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.
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