Five Minutes, Mr. Byner

An entertaining and engaging memoir awaits you in Five Minutes, Mr. Byner! Producer-director and author Douglas Wellman helped John Byner bring the story of is life to the world. What readers find within this book's pages is the story of a young man with a knack for mimicking voices that led him from......more

Reading “Five Minutes, Mr. Byner” was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Byner’s book is like a walking history of the entertainment industry. Over the course of his four-decade career he worked with or for almost everyone that was anyone in show business from Steve Allen to Elvis to Henry Fonda. Byn......more

I do not normally read auto-biographies but I heard Mr. Byner on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast talking about his life and his book. I picked it up, hoping to hear a book full of funny and interesting stories. It did not disappoint. From his early childhood and growing up, to his time in the Navy, hi......more

I have been a fan of John Byner since the mid-to-late 1970s. This came about when I watched an episode of the old HBO series entitled On Location, featuring John Byner himself. I thought he was one of the best comedians ever to appear on that show. I still do. I am not sure the book is an adequate y......more

John Bynes has long been one of my favorite comedians, and his autobiography reflects what I thought from interviewing one time, namely that he's a happy, contented family man who works to live and not vice versa. He makes it clear upfront that this book will be no tell-all session, which may disapp......more