lost in america movie

I watched a DVD movie on loan from the library just before midday, 'lost in america'. I recognized some of the actors in it, including the star, albert brooks. found out he was also the writer and director. another one was garry marshall, who played the casino boss. Julie Hagerty played the wife of the main character. in the end, I liked the special features more than the movie itself. because the movie wasn't quite what I expected. I figured there would be more to the story than there was, in terms of being 'lost in america'. the couple does travel in a Winnebago, but the movie doesn't cover all that much time on the road. there was a stop at hoover dam, as part of their visit to las vegas. I found it hard to listen to the ranting of albert brooks after a while. I liked the special features more because there were interviews in it, with brooks as well as those who knew him well. I was mainly familiar with him doing the movie 'defending your life', saw it at the theater. but I found out he had been performing for a while, and clips from the ed Sullivan show as well as johnny carson were shown. along with how his father was a performer before him. I liked hearing him talk about the craft of performing. I also was reminded of how Julie was in the movie 'airplane', I just hadn't seen it in a while. the interview with the agent spoke about being an agent for some other Hollywood notables, such as Sylvester Stallone. I liked one scene in it where the wife is walking through her workplace at the start of the day to get to her office, and she picks up a big plush toy and puts it back in the display rack. this is also the kind of thing that I would do. also notable was albert being clad in a bathrobe while in the casino, proof of how ridiculous it was getting.
    when I returned to the library with this movie, I got another one. and in the morning I went to the grocery store. I think the cashier is my neighbor at my job. he sure looked familiar. after the movie was done I turned on the bears-packers football game. it was early in the second half, bears were trailing 14-3, and they lost 21-13. after getting back from the library, eventually I watched 'the simpsons'. I saw how it was a takeoff of 'the grinch'. then I switched over to the kennedy center honors. one of the honorees was sally field. it was nice how they included clips from 'smokey and the bandit' in the video montage.