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Here We Go Again: My Life in Television

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Editorial Reviews

A warm and intimate look into the life and work of one of television's most beloved stars offers Betty White's own revealing stories about her marriages, friendships, The Golden Girls, and much more. Reprint."

Customer Reviews

Full of fun and laughter

Reviewed by D. Snow, 2009-09-14

I had read another book "In Person" by Betty White a few years ago - and it was a side splitter. I have always been a big fan of hers anyway - and enjoy her immensely.

This book is no exception. She is talking about how her career and TV's career started about the same time. She gives insight into early television and her part in that whole genre. She talks about her "addiction" to work and her willingness to fill in whenever she is needed - and the break neck schedule she had in the beginning.

Have not gotten through the book yet - but have really enjoyed reading what I have. Betty in writing is as funny as Betty on TV.

Pick it up if you would like to see the infancy of TV from an insider's view - and if you want a good laugh!! This book supplies both very well.

Betty

Reviewed by Movie Diva, 2009-09-13

Betty's book was great! It was easy to read & you felt like she was there talking to you. I would tell all my friends.

Uneven Television Autobiography that Focuses Too Much on Early Years

Reviewed by Mediaman, 2009-03-19

Betty White has been on television longer than pretty much anyone else (she even tested it in 1939!) and she has a lot to talk about. Unfortunately, she chooses to dwell on the early years of the medium, about which few readers will remember. Instead of devoting large sections to things she is best known for such as the Mary Tyler Moore Show, she spends the first 40% of the book on hear early 1950s series, then skips around to discuss game shows, her marriages, and a few stories about the series that she is most famous for. It's nice to hear some of it--but to be honest the book is very boring for a long time because there is too much unnecessary information about her early years on television. She also has very selective memory--she'll recall the specific outfit she wore on a program in 1953, but can't tell you the name of a show she was on or conveniently forgets details of her multiple early marriages. This would have been better if she would have been more forthcoming and had more stories about the shows she is most famous for.

THIS BOOK IS BLAH

Reviewed by Anonymous, 1997-08-13

This book is light, easy reading, but really boring. Betty tells the story of her remarkable career but the book is lacking. Where is the dish? Where are the juicy parts? Betty writes as if it is one big happy press release. She likes everything and everybody. Everything is hunky-dorey. She never minded getting fired from jobs, she never minded being uprooted, she never minded long, tedious work hours. Betty drops names of some of the most famous people in the world and barely comments on them. She gives her meeting with the Queen Mother one sentence in the whole book! She was married to Allen Ludden for 18 years, but until she mentions this toward the end of the book, the reader doesn't even realize that all of their experiences took place over that length of time. She was best friends with Mary Tyler Moore and her husband Grant Tinker and although she tells of many anicdotes, nothing delves very deeply. Betty was on two classic TV shows of all times, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Golden Girls", yet she glosses over these experiences and doesn't go into any details about any of it. Apparently Betty's life experience is not able to fit into one book and trying to fit it in one book makes it all seem like an outline rather than a story. Readers will look for some juicy "Mary Tyler Moore Show" stories and some backstage gossip about "The Golden Girls", but they will not find that. They will get Betty's ramblings and squeeky clean attitude about not saying anything if you dont have anything nice to say.... apparently she had nothing nice to say so she glossed over much of her life. I really would have loved to know how she truly felt about her coworkers and how they interacted on and off stage. Some funny "blooper" moments would have been great and some real life gossip would make her seem more human. I love Betty White, I just didn't get all I thought I would from this book. But Betty truly is a Golden Girl, she has done it all