Describes the history of the legendary comedy club, which started out life as a way for a former advertising executive to make professional contacts in order to become a New York theatrical producer and instead became the historic template for live stand-up venues. 15,000 first printing.
Describes the history of the legendary comedy club, which started out life as a way for a former advertising executive to make professional contacts in order to become a New York theatrical producer and instead became the historic template for live stand-up venues. 15,000 first printing.
Foreword by Jay Leno Prologue Introduction Part One 1. Growing Up Fatherless and Struggling to Find My Way 2. Broadway Bound and the Unexpected Detour 3. Building the House That Hilarity Built 4. Flying by the Seat of My Pants 5. The Improv Gets Hot 6. A Future Film Legend Wanders into West 44th Street and I Nearly Produce My First Show 7. The Singing Waitresses 8. Liza Minelli and Judy Garland . . . Onstage at the Improv 9. Not So Blown Away by Bette Midler . . . at First 10. Comedians Start Coming to the Improv 11. The Anointment of King Richard Part Two 1. Revelry and Rivalry 2. Stiller and Meara 3. More Momentum, My Monocle-and Lily Tomlin's Grand Entrance 4. The One and Only Rodney Dangerfield 5. Robert Klein Elevates Stand-Up-and the Improv-to a New Level 6. Locking Horns with David Brenner 7. Richard Lewis 8. The Hippest Room in America 9. The Improv's Gentle Giant 10. The Improv and The Tonight Show 11. A Tale of Two Comedy Clubs 12. Meeting Jay 13. Producing My First Show Part Three 14. Expansion 15. My Early California Adventures 16. Andy Kaufman Turns Stand-Up Upside Down 17. Dissing Larry David 18. A Tsunami Named Robin 19. Comedy's Tragic Prinze 20. A Troubling Nemesis Named Mitzi Shore 21. Going Up in Flames 22. Old Enemies and New Beginnings Part Four 23. An Evening at the Improv 24. The Improv Explodes . . . and the Stakes Get Even Higher 25. The Comedy Boom Busts and Finding Fallon 26. Passing the Baton and Looking Ahead: The 2000s to the Present Acknowledgments About the Authors
Foreword by Jay Leno Prologue Introduction Part One 1. Growing Up Fatherless and Struggling to Find My Way 2. Broadway Bound and the Unexpected Detour 3. Building the House That Hilarity Built 4. Flying by the Seat of My Pants 5. The Improv Gets Hot 6. A Future Film Legend Wanders into West 44th Street and I Nearly Produce My First Show 7. The Singing Waitresses 8. Liza Minelli and Judy Garland . . . Onstage at the Improv 9. Not So Blown Away by Bette Midler . . . at First 10. Comedians Start Coming to the Improv 11. The Anointment of King Richard Part Two 1. Revelry and Rivalry 2. Stiller and Meara 3. More Momentum, My Monocle-and Lily Tomlin's Grand Entrance 4. The One and Only Rodney Dangerfield 5. Robert Klein Elevates Stand-Up-and the Improv-to a New Level 6. Locking Horns with David Brenner 7. Richard Lewis 8. The Hippest Room in America 9. The Improv's Gentle Giant 10. The Improv and The Tonight Show 11. A Tale of Two Comedy Clubs 12. Meeting Jay 13. Producing My First Show Part Three 14. Expansion 15. My Early California Adventures 16. Andy Kaufman Turns Stand-Up Upside Down 17. Dissing Larry David 18. A Tsunami Named Robin 19. Comedy's Tragic Prinze 20. A Troubling Nemesis Named Mitzi Shore 21. Going Up in Flames 22. Old Enemies and New Beginnings Part Four 23. An Evening at the Improv 24. The Improv Explodes . . . and the Stakes Get Even Higher 25. The Comedy Boom Busts and Finding Fallon 26. Passing the Baton and Looking Ahead: The 2000s to the Present Acknowledgments About the Authors
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