"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" trailer Video

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Created: 01/03/2006
Video description: Comedian Albert Brooks gets summoned by politician/actor Fred Dalton Thompson to come to Washington D.C. to help in a new diplomatic effort. His job? Spend a month in India and Pakistan, write a 500 page report, and tell the U.S. government what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. While Brooks isn't sure he's the man for the job, the possibility of a Medal of Freedom proves irresistible and he accepts. Also starring Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, and Jon Tenney.

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