I Think I'm Outta Here: A Memoir of All My Families by O'Connor, Carroll [IMPORT] (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Some time during the fifties I read an actor's autobiography, Errol Flynn's, and loved it; it was full of fun, an unblushing confession of marvelous..." (more)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (February 1, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0671017594
• ISBN-13: 978-0671017590
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,169,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but not about All in the Family, December 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: I Think I'm Outta Here (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm a huge fan of that show, and believe O'Connor's long portrayal of Archie is the greatest and most groundbreaking acting performance in television history. So the fact that he offers almost no insight into that work in this memoir is a major letdown.
Still, he had a fascinating life and this is a very good read, even though he certainly doesn't always come off as a likeable or tolerant fellow. He has deep, strident beliefs, little affection for those who differ, and he bluntly tells us so.

The final chapter about his beloved son's descent into addiction, madness, and suicide, and a father's inability to stop it, is truly wrenching. That could have been a book by itself.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars All In The Mind, March 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: I Think Im Outta Here: A Memoir (Hardcover)

I'm not going to say much here; Only that this book may be the least interesting autobiography I have ever read. You know Carrol from "All In The Family" moreso than any other role he has portayed, yet he avoids discussing his tenure on that ground-breaking show from the 70's, instead telling us many things about his early history.
It appears he may feel the show overshadowed everything else he did, so to answer that, left it out of his book.
I was disappointed reading it and would not recommend the book to anyone.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My thoughts on Carroll's book, June 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: I Think Im Outta Here: A Memoir (Hardcover)

After reading some of the other reviews, I think some are personal attacks on Mr. O'Connor, which aren't necessary. One other reviewer, I believe from MN, said it best, the book is slow. I thought it was a bit rambling too. Carroll seemed to drift here and there and spoke about as much of his opinions of events he's witnessed as he did his life. No doubt, the one thing you'll get out of this book is that Carroll O'Connor and Archie Bunker are not one-and-the-same. The real Carroll more resembles "Meathead," than Archie; at least in his views. I think one of the problems with the book is that Carroll only wrote it to stop a biographer from writing one of him. That's not a good source of motivation for a book. I like biographies, but this one will not be one of my favorites. Personally, I think the would-be biographer would have done a better job.