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Confessions of an American Speaker: If B.S. Were Concrete, I'd Be Route 66

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Great, fast, funny, funny inspirational read. The author has led the kind of life we all wish for..to pursue all your dreams in whatever field they lay. Author, actor, professional speaker, director, playwright, producer, controversial TV sports announcer, news anchor, social director, White House aide, and on and on. I read the book on a flight from California to Paris and was laughing and crying out loud so many times, I had to stand and tell the other passengers what I was reading. Each chapter is fabulous true adventure, sometimes with a world leader, like his incredibly hilarious encounter with Fidel Castro which almost got him shot. Sometimes it's about common folk like his colorful east coast Mom who overcame any obstacle if it meant helping her colorful, unpredictable son. She made World Series history getting into the broadcast booth and nonchalantly addressing forty million people. Then when she lay dying, it was the author and his colorful family cohorts who orchestrated the funniest, lovingest, warmest care any family could give a parent at the end. I loved meeting so many famous people, Orson Wells, John Wayne, Che Guevara, the man who played Christ for forty years, and many more wonderfully wacky crazies. The author always seems to find the healing power of humor in all of his very colorful encounters. Many powerful messages of hope if you'll only lighten up and stop taking yourself so seriously. Wow, what a meaningful read.