喜剧之王

痴迷脱口秀笑话表演的鲁帕（Robert De Niro 饰）梦想自己也能站在舞台上享受观众的欢呼，借疯狂粉丝玛莎（Sandra Bernhard 饰）创造的机会，鲁帕得以和脱口秀明星杰瑞交谈，鲁帕踌躇满志的自我介绍，虽然杰瑞敷衍了事，但鲁帕仍视自己为杰瑞的好友。为了能在心爱的丽塔面前出人头地，鲁帕不惜一些代价要获得与杰瑞同台表演的机会，另一方面杰瑞被鲁帕的纠缠搞到忍无可忍，将鲁帕与并不知情的丽塔赶出家门。杰瑞的行为激怒了鲁帕，他与玛莎合作绑架杰瑞，威胁电视台播放自己的表演，鲁帕终于如愿以偿，掀起一场轩然大波…… 　　本片获1984年英国电影学院奖最佳剧本奖，1984年伦敦影评人协会奖年度电影奖，1984年全美影评人协会奖最佳女配角奖。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.