When Billy Crystal read selections from his forthcoming book on Thursday night, the audience was expecting an evening of laughs. They got them — but they also got something they were not expecting. Speaking at the Cantor Auditorium at his alma mater, New York University, Mr. Crystal was delivering chapters from “Still Foolin’ Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?” (Macmillan). The book, which will go on sale Sept. 10, is part memoir and part standup routine committed to paper, with musings on life, complaints about getting older and jokes about his reproductive equipment that are unprintable here. The purpose of the reading, he...
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