Comedy

Hardly Working

- Jerry Lewis: The Original Jerk

In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.

Release Date : 1980-01-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

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Cast

Character Name : Bo Hooper

Original Name : Jerry Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claire Trent

Original Name : Susan Oliver

Gender : Female

Character Name : Robert Trent

Original Name : Roger C. Carmel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Millie

Original Name : Deanna Lund

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Loucazi

Original Name : Harold J. Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Torres

Original Name : Steve Franken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claude Reed

Original Name : Buddy Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted Mitchell

Original Name : Leonard Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slats

Original Name : Jerry Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sammy

Original Name : Billy Barty

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@SteveMcQueen36

2021-06-23

I thought _Hey! Jerry Lewis is funny right? How bad could this be?_ It's horrible. Fifteen minuets in and I am not even cracking a smile. Believe me, I like a good classic comedy. Especially some good tame light-hearted humor. But this was just horrendous. The movie is essentially a bad sketch comedy film with various scenes of Jerry Lewis making a jackass out of himself. He stars as an out of work circus clown looking to fulfill various odd jobs. Each ending in disaster. Much like the disaster that this movie ended up becoming. It's horribly dated, horribly offensive, horribly under-funded, horribly acted and written. It's just plain horrible. It might be the worst movie of 1980 and it's only my second feature in. Jerry Lewis is way past his prime and just can't find the groove. I read that the producers had actually wanted to market this as competition for the superior Steve Martin picture, _The Jerk_. Taglines were actually written as _The Original Jerk_. Can you believe that! _THE ORIGINAL JERK__!_