FOR THE RECORD - Sept. 1, 2009
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‘I’m Dying Up Here’: A review in Thursday’s Calendar of William Knoedelseder’s book “I’m Dying Up Here,” a history of L.A.’s 1970s stand-up comedy scene, attributed the quote “I can be broke anywhere; I might as well be broke where it’s warm” to Elayne Boosler. The line was said by Marsha Warfield. The review also said Boosler was 21 when she moved to Los Angeles; the book does not say how old she was.
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