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who are the characters supposed to be in i'm dying up here
I'm Dying Up Here's main characters are composites of real people: Instead of matriarchal Comedy Store owner-operator Mitzi Shore, it’s Cellar owner-operator Goldie Herschlag.

Question: do real-life people appear on the show
Self-contained rewrite: do real-life people appear on the show i'm dying up here