The Long-Awaited, Enormously Entertaining Memoir by One of the Great Artists of Our TimeNow a In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as u003ciu003eTake the Money and Runu003c/iu003e, and revisits his entire, sixty-year-long, and enormously productive career as a writer and director, from his classics