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Credited cast: | |||
Richard Lewis | ... | Billy Goldstein / Gondola | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dom DeLuise | |||
George Jessel | |||
Stacy Keach | |||
Linda Kerridge | ... | Marilyn Monroe double | |
Bill Macy | |||
Gary Mule Deer | ... | Self | |
Nina van Pallandt | ... | (as Nina Van Pallandt) |
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.
I really like Richard Lewis, more as a concept than the actual performance. This movie is not autobiographical, the character he plays is much less neurotic than his stand up performances. It stands up okay as made-for-TV fair, I remember first seeing it during the summer when Saturday Night Live took its vacation. Basic story is a young stand-up tries to figure out how he should perform.. He tries all the different styles, impressionist, prop comic, insulting comic, but in the end finds out he should just be himself. Cameos by old school comics don't do a whole lot, and the Marilyn Monroe look a like girlfriend goes nowhere. Not bad, just TV fare. I give it a 6.