Almost since the day I started doing standup.At least twice a week, someone once knowing that I am comedian will say ..."Have you seen that movie with Sally Field and Tom Hanks...its Just like you.!!!!!!!!!!" I say "Oh you mean the movie PUNCHLINE." Many of them arent to sure of the title, but they are positive that this movie is just my story come to life. OH YES YES....its just like that. Lets all examine the film closely and see for ourselves.
Firstly Sally works several nights a week at an open mic at the same club, with the same comics each week.....Im buying it.... Next she has a dressing room/green room where they can all hang out before and during the show. I haven't seen one of those yet...but who knows what the future holds. The club is huge and there's a decent size audience ... possible. Sally doesn't even have to drag four bodies with her each time. Shes married to John Goodman, and befriends a young handsome yet bitter male comic. Ive met a few. He persuades her that she needs to talk to her audience more to find her comedic voice. She does.... and shes instantly good at it....She does it for long sets ... one montage after another. OK 5 minutes at a time....maybe with good editing. Then Tom 10-15 yrs younger than her falls in love with her. Sally loves her lovable tub of lard at home....John Goodman... and resists fucking Tom Hanks, the hot young comics brains out. Being friends with him will have to be enough. She realises that she is in love with his Talent and Comedic Stylings,and that is all they can ever share. What is totally unbeleavable is .... She takes cabs to and from NJ.....where does she live?????????? Next to the toll booth on the Jersey side of the Holland tunnel. Other than the cab thing......OHHHH YESSSS IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Now that you have completely pigeon holed me.....dont you feel better. Thank god she didnt see the movie,This is My Life, with Julie Kavner and Winona Ryder.
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