Diary of a Young Comic (1979)
Overview
A time capsule of the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s, "Diary of a Young Comic" casts Richard Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself - a young New York comic who comes out to Los Angeles to seek his fame and fortune.
Cast
Richard Lewis
Billy Goldstein / Gondola
Dom DeLuise
Himself
George Jessel
Himself
Bill Macy
Herbert Gondolstein
Stacy Keach
Mr. Porzinski
Michael Lerner
Norman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
Linda Kerridge
Billy's neighbor
Gary Mule Deer
Himself
Nina van Pallandt
Herself
Richard Dimitri
Dr. Alexander Biff Mendez - Billy's therapist
Bernie Brillstein
Himself
Murphy Dunne
Budd Friedman
Himself
Bryan Gordon
Bunny Summers
Bunny Gondolstein
Tim Thomerson
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