremost comedian, covering not only all his films from What's New, Pussycat? to Radio Days, but also Woody's nightclub routines, books, and plays. In addition, special chapters deal with such topics as Woody and television, the women in Woody's films, Woody's repertory "family," and his early days.
Test yourself. Find out which character noted that "death is worse than the chicken at TVetsky's," what Mafia gangster was returned to his family in twenty-seven separate mason jars, and who told Alvy Singer "Sex with you is a Kafkaesque experience." That still leaves 507 questions.
A delightful bonus to the questions and photographs is the collection of dozens of insightful quotes by Woody Allen that have been compiled from twenty-three years of interviews with biographers, magazines, and newspapers. In one sense Woody narrates his life through these quotes, whether addressing his childhood, college, his obsession with death, or his agonizing start as a comedian. So read and learn, laugh and enjoy—it's time to have fun with Woody!
Graham Flashner is a screenwriter and devoted Woodyphile living in New York. Vissza