thecheers.org popular Aug 31, 09 11:16 am — In 1979, a handful of L.A. standup comics, who I still refer to as the Fabulous Fourteen, tried to blackmail a comedy club owner into paying cash for their services. It was a quasi labor dispute argued by huge egos on both si...
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Aug 31, 09 07:10 pm
Reply to eifu:
Nine comics, of whom I was one, stayed with The World Famous Comedy Store.
So Lue was a Comedy Scab... ( scabs are people who stay with the company as strikebreakers ) (( in case you didnt know ))
That would have been a better book title" Comedy Scab
Those are not the Golden Age of Comedy... that would have been the three stooges, marx brothers, jack benny, laurel and hardy, charlie chaplin...not letterman fer gods sake.
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eifu
This story is written by the comedian who who was part of the old comedy store comedians company, played in the same basketball team back in 78' with David Letterman, and is now still performing, writing and enjoying life.