"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."
Richard Lewis
as Billy Goldstein / Gondola
Dom DeLuise
as Himself
George Jessel
Bill Macy
as Herbert Gondolstein
Stacy Keach
as Mr. Porzinski
Michael Lerner
as Billy's agent
Linda Kerridge
as Billy's neighbor
Gary Mule Deer
Nina van Pallandt
as Herself
Richard Dimitri
as Billy's therapist
Gary Weis
Director
Erik Daarstad
Cinematography
Writer
Bennett Tramer
Loudon Wainwright III
Music
Terry Climer
Editor