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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (Documentary by Rob Reiner) now on Max
Posted on 11/13/23 at 9:58 am
Posted on 11/13/23 at 9:58 am
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
From stand-up to acting to writing and directing, Albert Brooks has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s. With testimonials from comedians, friends, family, and Brooks himself, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life explores the origins and evolution of Brooks’ career, the impetus for his creativity, and his enduring impact on comedy.
HBO Trailer on YouTube
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For Albert Brooks fans, this is highly entertaining. You can see that he can relax enough with his best friend Rob Reiner to open up about his famous father and his mother, and his early career. These and other topics that he's always seemed hesitant to discuss in interviews and documentaries. I've never heard him talk so much about his father, who was a famous film and radio comedian.
In our house, he's a favorite. My wife and I have Modern Romance and Lost in America pretty much memorized. The fact that he invented the "mockumentary" and predicted the rise and ridiculous state of reality television with Real Life (1979) is still astounding.
From stand-up to acting to writing and directing, Albert Brooks has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s. With testimonials from comedians, friends, family, and Brooks himself, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life explores the origins and evolution of Brooks’ career, the impetus for his creativity, and his enduring impact on comedy.
HBO Trailer on YouTube
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For Albert Brooks fans, this is highly entertaining. You can see that he can relax enough with his best friend Rob Reiner to open up about his famous father and his mother, and his early career. These and other topics that he's always seemed hesitant to discuss in interviews and documentaries. I've never heard him talk so much about his father, who was a famous film and radio comedian.
In our house, he's a favorite. My wife and I have Modern Romance and Lost in America pretty much memorized. The fact that he invented the "mockumentary" and predicted the rise and ridiculous state of reality television with Real Life (1979) is still astounding.
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Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:10 am to Fewer Kilometers
I really like Albert Brooks but I hate Rob Reiner so much I'm not sure I can watch this. 
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:15 am to coolpapaboze
quote:
I really like Albert Brooks but I hate Rob Reiner so much I'm not sure I can watch this.
This.
I love Albert Brooks...grew up on Lost in America. LOVE Defending Your Life.
But Rob Reiner...ugh.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:15 am to coolpapaboze
quote:
I really like Albert Brooks but I hate Rob Reiner so much I'm not sure I can watch this.
This.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
I still want that omelet he gets for breakfast.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:34 am to coolpapaboze
quote:
I really like Albert Brooks but I hate Rob Reiner so much I'm not sure I can watch this.
Yup.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:45 am to SidetrackSilvera
quote:Just don't say nest egg. The bird lives in a round stick. And you have things over easy on toast.
I still want that omelet he gets for breakfast.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:55 am to Fewer Kilometers
The clownfish isn't very funny.
Super Dave's little brother, born Albert Einstein. It's a lot to unpack.
Super Dave's little brother, born Albert Einstein. It's a lot to unpack.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:58 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Just don't say nest egg. The bird lives in a round stick. And you have things over easy on toast.
It's astonishing how often I say this line.
I'll also occasionally sing, "The Desert Inn has heart."
Posted on 11/13/23 at 10:59 am to Ace Midnight
quote:He doesn't mention his brother Bob much, but when he quotes him, he does it in Bob's voice, which always makes me laugh.
Super Dave's little brother, born Albert Einstein. It's a lot to unpack.
The Super Bob Einstein Movie on Max is a great companion documentary to this Albert Brooks doc.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 11:31 am to Fewer Kilometers
He was great in Drive and Out of Sight also
Posted on 11/13/23 at 11:43 am to SidetrackSilvera
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I still want that omelet he gets for breakfast.
That's the first thing I think of whenever I see a Defending Your Life reference
Posted on 11/13/23 at 11:53 am to Ace Midnight
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Super Dave's little brother, born Albert Einstein.
I did not know that!
Posted on 11/13/23 at 1:29 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I need to watch this.
Brooks’ father, Harry Parke aka Parkyakarkus, famously died just after he did his set at the Friar’s Club roast of Lucy and Desi Arnez.
He’d just had heart surgery and it was his first major appearance afterward. The whole thing just turned into a giant clusterfrick once he collapsed because people thought it was a bit when Milton Berle asked if there was a doctor in the house.
Brooks’ father, Harry Parke aka Parkyakarkus, famously died just after he did his set at the Friar’s Club roast of Lucy and Desi Arnez.
He’d just had heart surgery and it was his first major appearance afterward. The whole thing just turned into a giant clusterfrick once he collapsed because people thought it was a bit when Milton Berle asked if there was a doctor in the house.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 4:11 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Rob Reiner
Big no. One of the biggest wackjobs I've ever seen.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 6:17 pm to SidetrackSilvera
My fav part of the movie next to the Broccoli and Pie scene.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 6:51 pm to teke184
quote:After Bob Einstein’s episode of Comedians in Cars Getting coffee (where he explained his father’s death and how the comedians used the funeral to do their bits instead of eulogizing him, and how it drove him to not wanting to be in show business) they play an old interview with Milton Berle where he describes that famous Friars Roast.
Brooks’ father, Harry Parke aka Parkyakarkus, famously died just after he did his set at the Friar’s Club roast of Lucy and Desi Arnez.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:03 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I believe it is from the Friar’s Club documentary that I’ve seen, which I believe is called “Let me in, I hear laughter!”
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:28 pm to JackDempsey
I always felt like they told him to just be yourself for Taxi Driver.
He was Goldie Hawn's husband, that died on their wedding night, in Private Benjamin.
I really felt sorry for him in Broadcast News. I read his on-air scene where he sweated profusely, was his idea, after he saw some new guy on CNN actually do that.
I think he could have done some roles that Charles Grodin got.
He was Goldie Hawn's husband, that died on their wedding night, in Private Benjamin.
I really felt sorry for him in Broadcast News. I read his on-air scene where he sweated profusely, was his idea, after he saw some new guy on CNN actually do that.
I think he could have done some roles that Charles Grodin got.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:40 pm to Fewer Kilometers
The documentary reminded me how respected he is as a filmmaker.
The Garry Marshall scene in Lost in America is hilarious.
The Garry Marshall scene in Lost in America is hilarious.
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