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I need a birthday present for my dad. He's stuck in hospital at the moment and i need a book to cheer him up. He wants something funny, he loves Frank Skinners, hates Ricky Tomlinsons. Wondered if anyone could recommend anything. They're the only 2 he has ever read. Thanks.
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Although not a funny book as such I recently read David Attenborough: Life on Air.
This is about the adventures he has hade making TV nature programs and visiting countries all over the world.
It starts way back in the 1950s in the early days of Television and takes you through the various decades bringing you right up to date.
He also covers the time he was asked to be controller of BBC 2 when it started, and also when he was a BBC producer making the Queens speech and so on.
There are a number of amusing anecdotes in there.
I dont think anyone could fail to be facinated by the things he has done, the places he has visited, and the people he has met.
Ideal book for someone in hospital as it takes you all over the world from your hospital bed.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Attenborough-Lif e-Air-Sir/dp/0563487801/ref=sr_1_1/026-0000000 -1533256?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194368689&sr=1-1
This is about the adventures he has hade making TV nature programs and visiting countries all over the world.
It starts way back in the 1950s in the early days of Television and takes you through the various decades bringing you right up to date.
He also covers the time he was asked to be controller of BBC 2 when it started, and also when he was a BBC producer making the Queens speech and so on.
There are a number of amusing anecdotes in there.
I dont think anyone could fail to be facinated by the things he has done, the places he has visited, and the people he has met.
Ideal book for someone in hospital as it takes you all over the world from your hospital bed.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Attenborough-Lif e-Air-Sir/dp/0563487801/ref=sr_1_1/026-0000000 -1533256?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194368689&sr=1-1
I'm not into biographies but the funniest I've ever read was "The Moon's a Balloon" by David Niven. It was so funny and interesting, I bought the two follow-ups; "Bring on the Empty Horses" and "Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly".
He was on Parky's talk show many years ago, and unlike a lot of actors, he was really funny, interesting and able to laugh at himself.
His books are full of his anecdotes about his life during the war, his parties with other Hollywood big names (Errol Flynn and co), and his whole career.
In fact, I'd have him as one of my guests at a dinner table anytime!
He was on Parky's talk show many years ago, and unlike a lot of actors, he was really funny, interesting and able to laugh at himself.
His books are full of his anecdotes about his life during the war, his parties with other Hollywood big names (Errol Flynn and co), and his whole career.
In fact, I'd have him as one of my guests at a dinner table anytime!
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