Hello, my name's Justin the Klu, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And this week, we're ready to laugh because we're returning to one of our favorite subjects,

big screen comedian failures.

I believe this is the fourth time we've done this. Previously, we've done big screen comedian failures episodes I believe this is the fourth time we've done this.

Previously, we've done big screen comedian failures episodes on S&L alumni, Canadians, and Miscellaneous.

And now we're doing talk show hosts.

And to just further define the premise, this is comedians who were successful in other realms, be it TV, stand up, sketch comedy, miscellaneous,

who tried their hand at feature films, you know, tried to become the next Jim Carrey and had one

movie, one huge out-of-the-gate attempt, and it didn't work.

Maybe some of these people had two.

Yeah.

Maybe even they play supporting roles in other films. But like there's the one that was like, this is your shot and it didn't work. And, you know, there were a lot of things to choose from, I feel like we talked about Craig Ferguson. Probably if we're going to talk about a talk show host that we enjoyed, that would probably be number one based on the other films

that we're talking about today?

But yeah, we're focusing on talk show hosts for this episode because to be a talk show

host, it's a very particular skill.

Can it translate to movies, though?

Because a talk show host, the idea is, especially, you know, in 10 years ago, you go to millions

of people.

You cannot be an abrasive personality, unless you're David Letterman.

He's the one who got the past.

Well, what you often see with these movies is, or in the careers of people who became

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