MAKE ROOM FOR DANNY (Autobiography) [LARGE PRINT] (Paperback)

~ Danny Thomas (Author)

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Large Print Biography of Danny Thomas

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786251824
• ISBN-13: 978-0786251827
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,974,376 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars the old days were not all that good, June 23, 2008

By	Book Lover Extraordinaire (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

I wanted to read this book, I'll confess, because I read the book about Marlo Thomas her former major domo wrote, and I wanted to get some idea as to whether or not the things he claimed to be true about her really were.

What I realized is that Danny Thomas was an incredibly lucky guy. He had no real performing talent as far as I can tell. He was, however, good at hanging with his pals, and they helped him get to a position of power in being a producer of sitcoms during the early 60's (Andy Griffith Show, his own Make Room for Daddy, the Dick vanDYke show). I think his true talent must have been in being a hard-edged boss, who could meet a bottom line, and who took his work ethic seriously. I think Marlo Thomas learned that from him as well. But none of that is discussed even remotely in this book.

In fact, it gives little insight though into any of the things that were really happening in his life. His family is mentioned hardly at all, and only in the most superficial way. He spends most of his time repeating his stories and recounting his performing career, which really wasn't all that noteworthy.

I think Marlo THomas has been struggling to overcome her Major Domo's tell-all book for a long time, and I hope someday she'll write her own story. (Including what it was like to have a former employee write a book about you and what it was like to have to deal with that.) But I'd like to know what it was like to grow up in Hollywood as a privileged child of Hollywood royalty, when in fact her roots were quite humble. I'd like to know about her parents' relationship and how it formed the personalities of their three children. I'd like to know what her observations of her Dad's workplace were in those days and how it motivated her to become an actress. How has the world of television changed? How is it the same?

All in all, this book was disappointing. I am sure Danny Thomas was a sweet man. I just don't feel like I knew much more about him after reading this book than I did before.