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Friday, February 10, 2006 12:00 AM

When good comedians go bad

Remember when Steve Martin, Albert Brooks and Woody Allen were funny? What on earth happened to our favorite funnymen?

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  • Friday, February 10, 2006 03:13 PM

    Imagine Peter Sellers today

    In today's controlling invasive tabloid culture, a certifiable wack job like Peter Sellers would be run right out of Hollywood. Imagine trying to make him take a urine test! (That's a hilarious thought, actually.) Without a urine test, nobody would insure him. And he would be declared a poor role model. He'd never be able to hire a decent publicist. And imagine what Peter Sellers would DO to a publicist. He'd be doomed.

    We should just consider ourselves lucky that once upon a time, he happened.

    And now I'm going to go back to pretending this movie didn't come out, thank you.

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