Don't Laugh At Me!

'Don't Laugh At Me' is another autobiography by Norman Wisdom. It is very similar to 'My Turn' so it may not be very useful to me as a lot of it is repeated. This book is currently only available to me online so I can only read certain sections. Here are some extracts that may be useful to me.

 This first extract talks about some of the other British and American stars that were around at the time of Norman's rise to fame. I think this is useful because it allows me to get an idea of the other stars that were around at the time which is useful for comparision.

This extract is about the film 'On The Beat'. As this is one of my focus films, I want to discuss parts of it in my essay because some scenes are good examaples of Norman's typical 'gump' character.

In this extract, Norman is talking about his role in 'Square Peg'. As this is one of my focus films, Norman's view on this role is very useful to me.

This extract discusses Norman's 'gump' character and also mentions George Formby who I will be researching into later on. This is a good basis for comparing the two. It also allows me to understant Norman's view on him and how he may have influenced him. 

This extract has taught me about 'A Date With A Dream' which was Norman's first film. I think this may be worth looking into despite its lack of success. This film may give me a better understanding of how Norman developed his chatracters.

 Overall, I think this source was useful in teaching me certain things about Norman that I didn't already know. However, it is very similar to 'My Turn' so at the moment I am not too sure how useful this book will be to my project as a lot of it is repeated in both books.