I'm dying up here
Subtitle: heartbreak and high times in standup comedy's golden era
By: William Knoedelseder.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781586483173
Subjects: Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: a true comic; title: Blood brothers; title: the hippest room; title: Mitzi's store; title: Tom, Dave, and George; title: All about Budd; title: Six minutes, twenty-two laughs; title: The boys' club; title: Guns, drugs, and Westwood; title: Comedy university; title: Richard's baroness, Steve's movie; title: The funniest year ever; title: Roommates; title: The New Year's resolution; title: - Drugs and theft; title: Order, please; title: Diary of a young comic; title: The gantlet; title: Comedians for compensation; title: Choosing up sides; title: Fire!; title: The vote; title: All on the line; title: Dave's big night; title: The union forever?; title: Jay's big flop; title: "My name is Steve Lubetkin"; title: A standing ovation; title: Epilogue: the prisoner of memory.