Bonkers
My Life in Laughs
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Bonkers
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Jennifer Saunders
About this listen
Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names. But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving, and frankly bonkers memoir, filled with laughter, friends, and occasional heartache - but never misery.
Bonkers is full of riotous adventures: accidentally enrolling on a teacher training course with a young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination. As she admits, "There has never been a Plan. Everything has been fairly random, happened by accident or just fallen into place. I'm off now, to do some sweeping..." Prepare to chuckle, whoop, and go bonkers.
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What made the experience of listening to Bonkers the most enjoyable?
'Bonkers' exemplifies the reason why I love listening to authors reading their autobiographies; more specifically, Comedians. Because she's feeling the emotion of the event she's describing and because she possesses great comic timing, the overall effect is immeasurably better than if read by a hired actor.It goes without saying that the audiobook is, at times, embarrassingly laugh-out-load funny ;walking down the street hooting to yourself is, of course, a sign of madness. Be prepared to get funny looks if you're listening to this in public.
Brilliant!
Ab Fab
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The book is very entertaining and I liked the fact she also expressed opinions on certain subjects too. It could have been a very entertaining book of various stories but it is nice learn someones point of view too. The book covers everything from the early days to the many BBC series to Ab Fab and on to her writing Viva Forever and of course her experience with cancer. There are a lot of funny stories in the book, as you would expect but they are very well told by Jennifer Saunders. The narration was hilarious. I personally like it and regardless of opinions of Jennifer Saunders you understand how much she likes to make people laugh. I like the fact she explained her comedy process to you.
I want to point out some of the funny bits, but that would spoil it. I can't say how much I enjoyed this and I didn't want it to end. I can not express strongly enough how good this was. I recommend getting it....now. Don't think about it, get it and listen to it and get plunged into the very funny world of Jennifer Saunders.
One last thing, thanks to Claire Balding......listen and find out why!
I LOVED this audiobook, get it now.
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Would you listen to Bonkers again? Why?
I've listened to this book twice. Jennifer Saunders' narration is so engaging that I want to revisit all the best and most interesting moments of her life again. She references lots of TV shows and other comics so it's inspired me to get Rik Mayall and Dawn French's books too. Brilliant stuff!What other book might you compare Bonkers to, and why?
I'm a fan of autobiographies of British and American comedians. I recently read Tina Fey's Bossypants and Sarah Silverman's The Bedwetter. Bonkers was just as enjoyable but, for me, even more so because I love Jennifer Saunders' unique sense of humour, pragmatism and honesty.Which scene did you most enjoy?
There's the period of her life where she's a poor student, living in a crumbling old house in London. She convinces Dawn French to form a comedy duo with her and the story of their clueless entry to the stand-up scene, ensuing learning curve and eventual fame is just wonderful.I especially like the bit where she excitedly lends comedian Robin Williams her t-shirt.The opposite of bonkers: a clever, inspiring lady!
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I love her
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A truly funny, warm story
Funny, clever, sad at times, but always witty.
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