Seth Rogen Claims He "Ripped Off" The Ending of This Albert Brooks Classic in 'This Is the End'

There's little questioning that Albert Brooks might be one of the most influential (albeit still underrated) comedy stars going back to his tenure on Saturday Night Live, providing the type of shorts that have become a mainstay on that show. Recently, Seth Rogenand Evan Goldberg, the masterminds behind the Apple TV+ series The Studio, were invited into the Criterion Closet to dig around their collection. Rogen pulled out Brooks' 1991 comedy Defending Your Life, stating, “Me and Evan explicitly ripped off the ending for this movie when we were making our movie, This Is the End, We did some work to change it, but it is essentially the same ending.”