Lessons To Be Learned!

YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'RE FUNNY: How Life Becomes a Sitcom by Phil Rosenthal
This is a book by the Creator and Executive Producer of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, Phil Rosenthal. I would like too share with you all some of my thoughts on this nonfiction book:

Phil Rosenthal tells the behind-the-scenes story of the making of a number-one smash hit sitcom. Based on Ray Romano's actual life, the show took much of its material from Phil's equally, and hysterically dysfunctional family characters and experiencces. When Phil Rosenthal was a child he watched so a lot of T.V. and movie; which is bad in one way, but good in many others.

Little do most people know that watching movies and some TV shows, can help teachs us about lessons in life. Most people watch movies and TV for pure enjoyment, but what most people cannot find is the lessons of life that help teach us. The writers of the movies and TV shows that we watch put in the themes, or messages, that they want us to learn so deep, sometimes, that it is hard for us to find. It is up to you to actually take the time out of your enjoyment to find these lessons. Believe it or not, in the wackiest, dysfunctional, number-one smash hit sitcom or Oscar-winning movie, there is a lesson to be learned... It is up to you to look for those lessons!

I would like to share with you some excerpts from this book: YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'RE FUNNY: How Life Becomes a Sitcom by Phil Rosenthal:

Phil Rosenthal "...was born in Queens in 1960, ..." (page 7)

This next excerpt is one of my favorite things that he mentions in his book (I am still reading this book)...

"We look to movies, TV shows, books, music, all the arts to express the things that are turly important to us, or that we have trouble with in real life, and maybe ... those are the same things. Kindness. Love your family (no matter how crazy). Enjoy your life. Those are the values that we have carries through from every show and movie that we laugh and cry with, right? And the great ones have something else in common: While you're laughing or crying or jumping at the story, the message they really want to get to you is coming through; the great ones say it without saying it. ... ... ... ... But at least sometimes, in our entertainment, in the arts we look for escape in, life works out a little better." (page 17-18)

This is a very good book for any of you who A) are fans of the show EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND or B) want to create/produce/write your own smash-hit sitcom!

I am still reading this book... I'm on page 100 out of 243 pages.