Michael Aguilar

Executive Producer, "I'm Dying Up Here"

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Executive Producer, "I'm Dying Up Here"

Michael Aguilar on KCRW

Starring Melissa Leo, Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” follows a group of young comedians struggling to make it big on the Sunset Strip in the 1970s.

The highs -- and many lows -- of being a standup comedian

Starring Melissa Leo, Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” follows a group of young comedians struggling to make it big on the Sunset Strip in the 1970s.

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