Albert Brooks Is Funnier Than You Think

July, 1983

It's Thanksgiving Eve in NBC studio 6-A, and Albert Brooks is talking about bowling."In every bowling alley, there's a room just a little bit larger than this desk called the pro shop," he tells David Letterman. "It's full of balls and shoes, because that's really all bowling is. Now, there's this guy who works in one in L.A.—he's a nice guy—and if you listen to him on the phone, he keeps going. 'No problem! No problem!' What are people saying to him? 'A giant landed from outer sp...

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