>>> JAKE LACY'S STAR HAS BEEN RISING PRETTY QUICKLY THE LAST
FEW YEARS. IF YOU'RE A FAN OF "GIRLS" YOU
KNOW HIM AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LOVE INTERESTS.
>> NOW, HE'S TRYING HIS HAND AS A STANDUP COMEDIAN IN THE
SHOWTIME SERIES, "I'M DYING UP HERE."
HERE'S A PEEK. >> EXCUSE ME, DORIS.
WOULD YOU SOLVE SOMETHING FOR US.
IF WE TELL YOU A JOKE, WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHO IS FUNNIEST?
>> WHO IS PAYING? >> HE IS.
>> SHE'S THE FUNNIEST. >> YEAH.
>> JAKE LACY, GOOD MORNING. >> HOW ARE YOU?
>> SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMEDY IN THE '70s.
IT'S MORE OF A DARK SHOW. >> WE DIVE INTO THE LIVES
SOMEWHAT ON STAGE AND OFF, FOR THE COMICS.
IN THE '70s IN L.A., THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OF COMEDY, BECAUSE
CARSON HAD MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO L.A.
A LOT OF KIDS AND HOPES AND SOME SKILL, WOUND UP THERE TRYING TO
MAKE IT. WE EXPLORE THAT WORLD.
>> IT'S SET IN THE '70s. YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT INTO THE --
THOSE ARE YOUR SIDE BURNS THAT YOU GREW?
>> THEY SAID, GROW OUT YOUR FACIAL HAIR AND WE'LL DO WHATHAE
WANT. I GOT THERE.
AND THEY SETTLED ON THE CHOPS. >> THAT'S MY HAIR, AND MY CHOPS.
NOT MY FACE. YEAH.
WE WERE IN L.A. MY WIFE CAME OUT AND VISITED.
WE WENT TO A ROLLER RINK. THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE FUN.
AND IT WAS LIKE -- I'M AN ACTOR. YOU HAVE WEIRD HOURS.
WE WERE SKATING AROUND. SHE'S LIKE, I'M GOING TO TAKE A
BREAK. GREAT.
AND IT WOUND UP BEING ME AND A DOZEN 10-YEAR-OLD GIRLS, AS I --
ME, STILL, JUST HALFWAY LIKE, YEAH.
>> FULL CHOPS AND DOING LITTLE LAPS.
THE PARENTS WERE SLOWLY LEAVING THEIR BEER AND PIZZA TO EYE --
>> THAT GUY. >> I PICKED UP ON IT.
I'LL PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK. PROBABLY GET SOME WATER.
A LITTLE STRETCH. >> YOU HAD QUITE AN AMAZING -- I
HAD THE WHOLE PICTURE IN MY HEAD.
>> WITH A LOT OF ANGRY DADS. WATCHING LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO MY -- THAT'S MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
>> THEY SAY IT LIKE THAT? GOODNESS.
>> "GIRLS," "THE OFFICE." HAS IT SUNK IN YET?
>> IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF YEARS.
I FEEL LIKE THE LUCKIEST KID. IF I CAN PLAN THIS, IT WOULD GO
THIS WAY. I GOT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO I
ADMIRED OR I WAS A FAN OF OR I WATCHED BEFORE.
AND TO SORT OF BE LIKE, HEY, PICK YOUR FAVORITE SHOW.
NOW, YOU GET TO BE ON IT. AND WITH THIS, IT'S LIKE PICK
YOUR FAVORITE ERA, PICK YOUR FAVORITE ELEMENT OF ENTERTAIN
OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN. I DID STANDUP ONE TIME IN TEXAS,
WHILE I WAS SHOOTING A MOVIE. >> WAS IT TERRIFYING?
>> IT WAS TERRIFYING. ONE OF THE MOST FULFILLING
EXPERIENCES BECAUSE IT WENT WELL.
>> THAT'S GOOD. >> TOOT TOOT.
>> IT WAS LIGHTSOUT, EVERYBODY. PRETTY COOL.
>> WE HAVE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL. YOU STAY HERE.
YOU CAN KEEP US LAUGHING. >> GREAT.
>> DID YOU JUST TOOT TOOT YOURSELF?