This week we talk with special guest Eleanor Russell about that one time when Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro tried to make a comedy as their follow-up to Raging Bull. King of Comedy stars De Niro, Jerry Lewis, and the incredible Sandra Bernhard. Spoilers: we are all Rupert Pupkin, Joker talk, obsessive fandom, Liza Minelli/Martin Scorsese/Mikhail Baryshnikov love triangle, Jerry Lewis wrapped in duct tape, is this a Taxi Driver multiverse? Special Guest: Eleanor Russell! Eleanor has a PhD in Theater Drama from Northwestern University, and she writes about comedy. You can follow her @eleanoir on Twitter. Follow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests, and genre reveals.Follow Madeline @la_louve_rouge_ on Twitter and Instagram.Follow Dave @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his other podcast, This Is Your Afterlife.---Music by Kirk Rawlings from Courtesy and beige on beigeCover art by Tuli Lane-McKinley