I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era - Couverture rigide

Knoedelseder, William

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ISBN 10 : 158648317X ISBN 13 : 9781586483173

Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Knoedelseder William

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
“Knoedelseder skillfully layers powerful dramatic details, and readers will shelve the book alongside those other key classics on comedy.”

Shelf Awareness
“A revealing and entertaining look at the 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene and the labor dispute that ended its most glorious era.”

Booklist
“Fact-packed, highly readable history... peppered with plenty of portraits of struggling young comics, some destined for national fame, others headed to obscurity and, in a few cases, early death.”

Buffalo News
“One of the most eye-opening and informative books ever written about standup comedy...One of the books of the year for any student of American television and pop culture...A little-known story has now been told very well in perfect context. And when you finish the book you may feel as if you finally understand every comedian you see on TV for the first time.”

Daily Variety
“A lively new book...Knoedelseder reminds us that comedy is a dicey calling.”

New York Times Book Review
“Illuminating”

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 wrote the first major newspaper profiles of several of the future stars. And he was there when the comedians-who were not paid by the clubs where they performed- 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. As comedy clubs and cable TV began to boom, many would achieve stardom.... but success had its price.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: PublicAffairs
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 158648317X
• ISBN 13: 9781586483173
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304