Allen initially offered the part of the has-been singer Lou Canova to Sylvester Stallone.
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His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli.
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Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless untalented entertainers, including washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.
He also was a regular guest host of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and was one of 'The Comics' in the Carnegie Deli of Woody Allen's 1984 movie, Broadway Danny Rose.
Gunty appeared on Ed Sullivan February 23, 1964, following The Beatles (3rd appearance) He appeared as himself in the Woody Allen film Broadway Danny Rose.
Along with several of his contemporaries, Baron played himself in the opening scene of Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose (1984); he also narrated this film.
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Was trained under Harry Wolf A.S.C. for A Little House On The Prairie, John Alonzo for Blue Thunder, John Alcott for The Beast Master, Vilmos Zsigmond for Table For Five, Owen Roizman for Tootsie, Gordon Willis for Broadway Danny Rose, and operated camera several times for Blue Thunder.
Corbett Monica, a comedian featured in some of the comedic scenes of Broadway Danny Rose filmed at the restaurant, lamented that "It's not the same kind of warm haimish feeling since Leo passed away".