Wild and Crazy Guys
How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
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Narrated by:
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Curtis Armstrong
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Nick de Semlyen
About this listen
Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s.
As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy et al. It’s got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S Thompson, while tied to a lawn chair.
It’s akin to Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, following the key players through their highs and lows, and their often turbulent relationships with each other. Nick de Semlyen has already interviewed pretty much all the big names for Empire, as well as directors such as Walter Hill, John Landis and Carl Reiner, and is sitting on lots of unseen material.
Taking you on a trip through the tumultous ’80s, Wild and Crazy Guys explores the friendships, feuds, triumphs and disasters experienced by these iconic funnymen. Based on candid interviews from the stars themselves, as well as those who entered their orbit, it reveals the hidden history behind the most fertile period ever for screen comedy.
©Nick de Semlyen 2019 (P)2019 Penguin Random House LLCWhat listeners say about Wild and Crazy Guys
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- Mark Henwood
- 07-11-2024
Quite the story
Threw light onto a lot of the movies of the 80s and 90s that I remember growing up. The title catches the mood of the book - they were a bunch of wild and crazy guys!
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- Robert Ramsay
- 13-10-2022
Absolutely Wonderful!!!
A perfect audiobook. A great tale, with extraordinarily awesome narration. I could not turn it off. 10/10!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-2020
made 12 hours feel like 1
loved everything about it,made 12 hours feel like 1. funny story's and left feeling nostalgic listening
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- Sean Callanan
- 07-07-2020
If you live 80s comedy this is a great listen
Awesome to get some behind the scenes stories on some of my fave movies - Fletch, Groundhog Day & Ghostbusters
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