Take My Life, Please!

What flat out makes this a good read is that Henny acknowledges that he is what he is- a stand-up comic who tells quick joke after quick joke. He has no illusions of being a great humorist or actor. Basically, he outlasts his audiences.He tells some wonderful stories of how he got started as well as lasted so long. He gives his eyewitness account of gangland activity in the late 1920's, early 1930's.Take his book, please.

I like what he had to say about business and life

I had the paperback version of this Henny Youngman autobiography...but unfortunately it was such a cheap copy that it fell apart on me and I still can't find half the pages that fell out of it... It was great that I upgraded to hardcover...for 50 cents less than I bought the paperback...

He's a great comic. He's missed.

As described

I'm starting with the points of what could have been better;Henny does Not start - or stay chronological - in fact - he often does Not even define which Decade he is talking about.He mentions his younger brother Lester - that as of this writing - died sometime ago - but that's about it for talking about him.He explains many jewish/yiddish words - that I can't pronounce - let alone remember.His parents Yonkel & Olga were from Russia - and Henny was born in England - but grew up in NYC.He spoke yiddish - and had to learn English.One of his best friends growing up and through life was Jackie Gleason - yet that's about all Henny said about him.He didn't finish high school - and started off as a printer - specializing in business cards.He talks and explains a lot about the show biz - and the old days, gangsters, prohibition, violence and murders (not overwhelming though).Over his life - Henny paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Buy jokes.He got his start on radio - then switched to TV.Henny mentions other famous celebrities - Abbott & Costello, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee. He talks about Ed Sullivan and problems he had with him. He could Not stand Andrew 'dice' Clay (and neither can I!). He had met Jack Ruby in Texas.Like many of his generation - Henny (in some aspects) skims over depth & details.Still - I really like this book. Great insights into the 'King of the one-liners'!!MUCH better - than that DVD of the interview with David Susskind - Much!!On my rating scale of 1 to 10 - I give this one an 8