Has anybody here read Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon...and Beyond? It is next on my to be read list. Does it tell good things or does it recycle trash from the tabloids like he secretly smoked dope or hated Howard McNear? He didn't as far as I know.
I'm reading the Don and Andy book and I'm enjoying it very much. If somebody wants to read a bio that tones down the bad parts of life that we all have read My Lucky Life in and Out of Showbiz the autobiography of Dick Van Dyke. He hints very loosely at his alcoholism but blames nobody for the breakup of his firts marriage and would have you believe he got along perfectly with everybody he ever worked with. As to the Don and Andy book, I look at it this way. Does anybody really believe that they were like Andy and Barney in their real life? Was Elizabeth Montgomery a witch? Did Lucy and Desi marry until death did they part? No, of course not. Everybody has faults and everybody makes mistakes. Should de Vise have shared them? Maybe, maybe not but by sharing he made it a true biography not some watered down version that sounded unrealistic making you wonder what was left out. Just my opinion. I enjoyed the DVD bio, am enjoying the A&D one, and look forward to the Ron Howard one. And, again, if anybody has read the Howard book let me know how it was. Thanks Mayberrily yours, Marie Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
