Time Flies

by Bill Cosby

Book Overview

America's #1 media personality and bestselling author delivers a light-hearted, highly personal yet universally appealing look at the different ages and stages through which we live and learn. A book for every age.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385240406
• ISBN13: 9780385240406
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I was kicked out of the library...

This book is so funny, i could not contain myself, i started laughing in the library, i was eventually kicked out!! i have never looked more silly in my life but i walked out giggling and laughing. my roommate says he heard me laughing in my sleep. A graceful book, full of truths handed out as comic situations and dialogue, a must if you need to laugh. and who doesn't these days?

The Joy of Getting Old

Bill Cosby is a very perceptive man. In "Time Flies", he makes his observations about getting old. Much like "Fatherhood", this book is laugh out loud funny. This is a great read for young and old.Bill Cosby's has a gift for writing quality comedy. "Times Flies" focuses on several facets of growing old. One of the funniest chapters addresses the complications of adjusting to bifocals. As a former wearer of bifocals, I had a great appreciation of Cosby's view. As somebody that has dietary issues, I also had a great appreciation of his perspective of dieting. Other sections deal with changes in your body and clothes. My only objection is that I feel Alvin Poussaint's introductions are a bit patronizing and annoying. This is a sample of Cosby's wit. And Cosby's wit is worth its price.

Cosby at his best!

This is one of the funniest books that you will ever read, guaranteed. America's favorite comic genius brings us another load of laughs. If there is only one book you are going to buy this year, it should be this one. In a way which will make you laugh out loud, Cosby explores the subject of aging in a way only Cosby could manage.

Good ol' Bill!

Once again, Cosby delights his public with his funny and sensitive prose. In this great book, he manages to turn an otherwise somber subject (that of the approaching of one's final years) into something much less frightening and more understandable. Cosby's humourous writing is the responsible for the book's lightness. At the same time, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint makes the introduction of Cosby's book, as usual, giving his medical point of view about the biological process which is behind one of humanity's biggest fears. Fortunately, there is "Time Flies" - a book that should be read by anyone who is growing old.

Bill Cosby's literary best

If you have ever heard of Bill Cosby, then you will want to read this book. He tells about the many attributes one gets from aging, but in such a way that the only thing the reader can do is laugh. If you have seen the comedy concert, "Bill Cosby: 49" then you will have heard many of the routines he writes in this #1 best-seller; still, the book's untouched subjects make it a worth-while investment