This week we talk with special guest Eleanor Russell about that one time when Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro tried to make a comedy as their follow-up to Raging Bull. King of Comedy stars De Niro, Jerry Lewis, and the incredible Sandra Bernhard.
Spoilers: we are all Rupert Pupkin, Joker talk, obsessive fandom, Liza Minelli/Martin Scorsese/Mikhail Baryshnikov love triangle, Jerry Lewis wrapped in duct tape, is this a Taxi Driver multiverse?
Special Guest: Eleanor Russell! Eleanor has a PhD in Theater Drama from Northwestern University, and she writes about comedy. You can follow her @eleanoir on Twitter.
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Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beige
Cover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley