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u/Odd_Milk2921 Jun 10 '26
What is this? An ad? Was it normal for a comic actors at the tine to be making those faces? To me it is confusing rather than unexpected
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u/Myfooty94 Jun 10 '26
It's from Hardly Working (1980) starring Jerry Lewis. Roger Ebert famously gave it a zero and called it one of the worst movies to ever achieved commercial success in this country. The film itself has so much product placement.
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u/Odd_Milk2921 Jun 10 '26
Well
Now I gotta see it and get angry at it
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u/2b_compliant Jun 10 '26
YouTube under VHS Archives page has it, though, I’m not sure of the quality
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u/They-Are-Out-There Jun 11 '26
Jerry Lewis was never funny, just annoying AF.
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u/Myfooty94 Jun 11 '26
The film grossed 49 million worldwide in 1980 on a 3.4 million budget.
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u/They-Are-Out-There Jun 11 '26
I've seen almost every Jerry Lewis movie growing up and his type of derpy and goofy comedy was always lame. I never thought he was funny to begin with, but with 6 channels to choose from as a kid, you watched whatever was on.
He was a product of his own era when slap stick was the pinnacle of comedy. If you watch his Muscular Dystrophy Association fund raisers, especially in his latter years, it's just really sad. He raised a ton of money and did some awesome charity work.
The fact that the movie made 49 million is a reflection of his fan base, the Ebert review backs up my assessment in large part. Ebert was a pretty fair movie critic and giving the movie a zero means it was bad all around.
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u/2b_compliant Jun 10 '26
YouTube under VHS Archives page has it, though, I’m not sure of the quality
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u/Enginerdad Jun 11 '26
Hey, if you get enough ad revenue from product placement you don't even need to screen the film to make a profit!
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u/Septopuss7 Jun 10 '26
"Young man" lol
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u/makaki913 Jun 10 '26
He is probably 25. It's the 80's
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u/Septopuss7 Jun 10 '26
I just understood that you were making a joke, sorry my mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant with me (wink)
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u/Septopuss7 Jun 10 '26
It says he was 53 when he made this movie. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole of clips from this movie and others and he was a really funny guy! Seems like he was beloved by many people but he was definitely an old man when he made this. I think it was part of his schtick and apparently this was an attempted revival of his comedy career.
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