The Treatment

Judd Apatow

Host:

Elvis Mitchell

Produced by:

Gemma Dempsey

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Pettiness and self-absorption…now, that’s the stuff of comedy. At least it is for writer-director Judd Apatow (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Cable Guy, Freaks & Geeks, The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show), as he showed in The 40-Year Old Virgin and his newest, Knocked Up.

Judd talks about his career as an actor and writer and how both influenced his directing; the importance of honesty, anger and timing in comedy; the impact of films such as The Last Detail and Broadcast News; his surprise at the underwhelming reaction to The Cable Guy and the fact that fewer personal or 'relationship comedies' such as Annie Hall are being today than once were.

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Judd Apatow: Writer-director of 'Knocked Up'

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