Through It All I've Always Laughed
Memoirs of Count Arthur Strong
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Count Arthur Strong
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Count Arthur Strong reads the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of a contortionist in wartime Doncaster to the dizzy heights and excesses of fame as one of the shining lights of popular entertainment.
Count Arthur Strong is a show business legend, after-dinner speaker and a leading authority on Ancient Egypt, having been stationed there during his nation service. He has countless friends in the showbiz world. People like Barry Cryer, the white haired one with glasses off I'm Sorry I Haven't Got A Clue and Jokers Wild.
This is his first volume, of what he believes may be a six volume collection, of his memoirs. He has a few select dates still available for anything (except window cleaning) and is represented, (if you can call it that) by Richard Daws at Komedia Entertainment.
(Or if you want to go directly through me and pay cash, I can do that as well.) (In fact I prefer that.) Thank you.
©2013 Delaney & Son Ltd. (P)2013 Faber & Faber Ltd.What listeners say about Through It All I've Always Laughed
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- David
- 13-02-14
The Untied Kingdoms very own Dane Enda Everette
Where does Through It All I've Always Laughed rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It is by far the moist amusing.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Through It All I've Always Laughed?
I have to admit that I did have tear in my ear listening to when he was being born in the same bed as his mother.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
When he woke to find the war had ended.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Through it all I have always lived and now you can live, re-live it too with me on your own, through my voice....well you know what I mean...you want to make something of it?
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Star of Stage, BBC Radio and with a hit BBC T.V Series in his portfolio Count Arthur Strong is in my humble opinion the most refreshing and witty personalty to claim his niche in the British comedy scene. He is not in anyway a 'fly by night' he has trod the boards and honed his craft over many years. In the finest tradition of northern comics he effortlessly combines the captivating story telling ability of Al Read with the delightful wordplay of Les Dawson and throughout serves up a Dickensian banquet of Malapropisms.
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- SiDando
- 18-08-17
Brilliant!!
Been a huge fan of Count Arthur and after following his exploits on radio and TV, it was a sheer and utter delight to me to listen to the soon to be cricketly acclaimed book of his he done. A sheer triumph. Nearly as good as defending his title as Doncaster cauliflower ear champion 1968-1969.
This book clearly demonstrates his mantra he told me when I bumped into him at the Bradford Alhambra. 'It's not what you know but how loud you say it. Now push off and bother someone else'
One hell of a man and one hell of a book. I really do.
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- C. Hutcheson
- 02-12-21
An estute investment
If you're feeling down this will pick you up, dust you off and all that stuff you need when you're down. Grab your security blanket and a hot chocolate and sink into your favourite arm chair and hit play.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-02-19
Hilarious, Entertaining and Creative
This book is the autobiography of Count Arthur Strong, a fictional celebrity from the golden age of variety performance. It is heartwarming, silly and laugh-out-loud funny all the way through, as Count Arthur meanders his way through the jumbled memories of his varied and eventful life.
It is a charming and innocent piece of humorous writing in a similar vein to Terry Pratchett’s good-natured comedy writing.
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- Bobby
- 11-04-21
you would have to be dead not to laugh at this,
From beginnin to end this book is hilarious, count Arthur is one of the best characters of the 21st century, why the BBC only made 3 tv series is Beyond me, Steve Delaney character is hilarious on Radio, television, live on stage, and just as funny on audio book,,10 stars, give it a try,,please, only someone with no sense of humor wouldn't find this funny,,can't recomend it highly enough,,Robert weedon,
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- Tonysimes
- 27-04-21
brilliant 👏 👏 laughed out loud
will definitely liston again superb the count is a one off just liston and go with it hilarious funny cleaver carnt wait ✋ for next one 😄 😀 😆
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- Emma
- 19-01-23
Brilliant
Brilliant. Like the Count is with you in your room. Just as good as the radio show.
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- Karl Orbell
- 07-05-20
Self-told biography of a comic genius
Count Arthur is an especially marmitey comedian. People who have any idea who he is in the first place, tend to have a pretty strong opinion on him one way or another. I've heard people say he is the funniest man alive and I've also had usually rational people tell me they want to stab him to death in a dark alley way every time they hear him speak. Well, that sounds like a pretty great accolade to me. Can't evoke murderous intent with anything bog standard, no.
This book is an autobiography, a ramble through his life, told by himself, in his inimitable style. It's hilarious. Well, I think it is, your mileage may very, almost certainly will given they frigging cancelled his BBC series, bastards! Warning, he does tend to go off on tangents a bit and many events in his life are made up on the spot, though it's pretty obvious.
Arthur reminds me of Tommy Cooper, the knowingly bad style, that shouldn't be funny, but is because the crappiness is part of the joke. His confusion and losing the plotness helps with this dramatically.
My exposure to this was the audiobook, read by himself. I can't imagine it's a tenth as good in print as it is directly read by him, like the radio show. It's something to be listened to by him, with his performance -- enjoy it that way.
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- Albert String
- 29-11-20
brilliant
I've listened to this audio book hundreds of times and so have my children, it's crammed with priceless comedic gems, CAS is pure genius
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- nicola harrison
- 20-02-18
Count Arthur strong
I absolutely love this book. Its clever and funny and warm. Steve Delaney is so talented and I can't wait to hear the sequal
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