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Knoedelseder, William, 1947-
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Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
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Knoedelseder, William, 1947-
Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
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I'm dying up here [sound recording] : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era / William Knoedelseder.
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Knoedelseder, William, 1947-
Tantor, p2009.
Call #:
COMPACT
DISC
792
.76
K72i
Subjects
Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
ISBN:
9781400101849 (Book on CD)
1400101840 (Book on CD)
Alternate title:
I am dying up here [sound recording] : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era
Heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era [sound recording]
Format:
[sound recording] :
Edition:
Unabridged.
Description:
7
compact
discs (ca. 8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Contents:
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.
Performers:
Read by William Dufris.
Summary:
"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. 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 couldn't last. William Knoedelseder was then a cub reporter covering the burgeoning local comedy scene for the Los Angeles Times. He was there when the comedians--not paid by the clubs where they performed--tried to change the system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community. Here he tells the 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"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Adult books on CD.
Other authors:
Dufris, William.
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Sackville Public Library
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