I'm Dying Up Here

Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era

William Knoedelseder

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PublicAffairs,U.S.
27 July 2010

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 all 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, then a cub reporter covering the scene for the

Los Angeles Times , was there when the comedians, who were not paid for performing, tried to change the system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community. In

I'm Dying Up Here

he tells the whole 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.

By: William Knoedelseder
Imprint: PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9781586488963
ISBN 10: 1586488961
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 July 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

William Knoedelseder is the author of Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, The Music Business, and the Mafia, and In Eddie's Name. He lives near Los Angeles, California.