He pictured himself starting up friendships with Johny Depp, Tim Burton, Lynch and the likes. Instead he got the ever-coveted Bill Paxton friendship that, at best, might get him a supporting role in Boxing Helena 2. I've always considered myself a connoisseur of low budget alterna-flicks and dark comedies. I never understood this angle in movies. Marty Mall is an unfunny stand-up comic who repeatedly bombs on stage.
Bad comedy is only entertaining when it's real.
And Judd Nelson make-believing to be a bad comic is a sorry sight indeed. Very bad garbage men. They throw stuff everywhere and spill garbage in the street. Wow, the writers did overtime with that shenanigan. Early on, Marty discovers a bump growing out of his back.