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You're Lucky You're Funny

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You're Lucky You're Funny

By: Phil Rosenthal
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The creator and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, on how to make a sitcom classic and keep laughing

This laugh-out-loud memoir takes listeners backstage and inside the writers’ room of one of America’s best-loved shows. With more than 17 million viewers and more than 70 Emmy nominations—including two wins for best comedy—Everybody Loves Raymond reigned supreme in television comedy for almost a decade.

Phil Rosenthal was there at the beginning. United by a shared lifetime of family dysfunction, he and Ray Romano found endless material to keep the show fresh and funny for its entire run. Alongside hilarious anecdotes from the series and his own career misadventures prior to working on the show, Rosenthal provides an enlightening and entertaining look at how sitcoms are written and characters developed.

You’re Lucky You’re Funny is an inspiration to aspiring creators of comedy and a must-listen for the show’s millions of devoted fans.

©2007 Phil Rosenthal (P)2006 Phoenix Books, Inc.
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Loved it!

What a great book! Interesting, funny, good pace. The inside information and stories are just hysterical and now you can understand why this show ran 9 seasons. Phil Rosenthal is a guy you would want to get to know. So worth the listen.
Only drawback are the long silent gaps that hinder the enjoyment of the book and throw the pace off - I don't know why they did that.

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Everybody Loves Phil!!!!

I just finished listening to this wonderfully funny book and I loved it and the author. Everybody Loves Raymond is one of my all time favorite comfort shows. And now I love watching Phil’s Somebody feed Phil. Thank u so very much for years of laughter and love. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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A wonderful and funny book.

Phil Rosenthal is a comedy great. He tells his own story in brilliant, funny and poignant way. Fantastic.

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Great Storytelling

I've never seen an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, I gave away my television in 1990 before I moved to California. What irony, since tv shows come from here.

Anyway, I bought this because it was about writing. I'm into the fourth hour, and I can't turn the iPod off. Phil is funny and honest and insightful and kind. This is the first five-star rating I've given an audiobook. It's brilliant and genuine. I just wish somebody had written a book about my favorite tv series, Cheers, and done what this writer has done.

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What a joy to listen to!

I purchased this audiobook as a fan of Everybody Love’s Raymond, but soon realized Everyone should now love Phil too!

Phil has a genuine gift of storytelling that is not only humorous, but relatable.

From sharing his beginning struggles, to the finale of Raymond along with everything in between, this audiobook is a pure joy to listen to.

Thank you Phil!

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You're Lucky You're Funny

I loved this book. This book was funny and heart warming. The book was very interesting about how the show stories came to be written. I am glad the story was told by Phil Rosenthal because we learned so much about him as a person and what goes into an episode. I think anyone who loved "Everybody Loves Raymond" will love this book.

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The best

Who knew after 10 years on Audible and hundreds of books in I’d find one of my favorites with Phil.
Just get it.

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VERY FUNNY

I cannot say I that I am a fan for "Everybody Loves Raymond"
but I found this to be very funny and enjoyable.
I found many of the stories very easy to relate to and understand.
I wish more audio books could be like this one.
It is a must listen.
Maybe I will watch Raymond now. Who knows.


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MEANT to be an Audio Book!

I don't think this book would have been nearly as interesting or funny as a traditional book - Phil Rosenthal does a fantastic job narrating! Plus, there are some audio clips inserted throughout this audio book.

My one criticism is the **frequent** gaps where there's no sound. At first they had me wondering if the book had stopped. They're particularly annoying because they often occur in the middle of the story. I've never experienced an audio book with gaps like this before. And, in another type of book it would have been a serious flaw. But, this book is so much fun that it's just a mild annoyance.

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Why you listening to me

I’m not the comedy writer so go listen to one! Get the book! My family fell I love with Phil on his Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil. We have the cook book and are actually planning our vacations around the restaurant he ate at. Phil reminds me of a cherished friend you can’t wait to see and know it’s going to be a great day when together. Enjoy this audio and be like us and introduce Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil to your farrel children.

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