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It's Not Easy Bein' Me threads these anecdotes with a rich collection of some of Dangerfield's best material on everything from sex: "People think I get plenty of girls. I go to a drive-in movies and o push-ups in the backseat of my car"; to marriage: "I remember before we were married, I told my wife, 'Honey, I love you. Will you marry me?' She said, 'If you really loved me, you wouldn't ask me to do that"; to, his favorite, disrespect: "I went to the store to buy some rat poison and the clerk said, 'Shall I wrap it, or do you want to eat it here?"

Even if you don't know much about stand up comedy, Dangerfield's life is interesting as a chronicle of the American entertainment industry, from the very bottom to the top.

As the subtitle (A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs) describes, along the way Dangerfield encounters lots of sex (I don't think he wanted to leave out a single tryst) and lots of drugs, but it's his initiative and unwillingness to give up and especially his ability to find humor in even the most difficult situations is the real juicy part here, and one that should inspire even the most defeated of aspiring stars to give it another try.