Ok, it's not really such a comedy, unless you‚ consider the comedy of embarrassment, humiliation and pain. Scorsese and DeNiro followed Raging Bull with this unexpected gem, a bracingly offbeat‚ portrait of a wannabe comic who'll do just about anything to impress his idol, a‚ jaded talk show host‚ played (brilliantly) by Jerry Lewis.‚ Audiences didn't get‚ it in 1982, but it's come to be recognized as one of the director's finest, sort of‚ a skewed reimagining of Taxi Driver. Josh Olson hosts Trailers From Hell's official podcast, THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME. Join Josh and his, ummm, "co-host" Joe Dante in conversation with filmmakers, comedians, and all-around interesting people about the movies that made them who they are. Check it out now, and please subscribe wherever podcasts can be found. iTunes: https://goo.gl/MGhMML Spotify: https://goo.gl/hPPtoL Libsyn: https://goo.gl/aAR1bo RSS: https://goo.gl/3faeG7 As always, you can find more commentary, more reviews, and more deep-dives into the films you don't know you love yet over on the Trailers From Hell mothership: http://www.trailersfromhell.com Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/trailersfromhel Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trailersfromhell Check us out on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trailersfromhell