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Neil Hamburger: The World's Funnyman  (2006)


N/A|1 Jan, 2006|49 min
Released
Neil Hamburger, clearly has a larger following in Australia, where these performances were taped, than he does in America. In Los Angeles, small, dingy nightclubs host Hamburger, the nervous, nerdy comedian who clumsily delivers one-liners about rock musicians ranging from Britney Spears to Madonna to Michael Jackson to Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. But The World's Funnyman boasts footage of Hamburger cracking jokes at a huge music festival, and footage of his main act reveals a near-stadium-sized Sydney club packed with fans. This DVD contains two "concerts," a short, fictionalized performance in which Hamburger takes on a Malaysian crowd, some music video clips, and a Canadian documentary analyzing Hamburger's genius. Hamburger, part Jerry Lewis, and part Andy Kaufman, has a fiercely commanding stage presence despite his cultivated meek demeanor, making his talent apparent. Sometimes funny, sometimes too weird for words, Neil Hamburger is definitely a character.
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Keywords
stand-up comedy
awkwardness
anti-comedy

Casts

Gregg Turkington
Gregg Turkington
Neil Hamburger

Crews

Brendan Walls
Director
Steve Moramarco
Producer
Steve Moramarco
Editor
Gregg Turkington
Gregg Turkington
Producer
Brendan Walls
Camera Operator
Alison Wall
Camera Operator
Wayne DZ
Camera Operator

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