03-16-2022, 08:49 AM
The Boys by Clint Howard and Ron Howard
Things are going to get confusing when I search for 'The Boys' from now on. Well, this version of The Boys is the Hollywood story of Ron and Clint Howard. The book alternates between Clint and Ron writing about growing up as actors. The book isn't super in depth because there is a lot of ground to cover, but they hit all the high points. From Ron being on the Andy Griffith show and Clint being on Gentle Ben all the way up until Ron breaks through as a director and Clint wins his MTV lifetime achievement award. Both of them had more struggles than I realized but I had a pretty good idea of the story beats.
At the heart of the story is The Boys devotion to their father Rance and mother Jean and how much they sacrificed to let their boys succeed. Rance was the child whisperer to get them to be actors while Jean took care of everything at home. Oddest of all except for a 5% manager's fee, the majority of the money the Boys earned went into savings accounts until their maturity. Rance and Jean supported the family.
Ron and Clint are very good writers and the book had a really nice flow to it. There is plenty of room for a sequel for Ron because his Hollywood stories end after his film with Corman and he has a big career after that. I did enjoy hearing him talk about his Corman days but he was on a different level than I. Since the Howards all lived in Burbank, there were plenty of stories about Burbank in there. They frequented many restaurants that I also visited.
A good Hollywood memoir with a happy ending.
Things are going to get confusing when I search for 'The Boys' from now on. Well, this version of The Boys is the Hollywood story of Ron and Clint Howard. The book alternates between Clint and Ron writing about growing up as actors. The book isn't super in depth because there is a lot of ground to cover, but they hit all the high points. From Ron being on the Andy Griffith show and Clint being on Gentle Ben all the way up until Ron breaks through as a director and Clint wins his MTV lifetime achievement award. Both of them had more struggles than I realized but I had a pretty good idea of the story beats.
At the heart of the story is The Boys devotion to their father Rance and mother Jean and how much they sacrificed to let their boys succeed. Rance was the child whisperer to get them to be actors while Jean took care of everything at home. Oddest of all except for a 5% manager's fee, the majority of the money the Boys earned went into savings accounts until their maturity. Rance and Jean supported the family.
Ron and Clint are very good writers and the book had a really nice flow to it. There is plenty of room for a sequel for Ron because his Hollywood stories end after his film with Corman and he has a big career after that. I did enjoy hearing him talk about his Corman days but he was on a different level than I. Since the Howards all lived in Burbank, there were plenty of stories about Burbank in there. They frequented many restaurants that I also visited.
A good Hollywood memoir with a happy ending.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm