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The Jerk - Steve Martin

Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:55 pm
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8089 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:55 pm
Saw it is on Netflix now and just finished watching it. What an all time classic movie.


Navin R. Johnson: 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...

Sniper: EVERYDAY RANDOM SON OF A BITCH! TAKE THAT YOU RUN OF THE MILL BASTARD! DIE GAS PUMPER!

Mother: Navin, it's your birthday, and it's time you knew. You're not our natural-born child.
Navin R. Johnson: I'm not? You mean I'm gonna STAY this color?

This scene gets me everytime too.


Posted by buzwa
Member since Sep 2006
2476 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:58 pm to
"He hates these cans!"
Posted by DivotBreath
On the course
Member since Oct 2007
3527 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:05 pm to
“The Jerk” is a comedy classic!

I am surprised Netflix would show it given that a large part of the humor derived from what is now considered sensitive subject matter.

Glad to see it easily available again??
Posted by TTB
LA to L.A.
Member since Nov 2006
2288 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:06 pm to
“ Ah, 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 thimbles. Anything in this three inches. Right in here, this area, that includes the Chiclets but not the erasers.”
Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
21095 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:14 pm to
How does this movie compare to Fletch?
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22124 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:26 pm to
Pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty…one dollar and NINE CENTS!!!!
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3363 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 5:32 pm to
I’m picking out a thermos for you.
Posted by DomincDecoco
of no fixed abode
Member since Oct 2018
10933 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:50 pm to
Lord loves a working man, don't trust whitey, see a doctor and get rid of it...got it.

Eta- Bernadette peters was a knockout

This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 6:54 pm
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
25725 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:03 pm to
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:10 pm to
One of my top 5 70s comedies.

Steve was great, I like a lot of his films.

Eta

Had you replaced Gene Wilder with Steve Martin in some of his films, I feel like Steve would've donengreat with those roles too.

Blazing saddles
Stir Crazy
See no evil, hear no evil

Not Willy Wonka though.

Etc
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 7:22 pm
Posted by TrapperJohn
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
11215 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:12 pm to
Watched this with my teenagers last week. They were in awe.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9911 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 8:44 pm to
Hitchiking scene...Driver asks..."St. Louis?"

"No....Navin Johnson."

Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30629 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 9:41 pm to
One of my favorite gifs to post when someone is talking business.

Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24920 posts
Posted on 8/26/23 at 12:21 am to
This and Lebowski are my two all time favorite comedies. This is probably my number 1 though. It’s an absolute gem
Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
7276 posts
Posted on 8/26/23 at 12:34 am to
The first half of the movie was hilarious. After he got rich and moved in the house it kinda fell off.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63940 posts
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:58 am to
quote:

all time classic movie.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28753 posts
Posted on 8/26/23 at 8:43 pm to
Navin: Maybe you could make love with me and think of him?
Marie: Who knows, maybe you and he could make love and you could think of me.
Navin: I'd just be happy to be in there somewhere.
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