Born standing up : a comic's life
(2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/MARTIN,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, [2007]
©2007
©2007
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover editon
DESCRIPTION
209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781416553649, 1416553649
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Beforehand -- Coffee and confusion -- Comedy through the airwaves -- Disneyland -- The bird cage theatre -- Television -- The road -- Breakthrough -- Standing down
The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality it took to take him to the top