Wake Me When It's Funny: How to Break into Show Business and Stay There Book

I read Mr. Marshall's more recent book, "My Happy Days in Hollywood", and enjoyed it very much all the way through, so I looked for other books that he has written and found "Wake Me When It's Funny". This book, although initially not as breezy and fun as "My Happy Days in Hollywood" was also an interesting read and quite delightful once I got past the first few pages.

Some of the stories he tells overlap with his more recent book, but I soon discovered that this one goes into much more detail about the art of both writing and directing. It's not preachy or dry by any means, and he includes a lot of funny stories as well as fascinating anecdotes from behind the scenes at "Pretty Woman", "Happy Days", and other movies and television shows.

Everything I've heard about Mr. Marshall from my friends in the business has been positive - his genuinely nice personality, extreme generosity, etc. - and I thought all of that comes across. He knows what he has accomplished and he's proud of it, but his lack of ego and his disinterest in trashing people he has worked with is very refreshing.

It's a bit autobiographical, a bit instructional, and often funny - But mostly it's very entertaining. And I think that describes Mr. Marshall too.