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The King of comedy

Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic. The ransom: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine.

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  • "Valse des pantins, français"
  • "valse des pantins"

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  • "Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic. The ransom: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine."@en
  • "Jerry Langford, a talk show host, is kidnapped by Rupert Pupkin, a stand-up comic. The ransom is an appearance on Langford's show."
  • "Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic who is short on talent but long on ambition. The ransom demand: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine."
  • "Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic who is short on talent but long on ambition. The ransom demand: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine."@en
  • "Rupert Pupkin is an aspiring comic and obsessive fan of TV comedian Jerry Langford. Fired with the ambition to score a spot on Jerry's show, Rupert insinuates himself into his hero's limo as another fan, Marsha, is being extricated from the back seat. Langford is as charming as he is dismissive. And when it eventually dawns upon the ingenous Rupert that being nice is not enough, he conspires with Marsha in a sensationally irresponsible scheme to beat defeat."@en
  • "Rupert Pupkin rêve de devenir le nouveau roi du rire. Employé des télécommunications, il passe l'essentiel de son temps à répéter des numéros comiques et à traquer les célébrités pour compléter sa collection d'autographes. Un soir, il parvient à approcher son idole, Jerry Longford, un présentateur de talk-show humoristique qui lui suggère de contacter sa secrétaire. Le lendemain, Pupkin se présente au bureau de Longford, persuadé qu'il va passer à la télévision. Après s'être fait remercier plusieurs fois, Pupkin décide d'employer la manière forte et met au point un stratagème avec la complicité de Masha, une fan dérangée... (Source : jaquette)."
  • ""A not-so-funny thing happens to talk show host Jerry Langford on his way to the studio one morning; he is kidnapped by an aspiring stand-up comic. The kidnapper's ransom demand is a guest appearance on Langford's hit TV show. ... Pupkin, whose only audience has been a tape recorder and large cardboard cutouts of his idols, is already a legend in his own mind, and, in relentless pursuit of stardom, will risk everything to topple Langford as 'the King of Comedy.' Unable to land a spot on Langford's late-night talk show, Pupkin joins in a bizarre scheme to kidnap the popular TV host with a wacky, romantically-obsessed Langford fan, Sandra Bernard"--Videodisc sleeve."@en
  • "Black comedy about a show-business hanger-on and world class loser who idolizes America's top TV comedian/talk-show host and concocts a bizarre scheme to get on his program."@en
  • "Obsessed with becoming a chat-show host, an aspiring comedian kidnaps his idol and ransoms him for a spot on the show."
  • "A not-so-funny thing happens to talk show host Jerry Langford on his way to the studio one day. He is kidnapped by an aspiring stand-up comic. The ransom: an appearance on Langford's show to perform the comic's routine."@en
  • "A funny thing happens to talk show host Jerry Langford on his way to the studio...kidnapped by stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin (De Niro) and his wacky sidekick. Langford (Lewis) is forced to give Pupkin a shot at the big time by allowing the struggling comic to perform his routine on Langford's show. What unfolds is an incredibly funny and poignant story about the darker side of comedy. DVD."@en
  • ""Obsessed with becoming a chat show host, an aspiring comedian kidnaps his idol and ransoms him for a spot on the show."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed."
  • "Desperate to be a star, struggling stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin enlists the aid of his fanatical friend Masha to kidnap talk show host Jerry Langford. The ransom? A guest spot for Pupkin."@en
  • ""Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine." -- IMDb website."

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