eYE Marty: The newly discovered autobiography of a comic genius

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He later joked that when a Labour cabinet minister said to him, "Of course you vote Labour," Feldman replied, "No, I don't, because I'm a socialist! Other reviewers said this biography fawned over Feldman; that is not the impression I got because it did thoroughly cover his many addictions and acts of misbehavior which undoubtedly killed him. The second series in 1969 was retitled It's Marty (this title being retained for the DVD release of the series).

Feldman created a number of immensely successful and influential shows such as Marty , The Frost Report and sketches for Monty Python. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.

Marty not only talks about his experiences from early childhood right up to a few days before his tragic end but he also philosophises about life, love the universe and everything. Its star was one of Britain’s great clowns, Marty Feldman, whose face, with its long chin and eyes bulging in a minimum of three directions, gave notice that there was surrealist trouble ahead, a warning which, perhaps to their owners’ advantage, the Pythons’ ordinary good looks never did. Find reviews of books for men at Books for Dudes, Books for Dudes, the online reader's advisory column for men from Library Journal. Thanks to lost show recordings and few repeats, all we really know him for is a hump and a great line about werewolves.

I guess some people might find reading about Marty's life interesting, but this disjointed autobiography just didn't do it for me. Marty Feldman shows his passion for writing and his storytelling is both funny and full of shocking revalations. Quindi diciamo che se il mio scopo fosse stato solo quello di avere nozioni in più sulla vita di un bravo attore, ecco, in tal caso il libro ha funzionato. Disjointedly, Ross details the well-liked Feldman’s rise to stardom as Eye-Gor in Young Frankenstein, his eventual disillusion with Hollywood, and his death from a heart attack during the filming of Yellowbeard.

The other three participants (future Monty Python members Graham Chapman and John Cleese; and future star of The Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor) needed a fourth cast member, and had Feldman in mind. He later described his appearance as a factor in his career success: "If I aspired to be Robert Redford, I'd have my eyes straightened and my nose fixed and end up like every other lousy actor, with two lines on Kojak.