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Stupid Boy: The Autobiography of the Creator of Dad's Army
by
Jimmy Perry
The fascinating autobiography from the creator of "Dad's Army" and "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum."
Very funny, and illustrated with over a hundred photographs, this highly entertaining autobiography is full of the people, stories and experiences from Jimmy Perry's childhood in London, his time in the Home Guard, as a Gunner in Burma, as a member of the Royal Artillery Concert Pa ...more
Very funny, and illustrated with over a hundred photographs, this highly entertaining autobiography is full of the people, stories and experiences from Jimmy Perry's childhood in London, his time in the Home Guard, as a Gunner in Burma, as a member of the Royal Artillery Concert Pa ...more
Hardcover
,
272 pages
Published
November 5th 2002
by Century
(first published 2002)
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There is a reason this book has a five star rating on Amazon! It feels as if you are actually being told a story rather than reading it yourself, as Jimmy often detours during a story and talks about a different time, then returns, as if he was distracted while talking. Perhaps not as much about Dad's Army as you would expect, however it's easy to see where bits and pieces from Dad's Army came from- some of the lines from the show are essentially word for word what he heard from fellow members o
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