The King of Comedy 1982 - A Shot at the Top: The Making of The King of Comedy

[@fio77777]

Huge respect for DeNiro to be so enthusiastic and insistent about doing this role, and fairly early in his career.

[@Johnconno]

😂

[@Ckom-Tunes]

Try to tell kids who thought ‘Joker’ was some kind of breakout, new kind of film, about this…

[@Ckom-Tunes]

@Ughra Yuvakov Not always…

[@Ckom-Tunes]

@Ughra Yuvakov It definitely says a lot about culture, madness and the vapid, hollow, pitiful, cult of celebrity. In that sense things have (unbelievably) only gotten worse. (See: 2022 Academy Awards) I’m genuinely sad for kids today. They don’t have a clue about how bad they’ve got it. They complain like they do but they have no idea… This film was decades ahead of ‘Joker’ and it tells the story far more eloquently! Edit: Your comments were spot on!

[@gloverelaxis]

I thought it was an homage to Taxi Driver, but after just watching TKoC, wow, it really does owe everything to Scorcese, lol.

[@karlaorellana9769]

dude... i was watching this movie and i literally saw the similarities w the joker he seriously played out his delusions of being obsessed, and being in a tonight show js like rupert pupkin

[@garysanders2008]

I saw this movie after I seen Joker and was amazed. King of comedy is a great movie, so is Joker but you can definitely see the inspirations used to fuel that film. I’ve heard Taxi Driver comparisons which I can totally see but after watching the King of Comedy it seemed much more of an inspiration instead of Taxi Driver (in my opinion) The dark lonely feeling definitely was Taxi Driver esque

[@marjorieherrera5131]

It's year 2022 and still relevant. Classic movie. People in the 80s didn't appreciate it then, what a shame.

[@Bernacide]

❤❤❤​@elbob17

[@garyc9908]

I did 😂

[@theoriginaltommysteward]

This movie is brilliant and has become 1,000x more relevant as the years have passed. Cool to see some BTS!

[@keontebattle]

Facts

[@stevesorensen1063]

So underrated. I watched this movie a dozen times. Absolutely brilliant performances as well as written and directed. A true classic movie!!!!

[@sstahl4006]

Exact sentiment. A timeless movie that I never get tired of. Everyone involved was genius in this, especially Jerry Lewis. Scorcese definitely took a gamble with this edgy movie at the time and shot it out of the park.

[@shannon3888]

Watched this for the first time tonight. It was absolutely brilliant. Late to the party but glad I got here eventually.

[@shannon3888]

@Daniel Drader wish I’d got to see it in a theatre to be fair. That would have been very cool. King if comedy surprised me. After hours is one I’d like to watch when I get the chance. Apparently it’s quite good too Bringing out the dead is underrated also.

[@ajhornes]

Bob De Niro is amazing in this. I forgot that I was watching him. He played the character so well. He wanted to be validated and seen so badly that I felt it.

[@Lunchladydoyle]

My first girlfriend was a huge Sandra Bernhard fan and she showed this film to me. I was blown away by it. Decades later I’m glad this film is taking its place as one of Scorsese’s best.

[@steamedhamlet]

Sarah... just absolutely brilliant. What a unique actor. She's so funny and so genuine. Definitely one of a kind. I wish she was in more things

[@LouisFriend-tk8gl]

This reminds me of the man who waited so long he forgot what he was waiting for. Great movie.

[@RETROGEMS]

I loved this little doc. What a masterpiece of a film! I can watch it over & over again & still see new, fresh details in it. And Sandra Bernhard was really funny & honest, especially about the gentrification of the city.

[@opaljk4835]

What about her has to do with gentrification?

[@pikenova48]

A masterpiece!!

[@wanlam8766]

Robert De Niro should win an Oscar with that role. Brilliant.

[@brentcampbell6788]

"I don't know if a film like the king of comedy could ever be made today"- almost 40 yrs later the premise is ripped off for joker lmao

[@richardwagon6433]

Interesting that Robert de Niro agreed to be in that rip off as you call it. I'd say it was hugely inspired by the King of Comedy. Anyway, Joker got so much backlash from the sensitive crowds that are trying to control media these days. They were paranoid that a copy cat would try to emulate Joker and commit acts of violence. If they tried to make this movie today, those same people would call for it to be cancelled because the protagonist psychotically kidnapped someone and held him hostage. Protagonists these days have to be squeaky clean role models that are representative of today's laundry list of demographics that are pandered to by corporations and Hollywood.

[@brentcampbell6788]

@@richardwagon6433 send your essay to your actual teacher my nigga

[@Guilherme-ys4xg]

@@brentcampbell6788 LMFAOOOOO

[@arnoldjack7956]

Great minds think alike

[@TruthAndReconciliation]

@@arnoldjack7956 except you can see some of the scenes directly taken from this movie. It wasn’t parallel thinking, it was direct copying

[@raysville7256]

My friends at the time really hated the movie, but within a year and several viewings they came to adore it.

[@stevenjohn1646]

Same with my friends but once they came around we were all relieved I could finally untie them and let them go back to their families.

[@damianstarks3338]

This movie is a masterpiece along with Taxi Driver like this behind the scenes video.

[@holdencaulfield4808]

This film obviously had a huge influence on Joker.

[@rumwoldleigh2544]

This is my favourite film. De Niro plays me. I've never forgiven him, but my day will also come.

[@traho811]

So, who are you kidnapping, Cobart or Fallen? Leno or Letterman?

[@mottthehoople684]

Elvis Presley once said you cannot live up to an image this film was 20 years ahead of its time

[@Johnmag1976]

" tonight, i think anything could happen " by Masha is also said by Rosanna Arquette in After Hours. Same big Evening by same Martin Scorsese.

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

Superb commentary on a great film. Kudos ! 👏 It's all here : the para relationship with celebrities - always love/hate. What do you want from them ? How Rupert desires to get back at all the people in high school who put him down, doubted him. Telling. I even admired Sandra's courage in criticizing modern Times Square - as all old school NYCers do - it ain't the same city anymore. No it's not. 😢

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

THANK YOU so much for uploading this Featurette for us! This film is one of my all time favourites.

[@stevemorse108]

Masha's character was brilliantly acted; a sense of real craziness...off the wall and completely nuts.Sandra Bernhart is a brilliant actress/performer.

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

Catherine was great Marty....as she was in Goodfellas 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love your Mum ❤

[@dicktease9780]

Great subtle performance from DeNiro.

[@MYRRHfamily]

Sandra Burnhart put up the BEST acting I have ever seen in this movie, and I am an officianado. It is a crime that they didn’t make a sequel, this time centering in her. She’s a phenomenal, one-of-a-kind actor.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Her character being released from prison?

[@kurtmiller1348]

In my top 5 favorite movies of all time with The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Dr. Strangelove, No Country for Old Men and Jaws. I don’t have a particular order😂

[@Victurnertopic]

One of my favorite movies first watch…perfection👌🏾

[@mattsager914]

The 80's almost killed cinema. This remains one of Martin's best.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Rupert Pupkin is the original David Brent and Michael Scott lol

[@traho811]

When i first saw this movie, I thought the straight face of Jerry Lewis the whole movie was comedy.

[@PeterMayer]

I'm obsessed with this film! I mean oops! Seriously, I have been watching it in the last few months and it's grossly underrated Martin Scorsese film.

[@ytubeanon]

this was exactly the kind of thing I wanted to see after watching the movie... interestingly, I just read in IMDB's trivia section "Jerry Lewis suggested that his character be killed by Rupert at the end of the film, but Martin Scorsese rejected his idea." Being at the climax of the film, I wonder if Joker would've still murdered Deniro had Deniro murdered Jerry Lewis or whether Joker would've been forced to do something else for fear of similarity

[@decentviewer5417]

i understand this film slightly different from what Martin Scorsese explained here lol

[@hifijohn]

4:29,I lived in NYC for a few years and was outside watching them film that scene,all the people outside standing are actually just people but anybody walking by is an actor, they just stand there and when the scene starts they start walking.

[@johnjohnson3709]

Yes, loved this video that says it all. One of my favorite movies. It will become a cult movie. It already has in my opinion.

[@LilAlpo1]

This film showed Scorsese's range as a director. When you think about Martin Scorsese movies, the 1st thing to come to your mind is the mafia, and blood shootin' out everywhere gratuitously. So when I watched this for the first time like,...ten years ago, I went in EXPECTING to see some1 get whacked and lots of blood Lol

[@plasticweapon]

ever see last temptation of christ, age of innocence, or silence?

[@LilAlpo1]

@@plasticweapon No

[@plasticweapon]

@@LilAlpo1 then you still haven't seen his range.

[@TECHNOIR]

I love Sandra, she jeers, she cheers, she looks lovely, whip smart, smitten

[@graemefarquharson465]

I don't understand why it was classed as a flop. I enjoyed it and thought it was really funny😂

[@ytubeanon]

cuz it did terrible at the box office in 1983

[@joedicesare6295]

It wasn't meant to be funny.

[@Mojj2099]

@@joedicesare6295 it’s cringey funny and Rupert is pretty funny but when you really think about it I feel sad for him.. he needed help.

[@Brendan-Black]

​@@joedicesare6295 In a dark comedy, satire way, sure it was. There's some funny bits in it for sure.

[@davidperez5089]

Top Three MS films imo. Oh how I regret lending this dvd to a friend and, bye bye KOC!!!

[@l.l.a.s3645]

😔

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Sandra Bernhardt was so Michael Hutchence in that movie.

[@noamsteinerman]

Great stuff

[@PeterMayer]

Great movie.

[@keontebattle]

This movie was heat definitely underrated I feel his pain lol

[@danwilliams1920]

I'm Rupert Pupkin over Sandra Bernhard in this movie. Just love her to death.

[@colinsharp4172]

Remember me from the jojo rabbit episodes ?

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

Thanks for putting this out - I watched it from the library DVD a couple years ago , I think . I gotta get a copy myself - wonder if it's on BlueRay ?

[@stillben]

Did you get a blue ray???

[@graemefarquharson465]

Yeah, try Amazon. You can get 2 blu rays for £13 if you are an Amazon Prime member

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

@@stillben Not yet - It's next on the top of my list !!

[@crimxine6917]

It's free now lol on yt

[@Cablecol]

My mom and I both loved this back in 1985 or so on HBO...she thought Sandra Bernard was great in this...I loved that Jerry Lewis played a serious role.

[@TrayDyer38]

I watch this movie over and over on HBO when I was 12 years old back in 1984. Back then if a movie came out, typically it would be released on HBO about a year later after its original release date. Even at 12 years old, this movie made me feel uncomfortable. I understood what it was about…. I felt embarrassed for Rupert, as I do think everyone who watched the movie because his fantasy were fantasy’s we held at the age of 8 or 10 years old about Hollywood and Fame.

[@phantomfire8228]

2:12

[@MegaLiterally]

Is anybody here able to shed some light on how Masha lived in an expensive townhouse in New York? Was she married to a rich guy?

[@joesix-pack4022]

Rich parents, more likely.

[@badad0166]

8:11 I'm sure it must have been a plant, but I love the "Chock Full O' Nuts" sign. 14:01 I'm so glad they didn't go "big" with the smack down. It makes it more shaming to her and avoids any shtick. The whole film is so tight and close and real and Jerry had chewed enough furniture by then, ya?

[@richardwagon6433]

Things Sandra Bernhard claims: * Scorsese was sexually attracted to her crazy personality * Other directors didn't hire her because they were intimidated by her acting prowess * She alone is responsible for her future roles she forced to happen when the entire industry had it out for her Mmmmmmmkay. Clearly she was born to play the role of Masha.

[@l.l.a.s3645]

She's such a troll 😂

[@blahdeblaaah9445]

When she says she never got another role like this except for the ones she created herself, I believe she may be talking about her one woman shows that she wrote.

[@frankpeter6851]

I did not quite get what you got out of her commentary.

[@vaughancapstick9961]

❤

[@samgilley3160]

17:30 Predicted the rise of the twitch thot

[@RoseSantos-qj4yf]

i have somewhat of a "query": is martin scorsayzee (score says e) a Italian?

[@austinteutsch]

They were jealous of the Jerry character. They didn't respect him. They were of the mind set that they were as good as Jerry, therefore jealous of his massive success. Great movie, but then aren't all of Scorcess' movies?

[@SuperWhofan1]

And then Joker remade this movie shamelessly and not half as good

[@blankpool]

17:28

[@Redmenace96]

Was that Mel Gibson in the leather jacket asking to use the pay phone?

[@Warpedsmac]

Did Mr de Niro mean to drop the revolver into the gutter just before he bundles Jerry into the Merc...was this a genuine mistake or planned...? For me this is so funny and typical of that character...the scene is made by the pistol fumble!!!!!

[@sp-yj5wr]

Also wondering about the butler having trouble opening the door, then Jerry saying "Open the fu**ing door. It takes you 8 minutes to open the door?" Sounds more like Jerry Lewis than his character.

[@Warpedsmac]

@@sp-yj5wr Don't know..perhaps google it. This movie can be watched many times ;each time a new facet.

[@Fafafohi]

Can’t believe Scorsese ripped off the Joker.

[@wet-read]

This is a joke, right?

[@kurtmiller1348]

Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez is desperately trying to figure out how to never take a shit again. She’s collaborating with Beyoncé.

[@davegroves1924]

I broke down and watched this movie, after purposely avoiding it for decades, for the lone reason that anything with DeNiro could not possibly be terrible. It took me probably 15 minutes to begin to get into it but I ended up just loving it. Naturally DeNiro was fabulous as the passive-aggressive lunatic but Bernhard was the ideal 3rd character. An equally pathetic wannabe with boundless energy. Bottom line, a great film in my opinion, with Jerry Lewis playing the "straight man".