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I got to watch this. When he would be on Carson he would just kill it. He was my favorite comic back then though lots of folks couldn’t get past Steve Martin. He is so fucking funny.

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Watched it a couple nights ago.  Excellent.  You forget all the movies he was in for awhile there.  "Lost in America" is one of my all time favs.  "The Desert Inn has heart!"

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52 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Watched it a couple nights ago.  Excellent.  You forget all the movies he was in for awhile there.  "Lost in America" is one of my all time favs.  "The Desert Inn has heart!"

 

The nest egg speech was incredible.

 

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Really good documentary, and I’m glad Reiner touched on the absurdity of the name “Albert Einstein” and the legendary tale of the passing of Parkyakarkus.

I also watched Defending Your Life the other day (I think the NYT prompted me with a blurb). The doc led me to Modern Romance, which I’ve never seen before. Found it on Tubi, which may actually have some worthwhile content (I’ve never tried it before). I watched a few minutes late at night to see if I wanted to continue, and I’ll finish it soon. Cringe-inducing relationship self-destruction is a theme with which the younger Vito can identify.

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I always believed, or at least suspected, that As Good As it Gets was written for him, as the role was absolutely perfect for him and he'd had success with James L Brooks in the past.

But that's just pure speculation on my part.

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On 11/16/2023 at 9:28 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Defending your life really is a tremendous piece of art. 

Up there with Groundhog Day as a comedy with a metaphysical storyline/outlook that really sticks with you decades later. 

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Albert Brooks feels like one of those guys for whom there’s an age line where people older than the line know him and people younger have never heard of him at all. 

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If you haven't seen Modern Romance, it has his two greatest set pieces - buying running equipment from his brother, Super Dave, and the space special effects running sequence.  It was my introduction to hm and remains my favorite.

 

 

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