My Dads Funnier Than Your Dad, Kelly Conway
My Dads Funnier Than Your Dad, Kelly Conway
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My Dad's Funnier Than Your Dad
Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America

Author: Kelly Conway, Caroline St. Clair

Narrator: Kelly Conway

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/15/2021

Synopsis

Comic and television star Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show, McHale's Navy, Dorf) enjoyed enormous popular appeal. In this humorous, loving, and surprising memoir, Tim's eldest of his six children, Kelly, reveals that the Conway home life was as riotous as some of her father's legendary comedy sketches. Kelly Conway allows listeners an intimate look at an American childhood set in 1970s and 1980s Los Angeles, from the studios of CBS to the racetrack of Santa Anita Park, where her father taught his kids the art of horse betting. Tim Conway took his hilarious creativity off the set to the family home, where he acted as the ringmaster to six unruly lion cubs—and often lit the fuse of their short-tempered mother, Mary Anne. Kelly takes the listener through the fascinating world of entertainment, from her dad's television stardom to her own career in costume design and wardrobe styling, using the lessons her father taught her about holding her own in the often cruel world of show business. But it's not until Kelly realizes that she must find the courage to fight for her dad when he faces a devastating life change that her steadfast commitment to him becomes clear—although it means losing lifelong relationships and at times facing harsh criticism. My Dad's Funnier Than Your Dad is Kelly's love letter to her father, an account of the warm, fun-filled world of her childhood.

About Kelly Conway

Kelly Conway grew up in Encino, California, and due to the success of her comedian father, Tim Conway, she was always around show business. Kelly attended public schools in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and later studied at USC and The Academy, a design institution in Toronto, Ontario. Today, as a member of the Costume Designers Guild in Los Angeles, she works as a costume designer and wardrobe stylist in the film industry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laur on December 04, 2021

My Dad’s Funnier Than Your Dad, by Kelly Conway, was a loving tribute to her late father the very funny talented comedian and actor, Tim Conway. I was expecting a light-hearted humorous read, and although delightfully humorous at times, a large portion of the book was quite sad as Kelly spoke of her......more

Goodreads review by Mediaman on February 03, 2022

Decent book but it paints Tim Conway as perfect, is not very funny, and takes a very dark turn for the last 40%. His only daughter adores him to the point that she makes him into a saint where there are obvious times when he is not. She glosses over his nervous breakdown, doesn’t want to know why he......more

Goodreads review by Jodie on December 31, 2021

To be honest, I was only vaguely aware of who Tim Conway was going into this book. And while it was most likely quite therapeutic for the daughter to write ….. it was a depressing read. One always hopes that those celebrity figures we admire enjoy their golden years, especially since we assume they......more

Goodreads review by Joanie on March 21, 2022

What was so interesting and unexpected about this book was how lovingly it portrayed Tim Conway. Sadly, there are so many instances in the news today of aging stars becoming severely incapacitated and being physically and/or legally separated from their families by newer spouses. If and when the fam......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on December 01, 2021

3.75 stars. Kelly, the only girl and eldest of Tim Conway’s six kids, tells story after story of growing up in the Conway household with a crew of rowdy kids straight out of a seventies sitcom. While at first I wondered if this level of detail was necessary, as the second half progresses, that fathe......more

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