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Nominated for a 2014 Grammy in the Spoken Word category!Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of Americas favorite comedians, now that hes 65, and a look back at a remarkable career. Billy Crystal is 65, and hes not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, and his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Listeners get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees (he was the first player to ever "test positive for Maalox") , his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion ("the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac") ; grandparenting; and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystals reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived. Still Foolin Em includes a portion recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers. Additionally, he has hosted the Academy Awards eight times. This biography was provided by community contributors. The community biography appearing in this box is provided by SoundUnwound, which attributes the text to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal. Portions of this community biography text may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details. #artistCentralBio_communityBio_licensedAttribution { display: none; /* Avoid displaying license twice */ } The community biography appearing in this box is provided by SoundUnwound, which attributes the text to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal. Portions of this community biography text may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details. amznJQ.available('popover', function() { jQuery('#Bio_communityReadMore').css('display', 'inline').amazonPopoverTrigger({ modal: true, width: 680, locationOffset: [0, -50], localContent: "#artistCentralBio_communityFullBio", title: "
