#182 - Albert Brooks: Confidently Wrong

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We discuss the directorial oeuvre of funnyman Albert Brooks and his films REAL LIFE, MODERN ROMANCE, and LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. This week on the Patreon episode we watched Duke Mitchell in GONE WITH THE POPE. Become a Patreon subscriber for $5 a month and get an exclusive episode every week! www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0	Hello, my name Justin Kluor, I'm here today with Will Sloan.
0:07.6	And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.
0:09.5	And today, we're going to get funny because we're talking about Albert Brooks.
0:13.8	Why don't they have Halloween in India?
0:17.1	Because they took away the Gandhi.
0:19.7	Just one of many memorable moments from Albert Brooks' because they took away the Gandhi.
0:26.5	Just one of many memorable moments from Albert Brooks's most recent directorial effort.
0:28.4	Probably last directorial effort.
0:31.4	Probably at this point, looking for comedy in the Muslim world.
0:37.5	Now, Albert Brooks is known to most people as the guy that voices Hank Scorpio in the Simpsons.
0:39.5	And Jacques, who they forgets, Jack.
0:40.5	I think a couple other characters as well.
0:41.7	Everyone's forgotten Jacques.
0:42.8	Come on, let's be honest.
0:45.2	Well, Jacques was in the opening credits for years.
0:45.7	You remember? That's right.
0:46.6	He also redid the Hank Scorpio and the forgettable villain in the Simpsons movie.
0:51.5	That's right.
0:52.2	And Albert Brooks' strange career.
0:57.2	You know, he pops up in strange places.
1:01.9	He's very revered by comedians and filmmakers, a real comics comic.
1:08.1	I mean, in the 70s, he was a regular on the Johnny Carson show, the Merv Griffin Show, stuff like that. I was watching some bits from his Johnny Carson years, and then he went on to do them in comedy,
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