I absolutely loved the movie in all its aspects. The movie starts out with Dewey going to a prison to visit his brother and runs into the future main character Petey Greene who does a radio show in the prison. After make a pact that Dewey figures will never happen with Greene to possibly get him a job he leaves. Greene later gets out early after making a deal with the warden and starts to look up Dewey. Dewey is shocked when Greene shows up a WOL...a radio station that Dewey works at...looking for a DJ spot. His crazy little girlfriend and him make a huge scene and gets everyones' attention. Greene was quickly denied a job, but after a riot put on in front of the station Dewey has a talk with Greene. ...To make a long story short Dewey pulls a few strings and risk his job to get everyone in the station to see what the public sees in Greene. Eventually Petey becomes a major hit in D.C. and starts doing comedy routines and concert appearances. It wasn't until Petey screwed up at the Tonight Show that the two's relationship went sour. After once being Petey's manager, Dewey leaves and starts his own DJ slot at WOL and makes a career out of it. The two then later in life unite only to have Petey die at the age of 53. Over 10,000 fans and friends showed to Petey's funeral which was held in at a huge park/lawn to accommodate the crowd. I realized half way through the movie that I absolutely loved it. I think that each character was played as if it was then. Overall from 1-10 I would give it an 8.
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