Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking Page #2

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SHE ALSO MADE ANOTHER FILM

CALLED "TAMMY,"

WHICH WAS A HIT SONG

AS WELL,

WHICH REALLY:

PISSED OFF MY DAD

'CAUSE THAT WAS

HIS AREA, YOU KNOW?

TAMMY, TAMMY

CAN'T LET HIM GO...

SHE WAS-- ACTUALLY

SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH ME

WHEN SHE FILMED:

"TAMMY."

SHE WAS ALSO:

PREGNANT WITH ME

IN YET ANOTHER FILM.

AND THIS ONE WAS CALLED

"A BUNDLE OF JOY,"

COSTARRING THA MARVELOUS METHOD ACTOR

EDDIE FISHER.

( swing music playing )

PREGNANT, OKAY?

OH, NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE

LAMAZE IN THE '50s

COMING UP.

THERE IT IS.

OH YEAH.

I THINK THAT EXPLAINS

A LOT, DON'T YOU?

( applause )

YEAH.

WHEN I WAS BORN:

MY MOM WAS GIVEN

ANESTHESIA.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE EPIDURALS

IN THOSE DAYS, RIGHT?

SO MY MOTHER:

WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

NOW MY MOTHER:

IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY,

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

TODAY AT 78.

AT 24

SHE LOOKED LIKE:

A CHRISTMAS MORNING.

SO ALL THE DOCTORS--

THEY'RE BUZZING AROUND

HER HEAD GOING,

"OH LOOK, THERE'S

DEBBIE REYNOLDS ASLEEP.

HOW PRETTY."

THEN MY FATHER,

UPON SEEING ME,

YOU KNOW,

START TO COME THROUGH--

CROWN, WITH ALL THE PLACENTA

AND THE-- UGH--

MY FATHER FAINTS

DEAD AWAY.

SO NOW:

ALL THE NURSES GO,

"OH LOOK, THERE'S

EDDIE FISHER THE CROONER

ON THE GROUND.

LET'S GO LOOK AT HIM."

SO WHEN I ARRIVED

I WAS VIRTUALLY:

UNATTENDED.

AND I'VE BEEN

TRYING:

TO MAKE UP FOR THAT FAC EVER SINCE.

EVEN THIS SHOW:

TONIGH IS A PATHETIC BID

FOR THE ATTENTION

THAT I LACKED:

AS A NEWBORN.

- ( applause )

- OH, THANK YOU.

THAT HELPS SO MUCH.

YEAH.

MY DAD--

HE WAS BEST FRIENDS

WITH THIS VERY VERY

CHARISMATIC PRODUCER

WHOSE NAME WAS:

MIKE TODD.

HE PRODUCED:

A FILM CALLED:

"AROUND THE WORLD

IN 80 DAYS,"

WHICH WON AN OSCAR

FOR BEST PICTURE.

SO MY FATHER,

MY MOTHER,

MIKE TODD:

AND HIS FIANCEE,

WHO HAPPENED TO BE

ELIZABETH TAYLOR--

WELL, YOU KNOW,

THEY WENT EVERYWHERE

TOGETHER, RIGHT?

I MEAN,

THEY WENT TO NIGHTCLUBS.

THEY WENT ON CRUISES.

THEY LITERALLY TRAVELED

THE WORLD.

SO WHEN MIKE AND ELIZABETH

GOT MARRIED,

MY FATHER WAS:

MIKE TODD'S BEST MAN

AND MY MOTHER WAS

ELIZABETH'S

MATRON OF HONOR.

YEAH.

SHE EVEN WASHED HER HAIR

ON HER WEDDING DAY.

NOW LATER I DID:

HEAR HER MUMBLE:

THAT SHE WISHED:

SHE'D WASHED IT WITH NAIR.

BUT SHE'S NOT A BITTER

WOMAN REALLY, YOU KNOW.

ANYWAY, I WAS ABOU ONE AND A HALF OR TWO

WHEN MY BROTHER:

WAS BORN.

AND MY FATHER--

HE SO ADORED:

THIS MAN MIKE TODD

THAT MY BROTHER TODD

WAS NAMED FOR HIM.

BUT, YOU KNOW,

IN THE JEWISH FAITH

IT IS CONSIDERED

BACK LUCK:

TO NAME A NEWBORN

AFTER SOMEONE:

WHO'S STILL LIVING--

A SILLY SUPERSTITION...

OR SO THEY THOUGHT.

'CAUSE ABOU A YEAR LATER

MIKE TODD TOOK OFF

IN A PRIVATE PLANE

IN A RAINSTORM.

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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer, and humorist. Fisher is known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, a role for which she was nominated for three Saturn Awards. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008). She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances on the television series 30 Rock and Catastrophe. She was posthumously made a Disney Legend in 2017, and in 2018 she was awarded a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She wrote the screenplay for the film version of Postcards From The Edge which garnered her a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and her one-woman stage show of Wishful Drinking was filmed for television and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special. She worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor, including tightening the scripts for Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Wedding Singer (1998), and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise, among others. In later years, she earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Fisher died of a sudden cardiac arrest on December 27, 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. One of her final films, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, was released on December 15, 2017 and is dedicated to her. Fisher will, however, appear in Star Wars: Episode IX through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi . more…

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