My Happy Days in Hollywood
by Garry Marshall
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77%
Critic Reviews: 10
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Reader Ratings: 133
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With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movies like The Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, and The Princess Diaries under his belt, Garry Marshall has been among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades. His work on the small and big screen has delighted audiences for the last three decades and has withstood the test of time. In My Happy Days in... more
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- All Critics: 10
- Positive: 8
- Negative: 2
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The New York Times | 1 Jun 2012
Here, his portraits of colleagues are thin, but his affable personality infuses the book. You can almost hear the Bronx accent.
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 Feb 2012
Unfortunately...he isn’t very funny. Or at least this book isn’t. Nor is it serious, mean, scandalous or particularly revelatory. It’s just nice.
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San Francisco Chronicle | 3 May 2012
If not for the fact that Garry Marshall isn't finished with his long career in film and television, he'd be living proof that nice guys really can finish first.
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New York Post | 21 Apr 2012
Yes, his life seems to be as sweet and superficial as his movies, which begs the question: How can someone so benign survive in Hollywood?
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Chicago Sun Times | 10 May 2012
He brought us some of the most memorable names in television sitcom history...Through it all, Marshall made sure of one thing: His sets were happy places to work.
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Publishers Weekly | 13 Feb 2012
Marshall draws the reader in with a disarming manner and a casual, easy-to-read writing style...an engaging and entertaining blend of honesty and humor, punctuated throughout with show business insights and anecdotes.
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Women's Post | 23 May 2012
...there have already been countless books written to reveal the seamy side of Hollywood. This memoir validates Garry Marshall’s optimistic point of view.
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The West End Times | 4 May 2012
...an enjoyable showbiz memoir that echoes Garry Marshall’s passion and enthusiasm of working in front of and behind the camera...
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Director's Guild of America
Marshall’s memoir is much like an episode of one of his classic TV shows. Warm, congenial, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s full of the optimistic, glass-is-half-full philosophy that has guided his life and work.
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Book Rap | 14 Jun 2012
The book is not a literary classic but it comes across as a sincere inside story by a talented man with a great sense of humor who continues to do great work in movies and television.
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