I like this a lot, though if you didn't know who Feldman was, this might suggest he was a serial killer. The cover also wisely leaves off the fact that the book is introduced by Mike Myers, possibly written in broad faux-Scottish.
(It's odd that this first sees print 30 years after Feldman's death: he died during the filming of Yellowbeard, which at least saved him the pain of seeing the final film. If only I'd been as lucky.)
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Mr Myers has been known to get me laughing, but I do question his judgement in deciding to pen the Intro (and The Love Guru). And why an Intro at all? Padding perhaps? I see that the page count is a mere 160. The cynic in me suspects that the thing was cobbled together from notes and brief sketches left behind by the brilliant Mr Feldman.
That said, I do like the cover.
The long delay between the unexpected death and publication, and the brevity of the book, makes me think you're right. Which would be a shame, as a properly written memoir by Marty Feldman would surely be really entertaining.
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