James L. Brooks
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774
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Appearances Over Time
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And he's seminal.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
He started performance art, I think.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
There was a time when he was wrestling.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
He wrestled women.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
He insulted women and then said, wrestle me, I can beat any women.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Then they would really wrestle.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And then he went in a real wrestling ring and got hurt.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And it was a front page story because he was known at that point.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
You're just going to sue the guy.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
What a live wire.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And he wanted a rematch.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
If you watch the thing, it's a body slam where he's upside down and a guy holding him goes like that so that you're wincing.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
But when you really slow it down, you see that it was set up.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
You see that he stopped just short of the slam and they made the noise.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Yeah.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Yeah, sort of.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And Tony showed up with two prostitutes one day.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
That adds up.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Yeah.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Wow.