Cracking Up (1994)

Synopsis
An unscrupulous stand up comedian attempts to claw his way to the top pf the game in this tragic-comic tale of backstabbing and butt-kissing. Danny Gold is an aspiring stand up comic whose overactive aggression drives him to crush anyone who appears to be standing in the way of his success, but when you make so many enemies on the way to the top what happens when there's no place to go but down? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide