THE JERK (1979) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION * STEVE WAS GREAT*
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- THE JERK (1979) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION * STEVE WAS GREAT*
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"I was born a poor black child." I can not say this out loud without laughing.
😂😂😂😂😂yeah!😂😂
One of the all time best opening lines to any movie lol.
"I'm going to stay this colour?" 🤣
You need to watch Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones in “A Family Thing”.
“He hates these cans!” 😂😂😂. The new phone book is here! I’m somebody!”
Steve Martin is a gifted musician and was part of the Laurel Canyon crown back in the late 60's/ early 70's. He used to open for the musical acts at the Troubadour. A comedic genius! 🙂
Steve Martin was the very first standup comedian to play a stadium. He turbocharged the standup comic and comedy club movement, and has god status among comics.
I read a lot of books by and about comics. Steve Martin's biography and life lessons book, "Born Standing Up", is VERY good, especially with him reading it to you in audio book format.
One of my favorite comedies of all time. If you like this silly, irreverent version of Steve Martin definitely check to The Man With Two Brains & Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, both classics in their own right.
Fun fact, when Navin hit's it rich, the pool at his house is the same pool from The Godfather.
I KNEW I recognized It!!
I remember laughing so hard when I saw this in the theater. I love Steve Martin and a few of my favorites of his are Housesitter with Goldie Hawn, Roxanne with Daryl Hannah, and All of Me with with Lily Tomlin.
One of the best Steve Martin movies is All of Me it is insanely hilarious
My dad and I still bust out the "Well I don't need my dog" line sometimes. Usually for no reason at all. Not sure why but that cracks me up.
It was Funny, Silly, Stupid, Clever...all at the same time.
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is a brilliant Steve Martin-Michael Caine film!
Steve Martin was 33 when he made this movie, think about that
The Hotel New Hampshire. A gem of a movie. Gotta see it. A lot of famous folks.
“Jerk” had a different meaning back in the day. It wasn’t a mean-spirited person, but rather an idiot or foolish person.
Tunafish sandwich, a tab and a Twinkie might just be the whitest meal you could ever think of 🤣🤣🤣
This movie has the added bonus of the fabulous Bernadette Peters. Such a goddess. Check out her with Clint Eastwood in Pink Cadillac.
This was a wacky film back in 79, as well as today. Escargot is actually quite tasty by the way. It’s basically Shrimp Scampi, and you can’t really tell it’s snails with all the garlic:) Now I feel like I’m talking like our main character:)
i remeber the last time i took a bath. It was the time I used my wife's Nair hair remover to mow a neglected lawn. I followed directions and had the tub filled up about a quarter of the way so i can rinse off this wierd spatula thing. I applied it and waited the proper amount of time and began to sculpt. I would shake that spatula scarper thing in the tub water often. The whole whole scraping process took about 20 minutes. No matter I got it done...smooth as glass. So I drained the tub and took a shower shower to clean all the other bits. When I was drying off with a towel I saw patches of leg hair missing. Random patches of hair and I guess I got a chemical burn cause my legs...I looked like I had some type of cancer with leprosy. I thought ok it will grow back i will just wear jeans. thats what my wife does when she dont shave her legs. It was almost a month before I felt stubble again. I was like shit, eventually my wife is gonna wonder why I have been wearing flannel PJs to bed in the middle of August. Never took a bath since. ever go to the gym and see guys with red splotches on their legs....thats way...they wont admit it but thats why. I cant be the only one who screwed up using their wife's products.
oh i was gonna originally say that Steve Martin played a small role in a movie called "Sargent Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band". Its weird. If you like the Beatles and the Bee Gee's then you will like it. Not asking you to react to it but in your own time. Take care.
I’ve loved that movie forever. After watching you two since I discovered your channel during the dark days of the pandemic, I’ve loved you both. Thank you for bringing so much light and kindness to everyone. Blessings on all of your family.
My favorite comedy! Thanks
If not misstaken the guy played father was very famous jazz trumpet player
He gonna lick her face again, sums this up ❤❤😂😂😂
that's a great film, I saw that in the theater way back in the day, I've always been a fan of Steve Martin, you should check out his stand up comedy albums. The Jerk was his first movie and what a great way to launch his acting career
The advice given by his father referred to a very common saying (at the time), "you don't know sh*t from Shineola" to indicate someone who was clueless. Shineola was a shoe-shining polish and nice shiny shoes was an indication of money, while poor farmers had dirty shoes from walking in sh*t on the farm. Daddy was just making sure that Naven knew the difference!
Shinola, dummy.
Which is why I thought it was absolutely hilarious the first time I saw a new brand of wrist watches called Shinola. Wait a minute, are you saying these are shit, or they are not? LOL
@@joeday4293 If they are Shinola, then that means that all the _other_ watches must be...
Fun fact, Bernadette Peters is actually playing the trumpet. She's actually proficient with three different brass instruments. And of course, Steve Martin is actually playing the ukulele.
She may know how to play it, but she didn’t play that scene - those fingerings were totally bogus.
Irregardless it's one of my all time favorite romantic scenes 💞
@theylied1776
Another fun fact:
.in that scene Steve Martin accidently crushed and destroyed the Ukulele when he stood up in the scene and you can hear it crunch, but they kept going.
@dnish6673
YES she did, dumbass.
She said so.
@@ckobo84 regardless
Two really great Steve Martin movies are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (with Michael Caine) and All of Me (with Lily Tomlin). Both have killer storylines and stupendous performances. You'll die laughing. The critics loved these 2 movies too.
"Why is there a cork on his fork... " 🤣
“Roxanne” is one of his best. I also love The Man With Two Brains, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, All of Me and DRS.
@suziq2202 yes! I was just going to comment about Roxanne. It wad great seeing more of his romantic side.
OKLAHOMA!!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for sure!!! 😂
People didn't take themselves overly seriously once upon a time. That's why these old comedies are so silly and maybe a bit much for modern audiences these days. 😄 Glad y'all watched this one!
Like “Happy Feet!”
The level of sophistication, satire, thought and talent that went into films like these seems to be over many peoples heads.
old movie and tv shows were hilarious, you are so right with today being too serious. Since 2000 how many drop down to the floor laughing movies are there?
No, it's just that now, people don't know what actual satire is.
@@AhNee true
This movie is a classic. From a bygone time where comedy and humor were not offensive. Everyone laughed ! Oh how I miss it!
People were offended back then also. Every generation has a group that protests something. Look up "The Hays Code".
Absolute proof of why Steve Martin has had such a long career. His comedic timing is perfect.
Was. I don’t find his newer acting choices interesting or funny. I tried, because this movie is still a litmus test for prospective dates/relationships.
I can sing the thermos song from memory.
LA Story might’ve been the last one that didn’t bore me.
A "Jerk" means "a dumb silly foolish person" ... in this movie. I'm not sure if the definition of the word evolved over time, but that's what they were going for here.
Something a lot of people don't realize... The definition of the word "jerk" changed for some reason, between the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, most people think of a jerk as an 'a-hole' or a very mean, rude, or inconsiderate person. But in the 70s and before, the word 'jerk' used to mean an 'idiot' or a buffoon. Once you know this, you'll notice them using it that way in a lot of old shows and movies before the 80s.
...and in the 50's it was someone who ran a Soda Fountain-
So what Exacitically- ISSsss-
Your Point? 🤔
@@MrParkerman6 Just that the name of the movie is intending to communicate something like "the doofus" and not "the mean person" as we might read it today.
One of my favorites growing up! The first time my name was in a telephone book, I ran around saying, “I’m SOMEBODY NOW!” 😂😂😂
Yes! A rite of passage!
I did the same thing! I wasn't really that excited but it needed to be done...loudly, lol. "The new phone book is here. I'm somebody now!!!
"Things are gonna start happening to me now!"
Cut to deranged man randomly picking his name out of the phone book.
This part cracks me up so much.
“Johnson, Navin R. Sounds like a typical ba$tard.”
“First, I get my name in the phone book, and now I’m on your ass. You know, I’ll bet more people see that than the phone book.”
Exactly! Every time I moved to a new area, too.
Thank you for watching this movie ❤ It brought me back to when I saw it in the theater with my dad. He laughed so hard and so much that we sat through the next showing because we missed a bunch of it 😂 Sweet memories. My father passed away 15 years ago ❤
Oh, yes. I saw this one with my father in Manhattan. I don't know which one of us was laughing harder.
I'm old enough that I saw this in the theater too. My Dad also loved this movie!
I can't imagine how hard it was for Steve to miss on the beat knowing his musical abilities. Purposely being off is not easy.
i think it's probably easier for him as he knows how to keep on the beat.
@@NecramoniumVideothat is What makes it more difficult.
It is in complete conflict with natural inner timing along with decades of rehearsal and performance. Any musician will tell you it is hard to turn that off.
Can confirm, as a musician (not professional, just love playing/writing music).
@maceomaceo11
Wrong, fucking dumbass.
I am a musician and I will tell you no such thing. It is easier to turn off if you have a good sense of timing.
Just goes to show how good a musician he really is.
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!" I fell in the damned floor the first time I watched this scene. This is an awesome movie =)
This is probably my favorite silly movie... Martin is an amazing performer! And Bernadette Peters is absolutely adorable in this one.
I had the biggest crush on her after watching this movie. I didn't know she was a Broadway performer at the time.
The cat juggling scene had me literally crying when I first saw this 😂😂😂😂. This is Steve Martin at his best!
I don't think they even noticed that it was Steve Martin doing the juggling. 🤣
@@IrritationXOh yeah, probably not 😂
It's a joke from his comedy specials as well.
Cats eating bread? Most cats I know are much more inclined to go for a meat product.
“My cat’s been embezzling from me!…… little cat arrow-through-the-head….. cat toys…”
Bernadette’s Peters is a Broadway Queen. The best Steve Martin movie is Roxanne, written by Steve and based on the literary classic. It is brilliantly funny. Smart humor and a great insight into human nature.
Yes. Timmy fell in the well. Lol
"You mean I'm going to stay this color?" That reverberated around the culture in the day: school cafeteria, water cooler at work, picnics.
One of the first conversations my husband and I had when we met was about this movie. We started dating in October and I gave him a striped thermos for Christmas. And I got a waterproof vinyl sticker for it that says “I’m picking out a thermos for you.” He still uses it, 17 years later. 😂
Gotta check out "Bowfinger" with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. HYSTERICAL!
I had this movie on videotape a long time ago, and watched it over and over. The scene on the beach is still one of my favorites, with that lovely "Tonight You Belong to Me' song, with the surprise random trumpet solo. Years later, I happened to catch this movie on TV, and was inspired at age 62 to learn how to play the ukulele. This was one of the first songs I attempted to learn. I went on to acquire several soprano, concert, tenor, baritone, and bass ukes. I love them.Yep - this movie changed my life!
I can't imagine that you haven't reacted to Bernadette Peters over on your music channel! She's a fantastic singer and actress. She is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received seven nominations for Tony Awards, winning two (plus an honorary award). Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards.
She’s one of the 20th Century’s best Broadway performers. There’s an older recorded production of Into the Woods in which she SLAYED IT as the witch! I’ve been a fan of both Peters & Martin ever since I saw the Jerk when I was little.
I love her in the movie Annie. (With Carol Burnette and Tim Curry)
She's pretty special. Have you seen her in Into the Woods?
Guys, I complain about a lot of the choices on this channel but CONGRATS on being the first channel to ever react to this classic as far as I know! This movie isn’t life changing but it’s hilarious nonetheless! I thoroughly enjoyed watching the highlights again with you. I haven’t seen this in years!
NOW…..If you will only do ANIMAL HOUSE………….🔥🔥🔥
Marie is played by Bernadette Peters. She is well known for her singing and performances on Broadway. She would be a great pick for female Friday.
Yaaaaaaaas!!! She is so wonderful. "Broadway Baby", "Being Alive", "No One is Alone", "Pearl's A Singer", "Cupid" , "Hills of Shiloh/Faithless Love" are just a few of the songs she sings to perfection. I hope they will add her to their Female Friday's list. Great suggestion!
She has been awarded two Tony's, a Golden Globe (and additional nominations) and several nominations for each Grammys and Emmys. Oozes talent.
Agreed! Bernadette is a Broadway LEGEND, you guys should absolutely react to her on your music channel!
She was gorgeous AF.
@@DustinHawke *is
Steve Martin was HUGE in comedy movies. Check out "Dirty rotten scoundrels" and "All Of Me". For starters.
My Louisianna-born dad used the phrase, "He doesn't know shit from Shinola" a thousand times when I was young. When I watched this movie in the theatre in New Jersey, I started laughing aloud - all by myself.
Yep! And Shinola was a shoe polish for those who have not heard of it.
My dad used to say this all the time also!! And yes people needed to know what Shinola was. Even people who have heard the saying, most don't know what Shinola was.
I know the expression from Stephen King books
I'm old enough and saw this when it came out in the theater. Everyone loved this movie! "I was born a poor black child" still makes me laugh!
Steve Martin owned the 80's: The Man With Two Brains, Roxanne, The Lonely Guy, Parenthood, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and All Of Me are well worth a watch.
Three Amigos!
The cross eyed guy suing Martin was the film's director Carl Reiner, who early in his career was in a comedy duo with Mel Brooks. Then he created one of the biggest early TV shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and directed a number of Steve Martin movies. After playing Archie Bunker's son in law in All In The Family, his son Rob Reiner went on to direct many famous movies himself. That was Carl Reiner's wife, and director Rob Reiner's mother who said "I'll have what she's having." in When Harry Met Sally.
Who gives a shit about Directors?
They are WAY rated.
Screenwriters are WAY more important.
@@MrParkerman6Carl Reiner was a genius. Do not speak I'll of such a wonderful human being.
@@MrParkerman6Producers are very ignorant sometimes.
After seeing this movie, every year when the new phone books arrived we would yell "The phone books are here! The phone books are here!" Love this movie!
“Thing are going to start happening TO ME now!
I miss getting Phonebooks for that reason alone lol
@dalegee9495
BE SOMEBODY!!!! 😁 ☔
I was fanatical about Steve Martin when I was 10 and 11. My dad took me to see this in the theater and I was laughing so hard I practically needed an oxygen mask. His other best silly comedy from his early film days is "The Man With Two Brains". Would love to see a reaction to that one.
I agree, but will add “Roxanne”.
Me too. I was 12. Laughed so hard....my DAD threatened not to take me to see any more movies.
Back in the day, there was an old family television show by the name of Lassie. It was about a family who lived on a farm back in the mid 1950's and their adventures. The shows main character was a smart, protective Collie dog named Lassie. As a dog would normally do, Lassie would bark, and they would interpret what Information Lassie was trying to tell them... just like Steve Martin's character did in that scene. I'm sure they were trying to get a laugh off of that Lassie reference.😂😊
Lassie was my favorite show as a child. I watched it on reruns, of course. We always had a dog or two and whenever the dog would get excited and bark I would ask it questions, like, "Did someone fall down the well?" It cracked my siblings up and is still a reference they make today.
Duh. Everyone knows about Lassie.
Someone made a cartoon, panel 1: Guy in trouble in the water says to dog: "Lassie, get help!" panel 2: Dog lying on therapist's couch talking to therapist.
@@treetopjones737 LOL!!! Next panel, guy in water looks like 😒
Bernadette Peters is a Broadway musical mainstay. She was in the original Braodway cast of Into the Woods, among others. Her singing voice is phenomenal!
Love this movie. Bernadette Peters was very big on the stage - such a great voice. Loved watching this great movie again with you two. Also loving those new chairs - look so comfy.
Steve Martin in ALL OF ME (1984) with Lily Tomlin is a great movie recommendation -- it is hilarious!
You would both love Steve Martin in Roxanne, such an awesome movie. His latest Only Murders in the Building is brilliant.
What I love about Only Murders, is how cross generational it is. I grew up with Steve Martin and Martin Short movies. So I'm too old to really know anything of Selena Gomez's work. But was absolutely stunned to see her hold her own. And because of the show, you have her fans being introduced, to two comedy legends.
I tried, and I binged the series, but it didn’t touch me/speak to me/evoke any emotions. Perhaps that’s because I never “got” Marin Short (I can’t stand “Three Amigos”).
Roxanne is brilliant, though.
@@DANTE83100 I completely agree, it really is a great show
@@SuziQ. each to their own. Taste is a personal preference. I wasn't a big fan of Roxanne as a child. But I appreciate it more now as an adult.
This movie is GOLD 🥇
Sadly in today's world it would be cancelled......smh
Haven't seen this flick in awhile. Love that line about "spontaneous advertising that could lead to something" by having his name in the phone book. And of course the defective cans of oil! Will be checking this out in a bit! Steve is also the star in a great comedy movie "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", which is so clever, intertwining scenes from old film noir movies with Steve's character.
When I was a little kid, my Dad’s best friend (who we called “Uncle Ed”) would always drop movie quotes into any situation and get a laugh. One of his favorites, was to say “I was born a poor black child…” anytime anyone wanted any sympathy.
For instance, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” Mom says “Chicken and rice.” (Kid rolls eyes and whines “I want pizza!”)
Uncle Ed: “I was born a poor black child!”
That's HILARIOUS..! Uncle Ed sounds like an awesome funny dude..😂😂😂
@@chucksmash1 It was such a blessing to grow up with him around. The really funny thing about him saying “I was born a poor black child” is that he’s white. He’s a character. He’s also a Vietnam Vet and reminds me a little bit of Uncle Si from Duck Dynasty because of the way he always told such tall tales. He’s like that guy from the movie Big Fish. His stories were the best.
You guys should check out Turner and Hooch, the original with Tom Hanks ❤ such a riot… love to see you enjoy as always!
No wayyyy! I can't believe yall reacted to this! This movie is very special to me, our family went on a skiing vacation in Vermont when I was maybe 10 or 11. We went out to Blockbuster one night to pick some movies to watch at the cabin; my mom saw this one and got really excited, she loved Steve Martin and said we needed to watch it, she swore it was the funniest movie she'd ever seen. I was concerned about the R rating but she said it was rated R in a very different time and a lot has changed since then. It definitely still felt a bit weird to watch with my parents at times, but was still very funny and memorable. I think more than anything I just appreciated how much my parents enjoyed the movie and the specific jokes, which we all quoted for a long time. All in all it's just tied to a very positive memory and happy moment in my life, and I was not expecting it to show up here. Can't wait to watch along with you!!
Prior to this movie, Steve Martin was doing his famous comedy skits, "King Tut" and "Wild Crazy Guy" on comedy circuit. After this movie, Martin has a long career in movies that continues today. He is currently doing a series on one of streaming services. Besides acting, Martin is also a musician playing mainly banjo. Martin 1st played banjo during his younger years mainly at Knott's Berry Farm in LA.
They could react to King Tut over on their music channel :)
I remember seeing him play banjo on "Midnight Special". I also had an album of him playing "Dueling Banjos" at the end. That blew me away.
I wish his film career was still going. He hasn't done any substantial film work in over a decade other than a couple bit parts a few years ago.
This movie came out when I was too young to see it without a parent. So my best friend's dad took us. He was from Mississippi. He was also famously uncomfortable about sex talk. When Naven talked about his girl Patty, dad had to leave. He did the same when Lethal Weapon's Mel Gibson showed his naked behind. Guy just had to leave.😊😂
You guys should review "Bowfinger", one of my favorite movies, starring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. It openly ridicules Hollywood culture, which I love.
The Jerk, Three Amigos, Bow Finger, Planes trains and automobiles, and Parenthood are all Steve Martin movies I can watch over and over again.
Dirty rotten scoundrels ftw
And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is another movie
Can't forget "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."
Planes and Trains is a million times better than his movie.
Roxanne❤
Steve Martin is in a good movie to add to your list of rom-coms. He starred with Lily Tomlin in the film "All of Me". With those 2 as the stars you can probably figure out that it leans more toward comedy than romance, but it's also sweet and leaves you smiling at the end.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is absolutely hilarious. You need to check it out. It also stars John Candy.
They have. They did it around Thanksgiving last year.
My parents took me to see this movie in the theater when it came out. I was like 7 years old then, and it's still a movie I love whenever I see it. I still remember the commercial trailer for the movie. Navin (which is a Southern black way of saying "Nathan", so that was supposed to be his actual name) was on those steps where the movie started in his robe with his Thermos. He looks at the camera and states, "I'm not a bum. I'm a JERK!", and the trailer gives a little synopsis of the film. The cat juggling scene, and the scene where he keeps signing checks and drunkenly snarling, "One dollar, and nine CENTS!" followed by taking little knickknacks from the house were my favorite scenes.
Fun fact: The cat juggling scene came from his stand-up comedy where he did a bit about cat juggling as a new, disgraceful practice that was emerging. His stand-up was funny as hell, so when you get a chance, check him out! As you might have guessed, his comedy style is also very visual, and he uses a lot of props. He also does funny comedy songs that he wrote, and he plays a mean banjo!
*Edit* Oh! I'm also a visual artist (and musician as well), and I won first place in a Disney drawing contest for drawing Steve Martin with an arrow through his head when I was in 5th grade. The arrow-through-the-head was one of his stand-up comedy props.
Shinola was a brand of shoe polish. There was an old saying (that has almost completely disappeared over the years) that you'd say to describe a more-or-less clueless or unintelligent person: "He doesn't know sh!t from Shinola...that's why his shoes don't shine."
(It even has a Wikipedia page which I won't link, but you can search for to confirm my claims.)
Love Bernadette Peters!! Always had a crush on her. She actually has a very strong voice and does a lot of Broadway (nominated for 7 Tony awards and won 2) and she is currently doing a singing tour, so, yes they were singing softly at the beach but she can belt it out on stage.
💗Y'all should react to Steve Martin in 'Father of the Bride' 1991 and the 1995 sequel! Both movies are so funny and sweet!
I required my kids to watch 3 movies. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, and the Jerk. The three greatest movies ever made!
Life of Brian is a much better Python movie and Blazing Saddles is terrible ( saw it in the theater) But, the Jerk is a great S. Martin movie...Not his best but great nonetheless...So; change those selections K?: Space Balls or Young Frankenstein are Mel's best but. They really shouldn't be included in the "greatest movies" genre... Ten Better movies
INK
CLOUD ATLAS
INCEPTION
A FISH CALLED WANDA
LIFE OF BRIAN
BRIAN'S SONG'
GODFATHER
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
GOJIRA
THE ELEPHANT MAN
@@godbluffvdgg - Even if we can calculate the air velocity of an unladen swallow?
You definitely should watch "All of Me" with Steve and Lily Tomlin!
OK, Jay. We're all relying on you. You MUST start singing "I'm picking out a thermos for you" to Amber. The more random the timing, the better. The look on her face will make it totally worthwhile.
The word "jerk" back then had another meaning as well. It meant an idiot. 🙂
Martin is one of the great comedians and comedic actors in history and he's also an accomplished banjo player. You absolutely positively must react to his Roxanne. You will love it!
I love Steve Martin.
So many of his movies fall under the feel good category.
Some of my favourites:
* The Big Year (2011) - is one that just makes me feel really good. Love it.
* Father of the Bride 1 & 2 - still amuse me after several re-watches
* House sitter (1992) - so funny
* My Blue Heaven (1990) - hilarious
* Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Also really funny
Some of his serious roles are just phenomenal but my go to are usually his comedic roles
Housesitter with Steve and Goldie Hawn is another good one. I can't wait for you both to watch Death Becomes Her (Goldie, Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis)! It's one of my fave movies ever!
This movie came out when I was ten years old and I was already a huge Steve Martin fan. I'll never forget that I cried uncontrollably near the end when he was walking around going "I don't need anything! Except this remote control, this ash tray, etc. etc." I was like "STEVE'S LOST EVERYTHING!!!!" (SOB!) LOLZ!
Thank you for watching this. I gave up asking people to react to it. My second favorite comedy behind blazing saddles.
Yessssss!!!! The FUNNIEST damn movie EVER!!! I have this one on DVD. “You mean I’m gonna stay this color!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 And, when he finds his rhythm. Or when he leaves, and hours later he’s still by the fence just chilling. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Soo many great parts. Steve Martin is a nut. In the best possible way. This is one of my mothers favorite movies, so I saw it for the first time when I was really young. It came out the year I was born. CLASSIC!!
The sequence where he is talking to his sleeping girlfriend about time was all improvised and she was able to not laugh.
In a TV interview after this film came out, Bernadette Peters told the interviewer how she kept from laughing ruining additional takes (because she did laugh hysterically a few takes prior) was that she was biting her lip the entire time Steve was doing his comedic monologue. She said that in a couple of close ups shots she can still she herself biting hard to keep from laughing because Steve Martin was great at improv comedy.
@MichaelJohnson-cq3ko could you imagine trying to work with him? I wouldn't be able to do it
Steve’s first job was at Disneyland. He was always fascinated with the magician who worked at the magic shop on Main Street and he loved when he used to be stationed there
One of the best documentaries ever made. LOL. This is such a hilarious movie. It seems that many don't know about it. But the ones who have seen it, love it. Thanks for a great channel and reaction! GO LONGHORNS!! lol
oh my gosh....I laughed so hard when this was released.
" l was born a black child" just sets up the entire movie lol !!!
Steve Martin dated Bernadette Peters (his girlfriend after the biker) for a number of years. One of her early movie roles was in the original (and by far best) version of The Longest Yard, which you definitely need to react to. It's a 1974 comedy with plenty of football action for Jay.
So many of the older movies get lost on younger people-they take everything so literally and personally, which you can’t with these types of movies.
Make sure you watch the original "The Longest Yard" from the early 1970's, not the remake.
Steve Martin is an amazing musician; especially on the banjo but Bernadette Peters is a musical theatre legend. She definitely held back vocally on her singing in this movie. Be sure to check her out.
Man.... my parents used to watch this all the time on cable when I was like 6 years old in the 80s. I didn't get any of the jokes. Now I get them. 😄
If you look closely enough you’ll see that Steve Martin was the Cat Juggler. Also, that big backyard with the shrubberies and pool was used in a lot of other movies and tv shows.
If you enjoyed this movie with both Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters, you'll want to watch, "Pennies From Heaven" which was made two years after "The Jerk". Fun fact: Bernadette Peters actually plays the trumpet. She asked Director Carl Reiner to let her play the trumpet in the beach scene, but he said no. She does use the correct fingerings and licks her lips right before placing the trumpet to her lips like someone who knows how to play the trumpet would.
Wrong, dumbass.
She said it was her playing in the film.
I love Pennies from Heaven! Also has Christopher Walken dancing!
Oh man, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I forgot about it, though, and surprisingly haven't looked for any reactions to it, since I started watching reactions a couple of years ago.
Pleasant surprise to see you two react to it.
@Amber, I like your 'king of the hill' shirt too.
Love watching your videos, Rob Squad. I remember you guys reacting to the Xanadu song, but when are you guys gonna watch the movie? I'd love to see you both react to the movie. You'd love it! ❤
Xanadu was a huge bomb. Total time waste.
The first time I saw this movie it was my youngest brothers birthday and this was his choice. The best part of this movie was watching my mother’s reactions as she was a product of a very religious conservative community.
Steve loves cats, and he'd work them into his standup comedian routines. One bit revolved around the fact that he discovered his cat was stealing money from him, and spending it all on cat toys, and my favorite was when he tell the audience that he gives his cat a bath regularly. Look up the HBO specials he did in the mid '70s.
"Does anybody know where I can get a pair of CAT handcuffs?"
I think the word Jerk used to be more flexible than it is today in its use. It used to also be applied to habitual screw-ups and time-wasrers as well as people that are just belligerently abrasive or intentionally a-holelish.
...and in the 50s it was someone who ran a Soda fountain.
To this day I still break out in “I’m picking out a thermos for you”. I loved this movie. Still watch it every time I see it when scrolling the channels.
I would love to see Star Trek reactions on Your channel.
I hadn't seen this movie in quite awhile. Hilarious movie! Steve Martin was super as Navin. Thanks for your reaction. I was laughing at your reaction especially with the dogs name lol
“The Man With Two Brains” is my favorite Steve Martin movie.❤. The scene with the dogs when he jumps out of the bathtub….just kills me. My Mom and I used to sing “I’m picking out a thermos for you, not an ordinary thermos for you!…” in the middle of wherever…the silliness never ends. 😊
My sister and I still buy each other thermoses. I can still sing the song. We sing the beach song together. The movie has always been our litmus test on whether we would continue to date a guy. If he loved it, he had a chance. 😅
Addit: I love your pick. It’s one of his best.
The man with two brains was my first experience with Steve Martin. Childhood favourite.
The sobriety-check scene is awesome.
I'm so happy to see you guys react to this movie. I'm positive I was one of those people requesting this movie as it's one of my top movies of all time.
Some of my favorite movies starring him are "My Blue Heaven," "Roxane," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Three Amigos," "LA Story," and "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid." Dead Men is unique as they took multiple old Film Noir movies (like those starring Humphrey Bogart) and cut the scenes into a new story, making a larger movie. I guess you'd kinda call it a parody or an omage (sp?) to the film genre.
When this movie came out I had just a few years earlier figured out what my special purpose was for. Loved this movie and still do.
It is by far my very favorite Steve Martin movie!!! 😂😂 Hilarious from start to finish!!