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At that time, they liked
what my name represented, and they wanted my name,
and they said, "What do you want to do?" And I had made a short film
years earlier for PBS, The Great American
Dream Machine, where I took an article
I wrote in Esquire, "The Albert Brooks'
Famous School for Comedians," to teach you to be a comedian. Right.
Like a commercial. "Hello!
Do you think you can be funny?" How many times have you gotten
nice laughs at a party?
what my name represented, and they wanted my name,
and they said, "What do you want to do?" And I had made a short film
years earlier for PBS, The Great American
Dream Machine, where I took an article
I wrote in Esquire, "The Albert Brooks'
Famous School for Comedians," to teach you to be a comedian. Right.
Like a commercial. "Hello!
Do you think you can be funny?" How many times have you gotten
nice laughs at a party?
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At that time, they liked
what my name represented,
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and they wanted my name,
and they said,
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"What do you want to do?"
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And I had made a short film
years earlier for PBS,
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The Great American
Dream Machine,
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where I took an article
I wrote in Esquire,
00:00:18.517 --> 00:00:22.001
"The Albert Brooks'
Famous School for Comedians,"
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to teach you to be a comedian.
00:00:23.522 --> 00:00:24.732
Right.
Like a commercial.
00:00:24.732 --> 00:00:26.483
"Hello!
Do you think you can be funny?"
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How many times have you gotten
nice laughs at a party?
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Movie Summary
A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L. Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Jonah Hill.
