The Startling Power of Jerry Lewis

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Gordon Jackson

13 жыл бұрын

A scene from Jerry Lewis' last great movie, Smorgasbord (1983).

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@rtward9 2 жыл бұрын

never gets old, classic comedy.

@lisaparsons4124 6 ай бұрын

Yes I agree 💯 Jerry Lewis a awesome actor 😊

@porflepopnecker4376 10 жыл бұрын

This scene still cracks me up! "If you're worried about a ride, my--" KA-BLOOM!!!

@elvicare35 8 жыл бұрын

+Porfle Popnecker Priceless, "wowww".

@thehitman5007 7 жыл бұрын

Porfle Popnecker hahaha exactly, was like WTF 😂😂😂

@jcmwkrickit8876 5 жыл бұрын

He is & will always be The BEST! Jerry Lewis! Soo smart that he’d work tirelessly on one 45 sec scene that is fall down funny. He knew it & allowed a few seconds for laughter before going into the next! Comic Genius falls short in explaining his mind. He was brilliant in everything he wanted to do. My favorite entertainer... EVER!

@jondstewart 4 жыл бұрын

Truthfears Guilty I always wondered why he fell short here. He was ridiculously hilarious in his 60’s movies, but this one hardly any laughs, just plain stupid. But at least not boring.

@wedovatoloco4069 Жыл бұрын

Found it!!! After all these years of remembering this part of the movie. I would ask others and they either didn't know what I was taking about or didn't remember. Thank you for posting it, childhood memories.

@jimlassiter749 7 күн бұрын

at 62 and a lover of JL, how have i never even HEARD of this movie...???

@jimlassiter749 7 күн бұрын

ah, nevermind, aka cracking up... not my fave & only watched a few minutes years back & gave up on it....

@PaulNelson980 Күн бұрын

@@jimlassiter749 Because it bombed so badly.

@gentlemobster 22 күн бұрын

One of my favorite Lewis movies. Love the opening credits scene lmao

@amberzinser6344 20 күн бұрын

Me too 😂

@toscodav Жыл бұрын

When he said. "Thats a fine car" after the door fell off LOL I Lost it.

@icefoxracing 3 күн бұрын

That's actually a really cool Honda, wouldn't mind having it, the door had to come off 'cuz it's the only way that guy could get in or out of it........just sayin'.........

@davidrobinson5122 5 күн бұрын

As a teenager I was once asked to leave a theater for laughing too hard at a Jerry Lewis movie the Family Jewels

@BackToTheBlues 2 күн бұрын

I know by your name that you're not the same person, but I used to know a fella who was a big Jerry Lewis fan and was asked to leave a cinema for exactly the same reason! He was told he was annoying everyone around him. 😄

@WorlTramp Күн бұрын

😁😁😂

@Mike-vr4lw 20 сағат бұрын

OMG, I never saw a Jerry Lewis movie in a theater. How could anybody be told to leave for laughing at a funny movie . I mean, I could see if was love story 😂😂😂😂😂

@BackToTheBlues 9 сағат бұрын

@@Mike-vr4lw 😄😄😄

@leonard-ralphlyons9239 6 жыл бұрын

Just seeing the mustache made me laugh.

@davidhull1481 3 күн бұрын

I didn’t think it was possible but Jerry Lewis made me laugh, with the glove routine.

@NPRMc 9 жыл бұрын

I wasn't expecting to laugh as hard as I did.

@iamhis2800 6 жыл бұрын

McLocks ditto! 🤣

@georgd3025 2 жыл бұрын

This man was a legend😂🙏💥

@RobKnapp1 4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Lewis reprises his previous movie persona, this time as Warren Nefron, a man unable to successfully kill himself, while Herb Edelman is Dr. Jonas Pletchick, the psychiatrist out to cure him of his failure, in this Jerry's signature ,absolutely hilarious slapstick comedy. It's so clear to see how he influence modern comedian Jim Carrey it's uncanny . Many of Lewis' past routines crop up again through the device of flashbacks, as he sits in the doctor's office and remembers vignettes from his past. It was only released theatrically overseas under its original title, Smorgasboard. The film was released in France. As usual, the French love his humor and flocked to see this film when it was first released. It's a bizarre, nearly avant-garde exercise in stringing together gags and, then of course, pushing those gags to surreal excess. I found the 'Smorgasbord' to be extremely hilarious and really showcase Jerry's brilliance as a writer and comedic actor. Some of the best scenes were ; Jerry witnesses a bank robbery. The head crook (also played by Jerry) notices the bank's security cameras. The criminals become obsessed with the security cameras and perform an elaborate dance routine in front of them. The police arrive and join the dance. Another hilarious scene his shrink tells Lewis "He's playing with half deck"; "He doesn't have both oars in the water";"You've made too many Swan dives into empty pools"! Smorgasbord the last feature film written and directed by Jerry Lewis turns out to be one of his best comedic films .

@themaulers3953 6 жыл бұрын

Jerry was the king of double takes and physical comedy~

@jubalcalif9100 Жыл бұрын

He was no Sammy Petrillo, but Jerry could indeed be quite amusing.

@camodudeA51 3 күн бұрын

LMAO on this one...over the top, I always loved to watch Jerry Lewis 🥲 miss him.

@jasoncollins9046 Жыл бұрын

40 year's old I love old comedy!

@EduardoTorres-ik7tx 5 күн бұрын

You are a child, I'm 62 and like It🖖

@MadameMarge 10 жыл бұрын

haha the part with the glove, so priceless! XD

@fabianpatrizio2865 8 жыл бұрын

+MadameMarge only Jerry could do that....simple, yet hilarious and original :)

@jeffking4176 6 жыл бұрын

I've never seen any thing like this! What a genius he was!

@AlexColberg 9 жыл бұрын

Oh man that's hilarious. Thanks for sharing.

@lisaparsons8949 3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Lewis,a great actor,and so hilarious,May Jerry Lewis,RIP.

@miguelcastaneda7257 7 күн бұрын

Miss him doing the telethon...he was there at start all way to end awake every moment part of it ...don't care what people now say of his personal life he was dedicated to those kids and cause

@victorbonilla4634 6 жыл бұрын

I was snickering till.💥🚔💥..then I lost it..😂😂😂😂😂

@normal_media 10 жыл бұрын

Have never seen this before. OMG! lol

@retrocomedyfan19 10 жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite scene in this movie.. The look on his face after the explosion is priceless haha

@elvicare35 8 жыл бұрын

+retrocomedyfan19 Yeah, and where he say's he came zooming through like a land to air missile, and of course ramming into his car to get his attention and stopping him! lol

@randygreen007 7 жыл бұрын

I guess heaven needed a laugh. RIP Mr. Lewis

@briankeenan4901 7 күн бұрын

What a great scene!!! Thank you

@user-ij4nc1cw2n Күн бұрын

After trying to restore a 75 Honda civic and not getting to finish it because of job related issues of no time off and seeing the older one that I wanted slide down a hill my heart just aches 💔🥺

@denverdanoreno 6 жыл бұрын

Miss Jerry, the most misunderstood comedian ever. Like the Honda Civic, I believe it was a 1972-73. less than $ 3000 new back then.

@dons105 6 жыл бұрын

Dan Simmons hey I had one! Loved it until my mother-in-law made me sell it. "My daughter's not goina get killed it that bucket", so I've regretted loosing it ever since

@lisaparsons8949 3 жыл бұрын

Yes,Jerry Lewis,a great actor,comedian😄

@anthonybrunotheodd 11 ай бұрын

That’s a Honda Z360.

@VictorMaxol 3 ай бұрын

That little Honda (maintained) would sell for $10,000 now.

@crosslink1493 7 күн бұрын

@@anthonybrunotheodd Yep, a Z360. I think it had a tiny engine, 600cc or something similar.

@philnorbury9032 5 күн бұрын

Gold

@amberzinser6344 20 күн бұрын

Love this movie!!!!! I adore corny humor😂😂😂🎉

@dogfriendly1623 Жыл бұрын

This is the first time I've laughed out loud in months 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

@wildboar7473 2 күн бұрын

Now it is more glove putting on, never seen such fantastic Missile :)

@billymusselwhite5256 2 күн бұрын

I loved Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin movies😂😂😂😂

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to have that old Honda.

@Rockin_Roll 6 жыл бұрын

my brother had one of those, many years ago...it had only 3 cylinders...and it didn't like going up hills at all........ kind of a gutless wonder, if ya know what I mean...I don't remember the MPG...but it must have been really good....

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 6 жыл бұрын

I had a '79 LOVED that little car. Little red one.

@jondstewart 4 жыл бұрын

Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch That and the 1969-1970 Ford Station wagon that fell down the hill!

@robertnolan5896 2 күн бұрын

"My car" .."boom"..😂🎉

@Porsche996driver Күн бұрын

Wow never saw this late one! As a kid, I can remember watching the movie where he lets the great Dane dog drive lol that was so hilarious as a kid!

@pardeepparkash398 7 жыл бұрын

never seen that before nor heard of this film.....but this scene ....hahaaaaaaa ,brilliant Lewis,so funny, gotta catch the rest of it

@stevehageman6785 8 күн бұрын

That's what they call: "An AGGRESSIVE stop!" ;-)

@henrybrowne7248 3 күн бұрын

Never heard of this movie. Gotta check it out . . .

@ksb2112 5 күн бұрын

OMG, that glove bit.... 😆

@robertdunkes3499 6 жыл бұрын

I was really expecting something lame. I actually really busted out laughing, thank you.

@HM-rf7yh 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao! Soooo funny! He was just Awesome!😂😂😂😂

@peterschorn1 4 күн бұрын

THE POWER OF JERRY LEWIS COMPELS YOU! THE POWER OF JERRY LEWIS COMPELS YOU!

@ghanasoul Ай бұрын

I love how no one mentions that he totally STOLE this from Jackie Gleason’s Sheriff character in “Smokey and the Bandit”. The voice of the driver was also Jerry Lewis. Ha.

@123Rockchild 7 жыл бұрын

LOL. He was the King of Comedy.

@MrAitraining 6 жыл бұрын

No he wasn't

@marym5037 5 жыл бұрын

Yes he was! :)

@jerrylewisthekid5479 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAitraining Your comment is so funny. Are you the real King of Comedy right? Come on, come on, reveal your secret.

@jubalcalif9100 Жыл бұрын

Well, that's a matter of opinion. Each great comic was or is great in their own way (Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, the Marx Brothers, Berle, Gleason, Lewis, Brooks, Carrey, etc).

@DKoolbj7dl 4 күн бұрын

The Greatest comic of All time. King of Comedy.

@Diponty 3 күн бұрын

Frank Sinatra was funnier!

@troy9er 6 жыл бұрын

God bless Jerry Lewis, RIP.

@tankhalffull 5 күн бұрын

Almost made me pee my pants when I was a kid..., funny, funny man..

@vikings844 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao, when he is feeling around for the missing car! Funny shit

@codzydee1870 5 жыл бұрын

he was funny u gota admit haha that glove moment bwahahaha cracked me up!!!!

@lisaparsons8949 3 жыл бұрын

Yes,so hilariously funny😄

@perfectday777 7 жыл бұрын

I've never seen this one!!! Too funny!!! :))

@naturalobserver1322 4 күн бұрын

I never really cared much for Jerry Lewis but that WAS funny! 😁

@slmacph 12 жыл бұрын

Must've graduated from the Barney Fife Police Academy. :-D

@jubalcalif9100 Жыл бұрын

Ha ! That's rich ! 🤣

@generalnonsense1243 Күн бұрын

What?? Why have I never seen this?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ullisses 6 жыл бұрын

This is so unexpected. I laughed my ass of :D Thank your sharing.

@vonhalberstadt3590 2 күн бұрын

The continuing somber music during the glove...

@Supernumerary 8 күн бұрын

Jerry Lewis executing early style of a pit maneuver.

@davidostring1289 22 сағат бұрын

I can't watch this enough😅

@raypeters4525 5 күн бұрын

I AM LAUGHING SO HARD !

@RayfieldA 6 жыл бұрын

That police car must have been made of gasoline. Geez! :D

@alltheserobotsshallfall 7 жыл бұрын

RIP - what a sad sunday! :((

@joshs4594 2 жыл бұрын

Jerry here sounds a little like Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke. I miss Jerry. R.I.P.

@phoenixmode6909 21 сағат бұрын

I have an in-law whose name is Jerry Lewis. I don't know what his parents were thinking,lol.....

@daretospeak00 3 жыл бұрын

Hilarious from beginning to end 😆

@MrScaryLemonHead 2 күн бұрын

My god… I’ve never seen this film.

@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154 5 күн бұрын

Jerry was a horses ass , on and off screen. One of the meanest, most bitter persons that ever took a breath.

@Anne6621 3 күн бұрын

1983 was only 8 years ago tops and Jerry was so young in this movie , only 57 but somehow 1983 according to this calculator was 41 years ago , maybe it needs batteries

@mtroy0620 2 жыл бұрын

The King of Comedy

@Happyboymargarine 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see footage of him getting in the car

@mentallo 6 жыл бұрын

He should have kept that glove joke going for another minute.

@josephconsoli4128 Жыл бұрын

Never saw this scene. Damn, was Jerry halarious!

@charleslaughton8092 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo, well done!

@thebrokenglasskids5196 3 күн бұрын

I feel like the Honda should’ve been driving him.

@HailAnts 7 күн бұрын

That was a very early Honda Civic..

@jdez10 6 жыл бұрын

lmao. I gotta get this movie. thanks.

@ChilesRussellTaylor 10 күн бұрын

R.I.P. Jerry Lewis!

@restlesscommentator2616 2 жыл бұрын

The cop's name is Speed Armeter 😂

@BooksbyAFoster 4 күн бұрын

I grew up with Jerry Lewis in the movies and on TV. He was truly funny. I pray he is in heaven, so that one day... I will see him again... and laugh like long ago...

@DavidLS1 4 күн бұрын

He may have been funny, but, near the end at least, he was mean and homophobic.

@johnowens4205 20 сағат бұрын

Loved watching Jerry Lewis when I was a kid ... but I don't seem to remember this scene or the movie it's from 🙃

@Donazify 12 жыл бұрын

And Jerry Lewis' career re-surged in the 1980's. Have you not heard of the King Of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorscese? He was in that film, and garnered praise even from his critics and non-fans. He appeared in films and television sitcoms even into the 90's. He is now directing The Nutty Professor musical that will soon be on Broadway. So much for saying his career died. He stopped making films during the 70's, because they became trashier and immoral. He made films for the family.

@quintonmchale7997 6 жыл бұрын

He was wearing welders gloves LOL. one funny scene. I think beefy guy in the Honda was Larry Gabriel

@silvermann3426 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah my brother had one of those cars back around 1972.

@Stanbott 5 күн бұрын

Those okd hondas really were that tinny

@mxfool1508 3 күн бұрын

My father purchased a Honda S600 coupe a 1965 model, you had to be a gymnast to get in and out of the car, but once you were in it was ok, but the S600 had a lower roof line than this Z600 in the clip its luxurious in comparison

@grayfullbuster8397 5 жыл бұрын

The comedy was spontaneous back then

@philipquaglino 7 жыл бұрын

the glove LOL

@benwicker5820 6 жыл бұрын

He was a great one .

@riverland22 5 күн бұрын

Funny 50 years ago 🙂

@sanakassara 7 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace.

@fabiennebonzon6796 6 жыл бұрын

Trop, trop bon !

@TheZaxx Сағат бұрын

This was almost as funny as the episode where the cop got scared of a falling acorn, fell to the ground, yelling, "I've been hit!" Then shot a bunch of holes in his own squad car.