I'm dying up here : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era /

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 across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knoedelseder, William, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Stand-up comedy > United States > History > 20th century.
Monologue comique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Comedy.
Stand-up comedy
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: A true comic
  • Blood brothers
  • The hippest room
  • Mitzi's store
  • Tom, Dave, and George
  • All about Budd
  • Six minutes, twenty-two laughs
  • The boys' club
  • Guns, drugs, and Westwood
  • Comedy university
  • Richard's baroness, Steve's movie
  • The funniest year ever
  • Roommates
  • The New Year's resolution
  • - Drugs and theft
  • Order, please
  • Diary of a young comic
  • The gauntlet
  • Comedians for compensation
  • Choosing up sides
  • Fire!
  • The vote
  • All on the line
  • Dave's big night
  • The union forever?
  • Jay's big flop
  • "My name is Steve Lubetkin"
  • A standing ovation
  • Epilogue: the prisoner of memory.

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