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Wild and Crazy Guys

How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

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Wild and Crazy Guys

By: Nick de Semlyen
Narrated by: Curtis Armstrong
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Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s.

As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy et al. It’s got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S Thompson, while tied to a lawn chair.

It’s akin to Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, following the key players through their highs and lows, and their often turbulent relationships with each other. Nick de Semlyen has already interviewed pretty much all the big names for Empire, as well as directors such as Walter Hill, John Landis and Carl Reiner, and is sitting on lots of unseen material.

Taking you on a trip through the tumultuous ’80s, Wild And Crazy Guys explores the friendships, feuds, triumphs and disasters experienced by these iconic funnymen. Based on candid interviews from the stars themselves, as well as those who entered their orbit, it reveals the hidden history behind the most fertile period ever for screen comedy.

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A perfect audiobook. A great tale, with extraordinarily awesome narration. I could not turn it off. 10/10!!!

Absolutely Wonderful!!!

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Threw light onto a lot of the movies of the 80s and 90s that I remember growing up. The title catches the mood of the book - they were a bunch of wild and crazy guys!

Quite the story

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loved everything about it,made 12 hours feel like 1. funny story's and left feeling nostalgic listening

made 12 hours feel like 1

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Awesome to get some behind the scenes stories on some of my fave movies - Fletch, Groundhog Day & Ghostbusters

If you live 80s comedy this is a great listen

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