It's not easy bein' me : a lifetime of no respect but plenty of sex and drugs / Rodney Dangerfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dangerfield, Rodney, 1921-2004.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dangerfield, Rodney, 1921-2004.

Dangerfield, Rodney.

Comedians--United States--Biography.

Comedians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

It's not easy being me

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperEntertainment, [2004]

Summary:

An American comic icon tells the story of his second-act rise from obscurity to multimedia stardom. Rodney Dangerfield traces his route from a poor childhood on Long Island to his enshrinement as a comedy legend, taking readers on a roller-coaster ride through a life that has been alternately touching, sordid, funny, raunchy, and uplifting."

Contents:

Chapter 1 I Was a Male Hooker 3

Chapter 2 How Can I Get a Job Like That? 29

Chapter 3 Plans for Conquering the World 43

Chapter 4 Very Naked from the Waist Up 49

Chapter 5 I Needed $3,000 to Get Out of Jail 63

Chapter 6 Why Didn't You Tell Me You Were Funny? 77

Chapter 7 Some Show Business on the Side 91

Chapter 8 I Am Not High! 111

Chapter 9 Can I Have Your Autograph and More Butter? 125

Chapter 10 Let the Good Times Roll 137

Chapter 11 A Night with Lenny Bruce 155

Chapter 12 Stuck in a Bag of Mixed Nuts 191

Chapter 13 I'm Not Going! 213

Chapter 14 Three Lucky Breaks 225

Chapter 15 Turkeys in Wheelchairs 237

Chapter 16 My Heart Started Doing Somersaults 245

Chapter 17 End of the Line 257.

Notes:

With a foreword by Jim Carrey.

ISBN:

0066211077

OCLC:

55146224