*THIS IS WILD!* The Jerk (1979) *FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION

THIS IS WILD! The Jerk (1979) *FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION - Comedy

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@donaldseale2700 Жыл бұрын

You mean I'm going to stay this color!? That line gets me every time.

@sharonrigsby5297 Жыл бұрын

My favorite line! 😂😂😂

@ricksgamemisc10 10 ай бұрын

"I thought he was special. He's just white!" 🤣😂

@falcon215 Жыл бұрын

Steve Martin was wildly huge at the time of this movie. He had become a prominent guest on Saturday Night Live and had achieved rock star-like status. I saw him in concert during his last stand-up comedy tour and the arena was filled. His first handful of movies are uniquely imaginative and I believe this was his first. I remember seeing it in the theater when it first came out. Fun for the sake of fun. Great reaction.

@sokay2laugh512 Ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this reaction. Yeah, aren’t a ton of people who have done this one. Saw this when I was a kid when it came out and have been wondering how it would be seen. That was a good time 😁👍

@mem1701movies Жыл бұрын

17:01 Carl Reiner was MEL BROOKS best friend and writing partner and did this movie

@rickardroach9075 Жыл бұрын

20:17 Bernadette Peters was biting the inside of her cheeks to stop from laughing as she kept ruining takes.

@rustincohle2135 Жыл бұрын

The celebrity who leads the class action lawsuit at 27:43-28:11 is Carl Reiner (the actual director of the movie) playing himself. It's crazy surreal to see the director of the actual movie playing himself and that he's suing the fictional lead character of the movie that he's currently directing. Like how meta can you get? It's awesome.

@rabbitandcrow 9 ай бұрын

And he was comedy partners with Mel Brooks, hence the types of gags you see in the movie.

@dunhill1 9 ай бұрын

If you go back, the host of "Date Line" introduces Carl Reiner by name. Then Carl Reiner states that he is a director but the opti-grab glasses he wore prevented him from calling "cut" at the right time.

@MATTHEW-rp3kq 6 ай бұрын

steve martin is also a banjo playing phenom

@franj1414 Жыл бұрын

I love Steve Martin. We had good comedy back in the day. People knew how to take a joke (as a joke).

@kubrickfilmfan7340 Жыл бұрын

It's funny that you said this is like a Mel Brooks movie. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks worked together writing comedy for television in the 1950s before they started directing movies.

@rickardroach9075 Жыл бұрын

33:41 The cat juggler (played by Steve Martin).

@tofersiefken 10 ай бұрын

Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters are such a great duo and have such cute on-screen chemistry. For more of this duo, check out Pennies From Heaven (1981) and The Man With Two Brains (1983).

@jilliank6379 4 ай бұрын

Steve Martin was actually offered the part of Rooster in Annie, but turned it down because he and Bernadette Peters had just split up (they were together for I think 4 years and engaged) and he was too hurt to play her onscreen husband. And that’s how we got Tim Curry in the role!

@TheAntiSmug 11 ай бұрын

"I thought he was special, but he's just white". Freaking awesome.)

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

There is pre 90s Steve Martin to mid 2000s Steve Martin to current Steve Martin his comedy changes through the decade but he's always way out there and nothing like him

@picolo4102 Жыл бұрын

Funny you said Mel Brooks. Carl Reiner, the writer, and Brooks were best friends

@everyonelovesmajima Жыл бұрын

One dollar and *NINE CENTS!*

@31webseries Ай бұрын

“I thought he was special but he’s just white.” I laughed so long and hard I could barely breathe. 😆

@scgreek1114 Жыл бұрын

After this movie came out, "that's all I need" became part of the vernacular for quite a while. For another ridiculous Steve Martin comedy, check out "The Man with Two Brains" from 1983.

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

Navin never forgot he was born a poor black child in Mississippi

@yournamehere6002 Жыл бұрын

The Man with Two Brains, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Lonely Guy, Roxanne, Bowfinger and My Blue Heaven are all worth watching.

@dickychip 3 ай бұрын

Still one of my favourite Steve Martin comedies, you really have to watch ‘the man with two brains’ , ‘all of me’ ‘the three amigos’ and ‘bowfinger’ for some of Steve Martin’s other great works.

@zachharris3040 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you check this out. What I love about The Jerk is it feels close than a lot of his movies to his standup material. His standup is very silly. But yeah, for a little bit there he was probably the biggest standup around, filling out arenas. Then he retired and started movies. Lastly, he's a very talented writer. Not only for a comedian, for anyone I think. He uses very colorful language and funny metaphors. I've read pretty much everything, his fiction and memoir.

@rocketdave719 9 ай бұрын

The actor playing Navin's dad was thirty years older than Steve Martin.

@doughbafett 8 ай бұрын

He died before the movie's release too.

@tofersiefken 10 ай бұрын

In 1979 the U.S. national minimum wage was $2.90 USD per hour. (Accounting for inflation, that would be $12.32 USD in 2024.) Navin's rate of pay, $1.10 USD per hour, would be valued at $4.98 USD per hour in 2024. (The current 2024 U.S. national minimum wage is $7.25 USD per hour.) Edit: Other price conversions.... (1979) Opti-Grab initial income check $250,000 USD = $1,132,740 USD (2024) (1979) Class action lawsuit settlement $10,000,000 USD = $ 45,309,601 (2024) (1979) Opti-Grab refund checks $1.09 USD = $4.94 USD (2024)

@yournamehere6002 Жыл бұрын

He was a stand-up comedian before he was an actor. One of the biggest at the time, he was headlining stadiums.

@amandaasbury7524 Жыл бұрын

"He's as old as his daddy, I guess that's the joke. I've never seen Steve Martin as a young man", to be fair, Steve Martin's hair came in white when he was still young. Around 32 or so.

@dicktrickle741 Жыл бұрын

The guy playing his dad was 64, he died the year this movie came out 😪. 30 year age difference.

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

That's the actual playboy mansion Navin moved to

@mattsnyderARTIST Жыл бұрын

Martin went gray early. I saw this in theater when I was 9. Classic stupid humour movie.

@robertzapata5395 6 ай бұрын

LMAO!! You said " i thought he was special but he's just white!" 😂😂😂😂

@PhoenixFit2024 Жыл бұрын

Navins biker toxic GF was played by Catlin Adams. She’s a very famous acting coach. She has coached actors such as Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams, Brad Pitt, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Douglas, Aaron Eckhart, Lily Tomlin, Taylor Schilling, Charlie Hunnam, Moran Atias, Megan Fox, and Zoe Saldana.

@nightHawk66 10 ай бұрын

One of my favourite movies, the comedy is so good. The man with two brains is also right up that alley. If you want a hard boiled PI-movie you REALLY need to watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. An absolute fantastic noir-kind-of-movie, hard-boiled style! 😉

@odemusvonkilhausen Жыл бұрын

Stretch his acting ability? Wackiness is what Steve Martin is known for. It's how he got his start. The majority of his movies are comedies.

@FlixTalk Жыл бұрын

Steve Martin hasn't done anything like this for decades.

@odemusvonkilhausen Жыл бұрын

@@FlixTalk Yeah, except for that tour he did, and may still be doing, with Martin Short.

@williamjones6031 Жыл бұрын

1. Steve Martin had his heyday in the 80s after he left SNL. IMVHO this was his best movie. 2. Regarding Bernadette Peters, As long as I have a face...😍🥰😜 3. Roger Ebert has said that M. Emmet Walsh/madman always makes anything he's in better.

@YolandaAnneBrown95726 Жыл бұрын

I first saw this when I was 12, and this was the first time I ever heard of 15:34 and wondered why my Mom was freaked out by that.

@3912James 5 ай бұрын

I was 12 too when my dad took me and my big sister to see this movie.

@auntiecreeps1414 Жыл бұрын

Steve Martin wasn’t really that old when he made this; only early to mid 30s I think. He was prematurely gray.

@anthonyflinn3305 Жыл бұрын

I feel really bad for poor Steve Martin how is he supposed to know that was iron balls McGinty.

@Salguine 5 ай бұрын

No this wasn't directed by Mel Brooks...but it was directed by Carl Reiner, who started out in the writers' room on Sid Caesar's "Your Show Of Shows" in 1949 WITH Mel Brooks. The two of them have a long history in comedy together, and were best friends for 70 years until Carl's passing in 2020.

@shinacollins9910 Жыл бұрын

That was his real wife. Alot of folks back rhen knew. Now you know. Ha.😊

@The_FactoidVoid 7 ай бұрын

My cat is named Navin R. Johnson. Love this movie.

@KBH27 Жыл бұрын

Good reaction and cool shirt dude. I think you will really like The Big Year with Steve Martin, Jack Black & Owen Wilson

@Kebmo338 6 ай бұрын

Steve Martin was also the cat juggler.

@angelagraves865 Жыл бұрын

I love Steve Martin. This movie is so ridiculous. Good call with the Mel Brooks comparison. Some of his funnier movies are Bowfinger (1999) with Eddie Murphy; Bringing Down the House (2003) with Queen Latifah; Sgt. Bilko (1996); Housesitter (1992) with Goldie Hawn; L.A. Story (1991); My Blue Heaven (1990); Parenthood (1989); Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); The Three Amigos (1986); All of Me (1984). The Spanish Prisoner (1997) is one of the rare movies he was in where he played a serious role. It's a really good movie. Holy cow, I didn't know how many Steve Martin movies I like.

@selkirk57 Жыл бұрын

Good reaction and edit. It got me to thinking of a similar yet different movie called "Being There", with Peter Sellers. Strange that both movies should have come out in 1979. I can't recommend that one enough.

@rickardroach9075 Жыл бұрын

“I like to watch.”

@KevinShipe-tr2uk 10 ай бұрын

Carl Reiner was a Alfred Hitchcock did cameo own movie

@BondFreek Жыл бұрын

Steve Martin was in his early thirties when he did this movie. The man playing his father was in his 50's. Steve Martin always looked older than he was because of his premature gray hair. A condition a lot of blondes had. Some people just look younger than they are.

@libertubey2199 Жыл бұрын

I disagree. I don't think he looked old with his. But, then again, everyone's perception is different.

@3912James 10 ай бұрын

Leslie Nielsen was another actor who had prematùre grey hair (although he was in his 40s to early 50s throughout the 70s).

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

Old school Steve Martin is the best, nothing like his stand up and his early movies are way out there

@AlisonRISD Жыл бұрын

I love the jerk and carl reiner humor. But A+ Steve Martin is Roxanne, LA Story and Bowfinger.

@robertsutton206 8 ай бұрын

This is his best movie

@aftonair 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. I love this movie!

@janna2245 8 ай бұрын

Has i ocurred to you that Navin's original parents may not have been so bright, and the the black family who raised him sheltered him so that he wouldn't get eaten alive by the world? Good g-d, they love him, but he's like a pet.

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

Carl Reiner and Mel brooks were best friends Carl died last year and Mel brooks is 96

@archersfriend5900 Жыл бұрын

This reaction is all I need, then I will go.

@odemusvonkilhausen Жыл бұрын

He's not as old as his dad, and Steve Martin hasn't always been old as hell. His hair turned white, prematurely. He's probably in his late 20's - early 30's in this movie.

@FlixTalk Жыл бұрын

@5667hall 3 ай бұрын

More Steve Martin you say. Three Amigos

@bigbow62 7 ай бұрын

Check his SNL ( Saturday Night Live ) for all of you youngsters. His King Tut video & song.(SNL skit) My 2 favorite movies..... Roxanne (1987) The Big Year (2011) Amazing movie and incredibly funny with Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Based on the true story about seeing how many species of bird one can see or hear during a full year.