Some More of Albert Brooks
- Oct 15, 2024
- 1 min read
A while back, I mentioned that after watching the HBO documentary on Albert Brooks, I decided to start posting some of my favorite of his comedy bit, mostly his inspired, lunatic appearances on The Tonight Show. As they mention in the documentary, he never used material from his act but always came up with new material for the performance. And they are just classic gems.]
In the first days of Saturday Night Live, Brooks made a series of wonderful short films for the show. I think maybe this was the first. It's his wonderful "Albert Brooks School for Famous Comedians."
[CORRECTIONS: Thanks to the inveterate Chris Dunn and Dr. Buzz, Greg Van Buskirk, for correcting me on this. The short film was actually made for a wonderful PBS series, The Great American Dream Machine, before SNL went on the air. And as it happens, this is the film that caught the eye of NBC which is what eventually got Brooks making his subsequent short films for Saturday Night Live.]
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