I Didn't Get Where I am Today - Hardcover

Nobbs, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434008974 ISBN 13: 9780434008971

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This autobiography of the man who created the Reginald Perrin recounts how he was catapulted into the world of satire at the BBC when he rang "That Was the Week that Was" with a joke and got through to David Frost, who sent a taxi for the joke and later one for Nobbs himself. He never looked back. "I Didn't Get Where I am Today" is David Nobb's story, which captures a golden age of British television and describes some of the most famous comedians of the last century, including: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, the Pythons, Jimmy Tarbuck, Frankie Howard, the TW3 team and many more.

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Review:

'A versatile author and telly screenwriter and all this shines through on his joyful journey through life' -- Liverpool Echo, 22nd March, 2003

'Comic genius David Nobb's life story is a fine thing' -- Time Out, 26 March, 2003

'He is the leanest, meanest comic novelist since Evelyn Waugh, though far warmer.' -- Timeout

'It is the tale of the emergence of a great comic writer and it is the funniest memoir around' -- The Good Book Guide, May, 2003

'The marvellously matter-of-fact memoir of a genius of suburban angst' -- The Telegraph

Book Description:

THE MAGNIFICENT, HILARIOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE IMMORTAL REGINALD PERRIN

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0434008974
• ISBN 13: 9780434008971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384