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Very insightful & funny autobiography of Howie Mandel's personal & professional struggles. I enjoyed reading the book but expected more from him coping with his germaphobia & OCD while being successful & maintaining a career in entertainment instead of his professional rise & fall since childhood. I found the book to be a very good read for those enjoying autobiographies.
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A funny memoir about Howie Mandel, his OCD, ADHD, and his life in comedy. Howie is very frank and honest about his mental illness and how it has affected his life both personally and professionally. He also explains how he got started in comedy and the twists and turns of his career since his "big break". Lastly, he also relates some practical jokes that he has played on his famiy and friends. Very funny stuff!
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Great read! Always fascinating to get to know who someone really is when they work so much from public persona. Good stories about his life. Just wish there had been more content regarding his OCD...strategies and some therapies that helped. Not enough detail about that aspect for me. The title suggested there would be.
So interesting, so funny!
Very entertaining. Would have enjoyed it more had there been less use of the F-word, but I certainly got a great perspective on why he is the way he is, and it was very enjoyable overall.
This was an awesome read! Funny and honest this book is a must read!
Can't believe I am writing this, but this is the best book I have read this year. Howie Mandel is hilarious! And nuts! Several passages has me laughing out loud til I was crying. His writing is razor-sharp, extremely honest and so surprisingly full of depth.
And because some of this topics are so serious (his lifelong struggles with OCD and ADHD, his heart-surgeries, his own frustrations at his inability to censor himself, and others) it's a wonder he found a way to inject humor into his tales. But he did.
I also enjoyed learning that his whole career came about because he always had the nerve to take a chance whenever an opportunity came his way. He didn't set out to become a comedian, actor or host--he just said "sure, why not" each time life presented something, and it all worked out--much to even his surprise. There's a lesson in there for all of us, about taking those leaps of faith. I come away from this a much bigger fan of his than before I read this book. And I hope he writes another.
***** Five stars!
And because some of this topics are so serious (his lifelong struggles with OCD and ADHD, his heart-surgeries, his own frustrations at his inability to censor himself, and others) it's a wonder he found a way to inject humor into his tales. But he did.
I also enjoyed learning that his whole career came about because he always had the nerve to take a chance whenever an opportunity came his way. He didn't set out to become a comedian, actor or host--he just said "sure, why not" each time life presented something, and it all worked out--much to even his surprise. There's a lesson in there for all of us, about taking those leaps of faith. I come away from this a much bigger fan of his than before I read this book. And I hope he writes another.
***** Five stars!
The beginnings of a stand up comic, how he got started and his problem with germophobia.
