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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Creator/RogerCCarmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his [[TheKlutz chronic clumsiness]], however, HilarityEnsues.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) (Creator/SusanOliver) and brother-in-law (Creator/RogerCCarmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his [[TheKlutz chronic clumsiness]], however, HilarityEnsues.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Roger C. Carmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his [[TheKlutz chronic clumsiness]], however, HilarityEnsues.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Roger C. Carmel) (Creator/RogerCCarmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his [[TheKlutz chronic clumsiness]], however, HilarityEnsues.
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The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. It did do well on the growing VHS market, however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
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The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. with critics. It did do well on at the box office and especially in the growing VHS market, however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Roger C. Carmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his chronic clumsiness however, HilarityEnsues.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Roger C. Carmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his [[TheKlutz chronic clumsiness clumsiness]], however, HilarityEnsues.
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The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. It did do well on the growing VHS market however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
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The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. It did do well on the growing VHS market market, however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
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* GenreSavvy: Even Bo is able to realize what's likely to happen when he gets a job at the antique store, and tries as hard as he can not to actually touch any of the antiques, lest he break them.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: No outright breaks, but Lewis glances aside to the audience on quite a few occasions.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: No outright breaks, but Lewis glances aside to the audience on quite a few occasions.occasions.
* TakeThat: Not in the film itself, but the advertising billed Lewis as "The Original Jerk," in a pot-shot at the then-recent Creator/SteveMartin hit ''Film/TheJerk''.
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* TakeThat: Not in the film itself, but the advertising billed Lewis as "The Original Jerk," in a pot-shot at the then-recent Creator/SteveMartin hit ''Film/TheJerk''.
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A 1980 comedy film, billed as Creator/JerryLewis's big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen (the unreleased ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' notwithstanding). Lewis plays Bo Hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, Bo is forced to move in with his sister (Susan Oliver) and brother-in-law (Roger C. Carmel) and find another job to tide him over until he can go back to full-time clowning. Thanks to his chronic clumsiness however, HilarityEnsues.
The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. It did do well on the growing VHS market however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
For the unrelated webseries, see [[WebVideo/HardlyWorking here]].
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BaitAndSwitch: You'd expect Bo to be fired from the antique store for mass-breakage of vases or somesuch, right? Wrong -- he gets fired because he mistook a fire hose connector for an antique, and on trying to remove it from the wall, soaked a wealthy client. Nothing else is damaged, but he gets fired regardless.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Bo is a clumsy person at the best of times, so you can only imagine how badly things go when he ends up working as a bartender at a strip joint. It ends up being his shortest-lasting job, after he falls foul of the cardinal rule not to touch the girls.
* ExcusePlot: The storyline basically just provides a framework for Jerry Lewis to perform his act in various different workplaces, with occasional interventions to show either his brother-in-law accusing him of being a mooch, or his developing relationship with Millie.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Surprisingly enough, averted for the most part. Bo's employers show a remarkable amount of patience considering how clumsy and outright destructive he is.
* GenreSavvy: Even Bo is able to realize what's likely to happen when he gets a job at the antique store, and tries as hard as he can not to actually touch any of the antiques, lest he break them.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: No outright breaks, but Lewis glances aside to the audience on quite a few occasions.
The film was a big hit in Europe and had more than made its budget back by the time it got a stateside release in mid-1981... which was just as well, considering it ended up being released as a butchered re-edit and bombed at U.S. cinemas. It did do well on the growing VHS market however, and is now considered something of a CultClassic, even if Lewis himself wasn't too proud of the end result.
For the unrelated webseries, see [[WebVideo/HardlyWorking here]].
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BaitAndSwitch: You'd expect Bo to be fired from the antique store for mass-breakage of vases or somesuch, right? Wrong -- he gets fired because he mistook a fire hose connector for an antique, and on trying to remove it from the wall, soaked a wealthy client. Nothing else is damaged, but he gets fired regardless.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Bo is a clumsy person at the best of times, so you can only imagine how badly things go when he ends up working as a bartender at a strip joint. It ends up being his shortest-lasting job, after he falls foul of the cardinal rule not to touch the girls.
* ExcusePlot: The storyline basically just provides a framework for Jerry Lewis to perform his act in various different workplaces, with occasional interventions to show either his brother-in-law accusing him of being a mooch, or his developing relationship with Millie.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Surprisingly enough, averted for the most part. Bo's employers show a remarkable amount of patience considering how clumsy and outright destructive he is.
* GenreSavvy: Even Bo is able to realize what's likely to happen when he gets a job at the antique store, and tries as hard as he can not to actually touch any of the antiques, lest he break them.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: No outright breaks, but Lewis glances aside to the audience on quite a few occasions.
