How Long to Read I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era

How Long Does it Take to Read I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era by William Knoedelseder

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Description

I'm Dying Up Herechronicles the collective coming of age of the standup comedians who defined American humor during the past three decades. Born early in the Baby Boom, they grew up watching TheTonightshow, went to school during Vietnam and Watergate, migrated en masse to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, and created an artistic community unlike any before or since.They were arguably the funniest people of their generation, living in a late-night world of sex, drugs, dreams, and laughter. For one brief shining moment, standup comics were as revered as rock stars. It was Comedy Camelot but, of course, it couldn't last.In the late 1970s, William Knoedelseder was a cub reporter assigned to cover the burgeoning local comedy scene for the Los Angeles Times. He wrote the first major newspaper profiles of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, and others. He got to know many of them well. And so he covered the scene too when the comedians--who were not paid for performing at the career-making-or-breaking venue called the Comedy Store---tried to change an exploitative system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community.Now Knoedelseder has gone back to interview the major participants to tell the whole story of that golden age and of the strike that ended it.Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of our age, I'm Dying Up Hereis also a poignant tale of the price of success and the terrible cost of failure - professional and moral

How long is I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era?

I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era by William Knoedelseder is 394 pages long, and a total of 100,076 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era aloud.

What Reading Level is I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era?

I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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