Komiek Rupert Pupkin koestert een grote droom: hij wil koste wat het kost een gastoptreden versieren in de talkshow van zijn idool Jerry Langford. Daarom probeert hij steeds in contact te komen met hem, doch de man wijst hem steevast af omdat hij niet in hem gelooft.
Nee, helaas is The King of Comedy nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Production | Cis Corman | Casting |
| Production | Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Bruno | Costume Design |
| Art | Lawrence Miller | Art Direction |
| Art | Edward Pisoni | Art Direction |
| Directing | Scott Maitland | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lewis Gould | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Paul D. Zimmerman | Writer |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Production Manager |
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Music Producer |
| Production | Thelma Schoonmaker | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Lighting | James Fitzpatrick | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Sylvia Fay | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Loger | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Richard Candib | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Barbara De Fina | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Sandy Brooke | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Joe Williams Sr. | Construction Grip |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Goldblat | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | William Ward | Gaffer |
| Sound | Les Lazarowitz | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Garrett Brown | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Ellen Winston | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Camera | Lorey Sebastian | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Norman Buck | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ricki-Ellen Brooke | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Art | George DeTitta Sr. | Set Decoration |
| Production | Amy Sayres | Location Coordinator |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Art | Daniel Robert | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Carlos Quiles | Carpenter |
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Production | Shelley Houis | Production Office Coordinator |
