The Comedian's Guide to Survival

Year: 2016

Country: UK

Tagline: One man's journey around the world to discover the secret of comedy.

Plot: Struggling comedian James Mullinger (based on the eponymous, real-life comedian) has come to a crossroads in his life; no one wants to see him perform, his wife is fed up, and his day time boss has given him an ultimatum - take a promotion and never do stand up again, or stick to the comedy and lose his job. To add salt to the wound, his boss sends him to L.A. to interview some of the greatest comedians alive for the magazine. Through spending time with his former heroes, a faint glimmer of his passion for stand-up comedy begins to stir again...Failed comedian James Mullinger comes to a crossroads in his life: take a promotion and never do stand up again, or stick to the comedy and lose his job. James then decides to embark on a journey of self-discovery to figure out if he should be making people laugh after all.

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