I'm Dying Up Here Quotes

“For a stand-up comic, a minute on TV without a laugh was death. And Carson was adamant about the formula. He had recently stopped by the Improv to see Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman perform and had pronounced both of them “not ready,” telling Budd Friedman, “They’re funny, but they don’t have six minutes.” By”
― William Knoedelseder, I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era