Tallguy

This is not the David Brenner you see on TV

Revisado: 09-20-10

There are very few audio books I do not finish. This is one of them. I gave up in disgust. If you are expecting the David Brenner you saw on the Tonight Show, you will be sorely disappointed. Yes, his material is funny, but it is laced with an overabundance of gratuitious profanity that does absolutely nothing to make his material funnier. If anything, it makes it less funny because it is so unnecessarily crude. Please don't think I'm some sort of prude. I know all the words, and have used them myself from time to time. But there is absolutely no need for the verbal onslaught the Brenner presents in this recording. His material would have been just as funny without it.

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A closeup portrait only an insider could tell

Revisado: 09-20-10

If you are looking for some sort of tawdry expose' of Elvis, you'll need to look elsewhere. Schilling tells the story from the point of view of someone who admired and loved Elvis like a big brother. He met Elvis when he was 12. Elvis was 19, and was still driving a truck in Memphis. Jerry Schilling lived at Graceland for many years and was so trusted by Elvis that he was the one who drove Elvis and Priscilla to the hospital when she was in labor with Lisa Marie. I listened to this book shortly after taking the tour of Graceland. I never was a big Elvis fan, but after the tour, I have certainly gained a whole new appreciation for what he did in his too-short life here on earth. The book lets you know Elvis the person, not Elvis the icon. There is a huge diff'erence between the two, and only someone as close as Jerry could describe Elvis's interests, loves, and even his fears and weaknesses. This is a tender, loving portrait of Elvis that lets you know who he really was, not how Hollywood and the music industry wanted him to be. Highly recommended.

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