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I'm Dying Up Here Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era
William Knoedelseder
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
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StarTalk Radio
It was mentioned as a book about the Comedy Store in LA in the late 70s, featuring comedians like Leno and Letterman, one comedian believed he had figured out the science of comedy, but that was a mistaken belief.
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And it was about the comedy store in LA and the...
— Episode: A Conversation With Seth Meyers
Episode: A Conversation With Seth Meyers
It was mentioned as a book about the Comedy Store in LA in the late 70s, featuring comedians like Leno and Letterman, one comedian believed he had figured out the science of comedy, but that was a mistaken belief.
"
And it was about the comedy store in LA and the...
And it's a sort of I want to say the late 70s but it's Leno and Letterman and one of the comedians in the books he believed he'd figured out the science of comedy and of course he had.
Episode: A Conversation With Seth Meyers
It was discussed in the context of the science of comedy, and that one of the comedians in the book believed he had figured out the science of comedy.
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There's this really good book called I want to say I'm dying up here. And it was about the comedy store in LA and the...
Yes. And it's a sort of I want to say the late 70s but it's Leno and Letterman and one of the comedians in the books he believed he'd figured out the science of comedy and of course he had.
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