So I watched "The Jerk" last night on HBO - first time in ages and I have this to say...

[LynneSin]

Steve Martin's career has gone downhill since that movie.

BTW, interesting bit of trivia about this movie - this is the first R-rated movie I ever saw in the theaters.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. He hates these cans!!!!!

:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

2. I love that movie so much. My Mom took me to see that when it came out and

we were crying from laughing so much.

The Jerk is singlehandedly the best movie he ever made.

[LynneSin]

4. Awwww my mom took me to see it when it first came out

It was soon after my father had died and I guess she felt bad about how I was doing. And at the time I was a BIG Steve Martin fan - he had done that song "King Tut" and I would watch him when he was on SNL.

So I just HAD to see "The Jerk"

[AlCzervik]

8. That movie reminds me of my Mom, that and Airplane! Anyhow i have a few copies of each

and i will tell you watching both with my daughter when she was about 11 was wonderful, like rediscovering something through new eyes----and she gets me jokes now.

"Uh, anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo and on this side of the bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtrays and the thimble. Anything in this three inches right in here in this area. That includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers."


:rofl:

[LynneSin]

9. “Good Lord - I've heard about this - cat juggling!

Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! How could there be a god that would let this happen?”

[Shell Beau]

3. That movie is too funny.

[Parche]

5. they have theatres in Delaware?

:shrug: :rofl: :hi: :hug:

[LynneSin]

7. did you know you're an asshole

Seriously, think about it

Should I start a thread and get input from the rest of DU

And btw, I was born and raised in Pennsylvania

[Parche]

10. awww

you :hug: me...............:woohoo: :hi: :hug: :hug:

[geardaddy]

6. I love that movie.

I agree. His career has gone downhill from there.

[Arugula Latte]

11. Why is it R rated?

I think my 12-year-old son would enjoy it, but I forget why it has an "R" rating.

[LynneSin]

16. I think when it came out there was no PG-13 rating

and it was definately not a PG rated movie - too much swearing & sex.

[HopeHoops]

12. Watch Roxanne - it might change your mind.

[MissMillie]

13. I love Roxanne

and L.A. Story (or Stories, I forget)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. I love that movie!

Laugh out loud funny. So quotable, I don't know where to even start.

I pretty much agree with the assessment of Steve Martin's career. You could argue the same for Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase--just too much family schlock as of late, dilutes a lot of their earlier stuff.

Although I saw a clip of Steve Martin on Letterman a couple of days ago and they did a skit with him as a passenger on Flight 1549 where he was on the wing waiting to get rescued and was pushing people off and stealing their life vests and such. It looked pretty funny, so he probably still has potential.

[MissMillie]

15. "I just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of the way we were."

"oh yeah, what was that?"

"The Way We Were"

[PeaceNikki]

17. Bowfinger, Roxanne, My Blue Heaven, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Pennies from Heaven, All of Me

and on and on and ON, ffs.

He's done a LOT of great stuff since The Jerk. A lot even better than The Jerk.

[EstimatedProphet]

19. All of those, plus.

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. L.A. Story was hilarious.

My favorite so far.

[kwassa]

18. "I was born a poor black child"

Best opening joke in any movie.

I didn't like this movie very much at the time, though, maybe I would like it more now.

I am a fan of Steve Martin, however, so excuuuuuusse me!

[LynneSin]

20. Except that wasn't the opening line of "The Jerk"

Huh? I am not a bum. I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi.


It was about the 4th - 5th line in the movie

[kwassa]

21. I said "best opening joke", not line.

[edbermac]

22. I'll say this about The Jerk - Bernadette Peters was hawt!

And that carnival motorcycle chick was FUNNY AS HELL!

[Blue_Tires]

23. "This is kinda like a ride!"

[redqueen]

24. That is one of the best comedies ever.

:)

I wouldn't say it's so much that his career has gone downhill as that movie was just so amazingly good that he'd be lucky to get another movie that's as good as that one.

[NJmaverick]

25. I think this was a culmination of his stand up career and brand of humor

after this, he would just do regular comedy movies, and no longer engage in that Steve Martin brand of humor.

[redqueen]

26. Well the role has to cater to that in order for him to do it.

Seems to me he's doing his level best to engage in it in the Pink Panther movies.

[NJmaverick]

28. Yeah, I have noticed that there is a bit of the old Steve Martin

[Sequoia]

27. I don't know about HBO but when it's shown on TV

The part where he actually stacks up the cans is cut from the movie.

I wouldn't say his career went down after that. There were quite a few good movies afterwards, like "LA Story", and that one with Goldie Hawn and the house.

[mikeytherat]

30. "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid"

A Steve Martin/Rachel Ward/Carl Reiner tour de force. One of my favorite movies ever.

mikey_the_rat