Description: I'm Dying Up Here : Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era, Paperback by Knoedelseder, William, ISBN 1610398661, ISBN-13 9781610398664, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from all across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show. There, in a late-night world of sex, drugs, dreams and laughter, they created an artistic community unlike any before or since. It was Comedy Camelot -- but it couldnt last.
William Knoedelseder, then a cub reporter covering the scene for the Los Angeles Times, was there when the comedians -- who were not paid for performing -- tried to change the system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community. In Im Dying Up Here he tells the whole story of that golden age, of the strike that ended it, and of how those days still resonate in the lives of those who were there.
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Book Title: I'm Dying Up Here : Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: General, Comedy, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Genre: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Author: William K. Knoedelseder Jr.
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
