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No spark.
Granted this book is written by his child, and is a collection of memories, it seems like a longwinded email from someone obsessed with pinning his miseries on his childhood.Peter Sellers' actions are described in poor detail, just graphic enough to muddle us through his life, and we never explore the motivations of the man.It's unfortunately not overtly sad, funny, or poignant, aside from the beginning of the book, where we see him at the end of his life and comatose in the hospital for all of a dozen pages.

A ghostwriter should have been hired, but seemingly wasn't.Read this book only if you've exhausted other Sellers sources.

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This book, published Less than 2 years after the death of Peter Sellers is an honest, moving look into the life of the talented, but sometime stroubled actor. Written by his son with help from other family members the book portrays Sellers as a man whose genius got the best of him. The book is fanny, sad and often touching. This book gives an insight that no one but Peter Sellers son could give. FRom their first Holidays together to the last hours in the hospital room before Peter Sellers death, teh author was there and he recounts his memories for the reader. This book is a must for any serious Sellers fan or someone who wants to understand more about the man. If you can find a copy of this book...read it! ... Read more

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From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. This latest release features four more episodes of classic Goonery, starring the inimitable Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. ... Read more

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Peter Sellers & Elke Sommer pictorial ... Read more

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Four digitally remastered "Goon Show" episodes - "King Solomon's Mines", "The Moriarty Murder Mystery", "The Vanishing Room" and "The #1,000,000 Penny" - set in the surrealistic world of characters such as Eccles, Bluebottle, Neddie Seagoon, Moriarty and Major Dennis Bloodnok. ... Read more

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As Goon as any.
This is Vol. 13 of the BBC series. The programs date fron 1957 and the CD contains the following episodes;
1. Moriarty Murder Mystery
2. King Soloman's Mines
3. #1,000,000 Penny
4. The Vanishing Room
The performances are basic Goon Show riot. If you are exploring Goon for the first time, these are as Goon as any. The sound is monophonic but quite good for the age. The voices were close miked so you don't losemuch clarity. Anyway, there are websites with scripts available so you can follow along and figure out the more "obscure" words. A good Goon to fall in the water with. ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers, Douglas Smith, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Sachs, Sally Hawkins, Roy Hudd, Jack Shepherd, Tom Conway, Simon Jones, John Bluthal, Tenniel Evans, Richard Vernon, Geraldine Somerville, Terry Molloy, Moira Lister, Graham Crowden, David Hatch, Judy Cornwell, Terence de Marney, Ian Brooker, Margaret Tyzack, Claudie Blakley, Carleton Hobbs, Felicity Montagu, Jacqueline Pearce, Omar Raza, Perdita Weeks, Sarah Lawson, Toby Longworth, Alexis Zegerman, Jeanne de Casalis, James Grout, David de Keyser, Rosemary Leach, Jack Train, Clive Merrison, Charles Collingwood, Debbie Isitt, Anthony Finigan, Sylvia Coleridge, Colin Hoult, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Heron Carvic, Souad Faress, Andy Secombe, Patricia Greene, Paul Brooke, Robert Duncan, Dominic Hawksley, Edmund Kingsley, Graham Roberts, Jackie Smith-Wood, Rosalind Shanks, Alison Glennie, Carl Prekopp, Crawford Logan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 191. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She made her acting debut as Kitty Bennet in Pride ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 742 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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VHS Video. ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Jonathon Band, Jim Al-Khalili, Pelham Von Donop, Frances Yates, Cellarscape, George Hyde, Andrew Clarke, Norman Douglas Holbrook, Peter Coke, Walter Humphreys, Sr., Edward William Pritchard, Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Rupert Gould, Alison Jackson, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Barry Reed, Jack Newman, Charles Brutton, Peter Pook, David Rock, Michelle Magorian, Harold Hinde, Arthur Byng, Sampson Tubb, Kathleen Lockhart, Alan Waldron, John Gilpin, Catharni Stern, Geoffrey Wilson, Andy Smart. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 24 July 1980), commonly known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There. Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, with three children from two of the marriages. Peter Sellers's birthplace on the corner of Castle Road and Southsea terrace, in Southsea. The blue plaques read "Peter Sellers, Actor and Comedian was born he...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24518 ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers, Curtis Warren, Portuguese in the United Kingdom, Charles O'hara. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 24 July 1980), commonly known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There. Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, with three children from two of the marriages. Peter Sellers's birthplace on the corner of Castle Road and Southsea terrace, in Southsea. The blue plaques read "Peter Sellers, Actor and Comedian was born here"Sellers was born in Southsea, Portsmouth to a family of entertainers. His parents nicknamed him Peter at an early age, after his elder stillborn brother. He attended the North London Roman Catholic school, St. Aloysius College, although his father, Yorkshire-born Bill Sellers (19001962), was Protestant and his mother, Agnes Doreen 'Peg' née Marks (18921967), was Jewish. His maternal grandmother, Benvenida Welcome Mendoza (18551932), was of Portuguese-Jewish descent; her grandfather, Mord...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24518 ... Read more

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Chapters: Royal Air Force Airmen, United States Air Force Airmen, Peter Sellers, T. E. Lawrence, Hunter S. Thompson, Warren Beatty, Morgan Freeman, Michael Nesmith, George Carlin, Gavin Macleod, Marvin Gaye, Deryck Guyler, Chuck Norris, Bob Monkhouse, Irv Rubin, Denholm Elliott, Roy Scheider, Lionel Bart, R. F. Delderfield, Japanese American Service in World War Ii, Johnny Cash, James J. Bulger, Robert Maclean, Henry Allingham, Art Bell, Sebastian Shaw, Mose Jefferson, Cormac Mccarthy, Randi Rhodes, Donald E. Westlake, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Adrian Francis Laws, Seán Mac Stíofáin, Donald Crowhurst, John Ciardi, Sinbad, Walter Hayes, John Bloom, Bill Wyman, Saner Wonggoun, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Anthony A. Williams, Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, Ezer Weizman, William H. Pitsenbarger, Archie J. Old, Jr., Leonard Matlovich, Aaron Spelling, Fred Ward, David E. Bonior, Don Ho, Jerry Mathers, Gideon Rasmussen, Alex Govan, Ben Kuroki, Leroy J. Manor, Dick Wilson, David Bailey, Mort Sahl, Roy Castle, Gary M. Polland, Jason D. Cunningham, Kenneth O'donnell, Charles Woods, Oscar Zeta Acosta, Bob Ross, John H. Mulroy, Barry Sadler, Bob Spink, H. John Heinz Iii, Paul A. Brown, Jock Mulraney, Frank Muir, James Salter, Phillip Burton, Gary Goldman, Ray Hanania, Bernie Faloney, John Levitow, Arthur L. Andrews, Norman Cyril Jackson, William Craig, Norman Marous, Mc Tee, Cyril Stanley Bamberger, Les Colquhoun, Kenneth Farrow, Clair Burgener, Duane D. Hackney, Sean Baker, Billy C. Sanders, Odell Mcbrayer, Richard Lee Mcnair, Blackout Ripper, Frank Reginald Carey, Karel Kuttelwascher, Stanley James Woodbridge, Charlie Gonzalez, Lou Dimuro, John Hillerman, Jerry Van Dyke, Brent Sherman, Dennis Letts, Damon E. Allen, Wayne Fisk, Peter Sillett, Arthur Louis Aaron, Anthony Zerbe, Forrest L. Vosler, Frank Thornton, Pat Harrington, Jr., Wally Amos, Monty Norman, Joseph H. Boardman, Michael Sheard, Eric Bedser, Elizabeth Jacobson, James Obe...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14328 ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 24 July 1980), commonly known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There. Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, with three children from two of the marriages. Peter Sellers's birthplace on the corner of Castle Road and Southsea terrace, in Southsea. The blue plaques read "Peter Sellers, Actor and Comedian was born here"Sellers was born in Southsea, Portsmouth to a family of entertainers. His parents nicknamed him Peter at an early age, after his elder stillborn brother. He attended the North London Roman Catholic school, St. Aloysius College, although his father, Yorkshire-born Bill Sellers (19001962), was Protestant and his mother, Agnes Doreen 'Peg' née Marks (18921967), was Jewish. His maternal grandmother, Benvenida Welcome Mendoza (18551932), was of Portuguese-Jewish descent; her grandfather, Mordecai Mendoza (17741851), was a first cousin of English prizefight...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24518 ... Read more