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The Warm-Up Guy (2010)
Once discovering his younger brother was honored with a dish before him, an aging stand-up comedian stages a fake robbery at his parent's Italian restaurant so he can "save the day" and have a rigatoni dish named after him.
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Once discovering his younger brother was honored with a dish before him, an aging stand-up comedian stages a fake robbery at his parent's Italian restaurant so he can "save the day" and have a rigatoni dish named after him.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Nicholas Weidner, Jon Stremel
In Theaters:12/31/2010
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Runtime:35 minutes
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