It's Not Easy Bein' Me A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs

Name: It's Not Easy Bein' Me A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs
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ISBN: 9780060779245

ISBN-10: 0060779241

ISBN-13: 9780060779245

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Authors: Rodney Dangerfield

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An American comic icon tells the story of his second-act rise from obscurity to multimedia stardom. "When I was a kid," writes Rodney Dangerfield, "I worked tough places in show business--places like Fonzo's Knuckle Room. Or Aldo's, formerly Vito's, formerly Nunzio's. That was a tough joint. I looked at the menu. They had broken leg of lamb." For once, one of America's most beloved comic icons isn't kidding. Dangerfield has seen every aspect of the entertainment industry: the rough-and-tumble nightclubs, the backstage gag-writing sessions, the drugs, the hookers, the lousy day jobs - and the red-carpet star treatment. As he traces his route from a poor childhood on Long Island to his…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 7.95" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



I Was a Male Hooker



How Can I Get a Job Like That?



Plans for Conquering the World



Very Naked from the Waist Up



I Needed $3,000 to Get Out of Jail



Why Didn't You Tell Me You Were Funny?



Some Show Business on the Side



I Am Not High!



Can I Have Your Autograph and More Butter?



Let the Good Times Roll



A Night with Lenny Bruce



Stuck in a Bag of Mixed Nuts



I'm Not Going!



Three Lucky Breaks



Turkeys in Wheelchairs



My Heart Started Doing Somersaults



End of the Line


Acknowledgments