Wanna see something I think you'll find fascinating? Have you got 85 minutes? That's about how long it'll take you to watch The Life of Reilly, a one-man show that has been put up on YouTube in 28 parts.
The one man is Charles Nelson Reilly…and if you only know him as that guy who was once on every friggin' game show, you're in for a surprise. Back in 2004, he toured for a while — and dummy me managed to somehow miss — this show about his life. It's a life that involved growing up in the most dysfunctional of families, coping with "being different" (i.e., gay) and trying to become an actor.
At one point, an executive at NBC told him he would never be allowed on television because he was "queer." Reilly then went on to build a career on the stage, eventually scoring an astounding Broadway trifecta: The first three shows he was in on Broadway were Bye Bye Birdie (big hit), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (bigger hit) and Hello, Dolly! (biggest hit).
That led to TV and suddenly, he was everywhere and…well, that's just part of his story. The one-man show was filmed and its makers have chopped it up into segments running two to five minutes each but you can watch them, one after the other, at this link.
I suggest you not start watching until you're ready to commit to the whole thing. And yes, I've recommended parts of this before but I decided it was time to recommend the whole thing. Prepare for a lot of chilling tragedies, especially when you get to Part 13.