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"DON'T GET ME STARTED!" I saw this film in the theater and I had to buy the DVD because I missed a lot of lines 'cause I was laughing so hard!! I admit that I've been a Billy Crystal fan since "Soap". But, as the movie follows the career of his Saturday Night Live character, Buddy Young, Jr., the dialog between him and Oscar-nominated David Paymer is priceless, whether they're being serious siblings past their prime or as agent and client during the Golden Age Of Television. With an excellent supporting cast which includes Helen Hunt, Julie Warner and Ron Silver (with cameos by Jerry Lewis and Jerry Orbach), I found this movie funny, heart-warming and poignant, too! It's been 25 years and I still quote lines from it during random conversations unbeknownst to those who haven't seen it! I hope you're not one of them.

In the network's attempt to entice viewer participation from the tremendously popular Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, this short-lived game show's concept was to have celebrities read jokes from viewers and have the audience rate the joke from +100 to -100. At the end of the show, the sender of the highest (best) and lowest (worst) joke would win a prize. Being that I was twelve years old at the time, I mailed in a handful of jokes on post cards (remember those?). Two of which were read - even though they were duplicates from other viewers - one receiving a +12 and the other a +20. No prize for me. But, lots of fun watching.