I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Standup Comedy's Golden Era Audiobook

" A fascinating history of stand up comedy in the 70's. A subject I know next to nothing about. Enjoy it thoroughly. "

" Great book that delves into the comedy scene of the 1970s when Jay Leno, Letterman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams and others were all coming up. Very fun read. "

" 1/3 through and I love it "

" Good bits and pieces but one doesn't get the feeling that Knoedelseder is telling the full story at times now does one. "

" if you're interested in stand up comedy this is a great read "

" History of standup comedy in the 70s "

" Terrific book about LA's Comedy Store and the comedians who got their first breaks there. "

" Heartbreaking and fascinating. The only thing that bugs me is the frequent misuse of apostrophes in plural possessives. "

" This is a fantastic book about the rise of stand-up comedy in the seventies, the rise of the Comedy Store in L.A., the comedian strike of 1979 to get paid, and, sadly, the life and death of Steve Lubetkin. If you are a student of the comedic form, this is an important book to read. "

" If you like stand up comedy you have to read this book. Btw Jay Leno is an ass ;-) "

" written in classic journalist style- an inside look at the history of comedy in LA- good for us new Angelino's who want to know some more of the context of la la land. A good read, nicely tells a few sides of the story, fun to see familiar names and their origin stories "

" slightly interesting, nothing really groundbreaking. "

" F*cking awesome story. High as balls but well told and fascinating. "

" Outstanding look at stand-up in the 70's and the strike that changed everything. Amazing read. "

" So I've studied comedy a lot because I want to get into it. This book pretty much soley focused on the Comedy Store in LA and the people involved in it. A pretty good read, but seriously, I wonder why not that many women were involved in it? "

" the first 100-150 pages are fascinating. then the author gets all bogged down in the strike and the mechanics and the strikers' demands. that's when this book starts to grind to a halt. the last hundred pages are a real slog and kind of a bummer. "

" There are some good stories in here, such as Robin Williams stealing jokes and the early friendship of Leno and Letterman, but most of this book is about how the comics picketed the Comedy Store in order to get paid, so if you're interested in that you may like this more than I did. "

" Particularly enjoyed the description of Robin Williams as a thief of other comedians' material, with performers walking off stage if he entered the room. "