"I'm used to talking for a living, so recording the audiobook of my own writing was not a chore," says award-winning actor, TV and film writer, and now book author Alan Alda. The recently released audiobook of his humorous memoir, NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED AND OTHER THINGS I'VE LEARNED, demonstrates in superlative fashion that Alda is a curious and talented guy. So talented, in fact, that in the past year, he had the distinction of being nominated for an Oscar, a Tony, and an Emmy--and making the New York Times bestseller list--all in the same year.
From having his deceased dog stuffed with a hideous expression on its face to recalling his intestines becoming strangulated while on location in Chile for his PBS show "Scientific American Frontiers" and facing real death in real time, the stories recalled in his memoirs are a diverse lot and are more than colorful show business anecdotes.
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The other day we were in a plant nursery with our five-year-old and she very casually mentioned that she didn't want her mother to buy 'that' or 'that', pointing. There were two Indonesian style miniature totems of a sort that had tongues sticking out, etc. Her mom assured her none of us would be bringing one home. Then it occurred to me that I had moved and dragged a similar Victorian-era piece which was now sitting on my lawn. Guess it's going to Goodwill.:)
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