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Barry Levinson on the ‘Diner' TV Series That Never Was - and How Mel Brooks Inspired the Movie

In 1982, writer/director Barry Levinson made one of the great feature debuts of all time with "Diner," a critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated gem about a group of guys struggling to understand and ...
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Actually, *Pushes Glasses Back Onto Face* the ‘Diner’ TV Pilot Was the First Show About Nothing

Barry Levinson’s 1982 film Diner is a classic. Funny, original, and engrossing, it has been credited with influencing a huge swath of what we consider to be the best comedy in movies and television ...