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Slapstick Comedy
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Best Film | 1983 | Jerry
The opening credits jokingly state that the picture's main title song is sung by Marcel Marceau.
The title was changed to "Cracking Up" so late that when the characters go to see this movie, the marquee of the theater still has the original title "Smorgasbord".
The film marked the reunion of actor-director-writer Jerry Lewis and writer Bill Richmond who had last worked together during the 1960s. The two had previously successfully collaborated on such movies as The Patsy (1964), The Bellboy (1960) and The Nutty Professor (1963). The movie represented their seventh and final collaboration.
After principal photography on this film was completed, Jerry Lewis went to have triple bypass heart surgery at the Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas.
The picture was released in the USA on a double bill with The King of Comedy (1982).
"Warren Nefron: I think I'll have the non-toxic lunch. Waitress: Would you like to start it with juice, fruit or soup? Warren Nefron: Hmm, I think juice will be fine! Waitress: We have apple, grapefruit, pineapple, apricot, orange, lemon, lemon crush, banana, asparagus, avocado, nectarine, tangerine, cherry, or pitless watermelon. Warren Nefron: Apple will be fine. Waitress: Apple it is! And what kind of salad would you like with your meal? We have Caesar, watercress, lettuce and tomato, plain tomato, plain lettuce, bibb lettuce, hearts of lettuce, hearts of bibb lettuce, lettuce leaves. Warren Nefron: Watercress is always the... Waitress: Watercress it is! Good choice! You got it! And what do you have on it? We have vinegar, vinegar and oil, plain oil, thousand island, hundred island, wine island, three mile island, Russian, German, Swiss, Mayo, Roquefort, blue cheese, brown cheese, cheese, cheese and bacon, bacon bits, bacon chips. Warren Nefron: Hmm, vinegar and oil... Waitress: Vinegar and oil, good choice! You got it! And now for your main course? We have steak, chops, veal, lamb chops, veal chops, chops of beef, beef tournedos, tournedos of beef, roast beef, boiled beef, royal beef, baked beef, braised beef, ribs, livers, lungs, onions... Warren Nefron: I think steak is the best... Waitress: Steak, and how would you like that? Medium, medium rare, well, well-done, rare, very rare... Waitress: [time has elapsed] ... coffee, decaf, cocoa... Warren Nefron: Can I just have a check? Waitress: Fine, will that be cash, Visa, MasterCard, Carte Blanche, American Express, Bank of America, Bank of Germany, Bank of Tokyo, Bank of England, Bank of Andorra, Bank of Uruguay, Bank of the Peloponesian Island...?"
