John Bishop: How Did All This Happen? (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
My favourite Xmas present by a mile. The best books are the ones you read by chance. John Bishop is certainly grateful for life and believes that everything happens by chance. This is not your typical rags to riches memoir but I learned so much about this man through his great story telling. Who knew that he had done so much before the fame. So it was over half way into the book that he started talking about the comedy. John is certainly a family man who, like a lot of entertainers, has worked hard to achieve success. This was an honest account of the struggle to hold a family together and get recognition. I have only watched him a few times on TV but his family is the central theme in this book. Great performers sometimes don't always make the best authors. This is not the case here as this story is one where the Liverpool lad done good. I don't follow any comedians on the TV or their live shows, but I wanted to read about John Bishop from the 'human' point of view. I wasn't disappointed. I haven't seen John perform either but the story of his life from birth to the present was a laugh out loud (although I do wonder if some of the tales are actually true) great read.The lad from Liverpool worked hard through his life,raising money for charity on a bike ride that took him months or working his way through University, and on to the world of sales.At his peak work-wise he was earning £70k, but it wasn't enough for his wife and she, who stayed at home with their 3 young children, left him. The money was good but the life she had with John was not. She decided he worked too hard. John was devastated when she walked out.He got into the comedy circuit really by accident but flourished with small venues and of course some flops. He was still working at the full time job and doing the comedy when his wife came back to him - go figure! He as working even harder than before and not at home more often than before she left him, but....Anyways, Happy endings all round!
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