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I'm dying up here: heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era
I'm dying up here: heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era
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Knoedelseder, William
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Publication Date
c2009
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st ed.
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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History
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN
9781586483173
158648317
9780786746187
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