{alltv} Finding commonality among memoirs

 

HOLLYWOOD -- With the exception of an MTV awards show, you wouldn't usually see the likes of Rob Lowe, Shirley MacLaine, Steven Tyler, Dick Van Dyke and Betty White hanging out together.

But that's exactly what's been happening over on the non-fiction bestseller lists, where their respective memoirs have been cordially rubbing shoulders with each other. Of course, trying to find a common denominator between these five very diverse personalities is no mean feat, but that won't stop us from trying. Here goes:

Title:

Lowe: Stories I Only Tell My Friends

MacLaine: I'm Over All That And Other Confessions

Tyler: Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?

Van Dyke: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business

White: If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)

Author's age:

Lowe: 47

MacLaine: 77

Tyler: 63

Van Dyke: 85

White: 89

Number of pages:

Lowe: 320

MacLaine: 224

Tyler: 400

Van Dyke: 304

White: 272

Page-to-age ratio:

Lowe: 6.8:1

MacLaine: 2.9:1

Tyler: 6.4:1

Van Dyke: 3.6:1

White: 3.1:1

Kiss and Tell:

Lowe: Demi Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, dancers in Sting videos

MacLaine: Robert Mitchum, Danny Kaye, Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and Olof Palme of Sweden

Tyler: "Back then, sure you could've gotten gonorrhea, but with one shot of penicillin, see ya."

Van Dyke: Admits he always had an unrequited crush on Mary Tyler Moore

White: Cops to having a longtime crush on Robert Redford

Rehab?

Lowe: Yes

MacLaine: No

Tyler: Yes

Van Dyke: Yes

White: No

Appeared on Password?

Lowe: No

MacLaine: No

Tyler: No

Van Dyke: Yes

White: Hello?

True Confessions:

Lowe: "Did I mention that no one was on drugs when they came up with this idea?" (re: his infamous Oscar duet with Snow White)

MacLaine: "How peaceful it is not to have to look particularly pretty anymore or to wear a size 6."

Tyler: In live performance, before I go and sing that high note in Dream On, I do a little hyperventilating."

Van Dyke: "At age 11, I took it upon myself to read the Bible from front to back."

White: "I have no idea what color my hair is and I never intend to find out."

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