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JUDD APATOW: THE RETURN
December 12, 2017  | By David Bianculli

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

 

SPECIAL PREMIERE: The very, very funny Judd Apatow, who has written the screenplays for The 40Year-Old Virgin and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and produced Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Bridesmaids and Trainwreck, takes another page out of the Mel Brooks playbook. After decades as a writer, producer and director, he returns to his standup comedy roots and does his first solo standup TV special. It’s taped in Canada, and manages to cover both sexual harassment and politics without being either topical or offensive – and Apatow’s self-deprecating use of visual aids, especially his photos with former President Obama, is priceless. Apatow shouldn’t quit his day job – but he could.

 
 
 
 
 
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