**Foreword by Sandi Toksvig |* ***WATERSTONES’ BEST BOOKS OF 2023: ENTERTAINMENT** ** ** **’Give this book to everyone you know – NOW!’ Miriam Margolyes** * *’This is a joyous, uplifting book’* Observer*** **’He was so funny and such fun and here he is again in all his rib-tickling glory’ Gyles Brandreth** * * *’I don’t know how long I’ve got left … I don’t even buy green bananas anymore’* When the legendary comedian **Barry Cryer** died in January 2022, there was a vast outpouring of grief, appreciation and anecdotes – from the general public and fellow comics alike. Now, his son, Bob, is doing what Barry’s humility did not allow: revealing **the story of the man behind the jokes**. This book is an ode both to Barry’s incredible life and to the lessons he so generously imparted on the art of comedy during his sixty-year career. Stretching from the music halls of the fifties, via working alongside everyone from **Morecambe and Wise to Kenny Everett and David Frost** , and into more recent times as a stalwart of Radio 4’s long-running **I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue** , where he worked with **Rob Brydon and David Mitchell** among many others, this book is a hugely entertaining insight into the life of a true comedy legend. Bob also shares a range of exclusive material unique to the Cryer family – including family photos, memorabilia, oral recordings, interviews with friends and colleagues (among them **Michael Palin and Eric Idle** ) – as well as Bob’s own personal reflections on living and working with a comedy icon. **Laced with candour, warmth and filled with his trademark humour, *Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow?* is not just a wonderfully witty and affectionate biography of a father by a son, but a heartwarming insight into a vanishing era of comedy.**