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* CareerResurrection: This was Creator/JerryLewis' first theatrically released film in over a decade.



* CreatorKiller: In addition to starring in this film, Creator/JerryLewis also directed and co-wrote it. Its terrible reception didn't do his filmmaking career any more favors than it did his acting one, with his next directorial-screenwriting effort ''Cracking Up'' doing worse business.



* NotScreenedForCritics: When the movie was first shown in Miami, Florida, critics were not invited to the premiere, as Fox was afraid the word would get out how bad the film was, before the general release. To quote Creator/RogerEbert:

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* NotScreenedForCritics: When the movie was first shown in Miami, Florida, critics were not weren't invited to the premiere, premiere: as Fox was afraid the word would get out how bad the film was, before the general release. To quote Creator/RogerEbert:


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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/JerryLewis had taken a break in TheSeventies after a string of immense success in prior decades, with this comedy (which was his first theatrical release in years) intended to be his comeback. But its awful reviews overshadowed its mild box office success, with critics lambasting how badly made it was. His esteem was restored temporarily with his praised role in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'' alongside Creator/RobertDeNiro, but it quickly was killed off for good following the even more poorly-received failures ''Cracking Up'' and ''Slapstick of Another Kind''.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with other Website/CollegeHumor videos, many of the episodes are no longer available either because they were stuck on the main Website/CollegeHumor website when it went under in early 2020 or because they've continually been quietly taken down on the channel either due to copyrighted music ("Yawn Dead" using Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or the All Nighter '09 finale using Razorlight's "In The Morning") or a variety of racier jokes the brand would never make nowadays (usage of the F word in "The Note" and "Pardon Me", similar slur usage in "Freeze Tag", the punchline of "Mangina" being the idea of a woman having a penis, sexual assault jokes in "Hypnotist" and "Headphone Prank", Dan's intentionally off-colour impressions in "Such An Idiot", the subject matter of "Leaked Nude Photos", etc.) They're also absent on the Dropout service, which additionally brought back some of the website-exclusive videos but by no means all. Luckily, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/CollegeHumor_Originals_(partially_found_internet_videos;_mid_2000s-mid_2010s) fans have been working on cataloguing the show.]]

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with other Website/CollegeHumor [[Creator/{{Dropout}} CollegeHumor]] videos, many of the episodes are no longer available either because they were stuck on the main Website/CollegeHumor [=CollegeHumor=] website when it went under in early 2020 or because they've continually been quietly taken down on the channel either due to copyrighted music ("Yawn Dead" using Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or the All Nighter '09 finale using Razorlight's "In The Morning") or a variety of racier jokes the brand would never make nowadays (usage of the F word in "The Note" and "Pardon Me", similar slur usage in "Freeze Tag", the punchline of "Mangina" being the idea of a woman having a penis, sexual assault jokes in "Hypnotist" and "Headphone Prank", Dan's intentionally off-colour impressions in "Such An Idiot", the subject matter of "Leaked Nude Photos", etc.) They're also absent on the Dropout service, which additionally brought back some of the website-exclusive videos but by no means all. Luckily, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/CollegeHumor_Originals_(partially_found_internet_videos;_mid_2000s-mid_2010s) fans have been working on cataloguing the show.]]
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with other CollegeHumor videos, many of the episodes are no longer available either because they were stuck on the main CollegeHumor website when it went under in early 2020 or because they've continually been quietly taken down on the YouTube channel either due to copyrighted music ("Yawn Dead" using Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or the All Nighter '09 finale using Razorlight's "In The Morning") or a variety of racier jokes the brand would never make nowadays (usage of the F word in "The Note" and "Pardon Me", similar slur usage in "Freeze Tag", the punchline of "Mangina" being the idea of a woman having a penis, sexual assault jokes in "Hypnotist" and "Headphone Prank", Dan's intentionally off-colour impressions in "Such An Idiot", the subject matter of "Leaked Nude Photos", etc.) They're also absent on the Dropout service, which additionally brought back some of the website-exclusive videos but by no means all. Luckily, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/CollegeHumor_Originals_(partially_found_internet_videos;_mid_2000s-mid_2010s) fans have been working on cataloguing the show.]]

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with other CollegeHumor Website/CollegeHumor videos, many of the episodes are no longer available either because they were stuck on the main CollegeHumor Website/CollegeHumor website when it went under in early 2020 or because they've continually been quietly taken down on the YouTube channel either due to copyrighted music ("Yawn Dead" using Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or the All Nighter '09 finale using Razorlight's "In The Morning") or a variety of racier jokes the brand would never make nowadays (usage of the F word in "The Note" and "Pardon Me", similar slur usage in "Freeze Tag", the punchline of "Mangina" being the idea of a woman having a penis, sexual assault jokes in "Hypnotist" and "Headphone Prank", Dan's intentionally off-colour impressions in "Such An Idiot", the subject matter of "Leaked Nude Photos", etc.) They're also absent on the Dropout service, which additionally brought back some of the website-exclusive videos but by no means all. Luckily, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/CollegeHumor_Originals_(partially_found_internet_videos;_mid_2000s-mid_2010s) fans have been working on cataloguing the show.]]
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!![=YMMVs=] for the [[WebVideo/HardlyWorking web series]]:

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!![=YMMVs=] !!Trivia for the [[WebVideo/HardlyWorking web series]]:




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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with other CollegeHumor videos, many of the episodes are no longer available either because they were stuck on the main CollegeHumor website when it went under in early 2020 or because they've continually been quietly taken down on the YouTube channel either due to copyrighted music ("Yawn Dead" using Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or the All Nighter '09 finale using Razorlight's "In The Morning") or a variety of racier jokes the brand would never make nowadays (usage of the F word in "The Note" and "Pardon Me", similar slur usage in "Freeze Tag", the punchline of "Mangina" being the idea of a woman having a penis, sexual assault jokes in "Hypnotist" and "Headphone Prank", Dan's intentionally off-colour impressions in "Such An Idiot", the subject matter of "Leaked Nude Photos", etc.) They're also absent on the Dropout service, which additionally brought back some of the website-exclusive videos but by no means all. Luckily, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/CollegeHumor_Originals_(partially_found_internet_videos;_mid_2000s-mid_2010s) fans have been working on cataloguing the show.]]

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* ActingForTwo:
** Streeter and his "Phantom of the Office" character occasionally appear at the same time.
** Dan and his EvilCounterpart [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} WaDan]].

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* ActingForTwo:
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ActingForTwo: Most of the cast play other one-off or recurring characters as well. Streeter and his "Phantom of the Office" character occasionally appear at the same time.
** Dan and his EvilCounterpart [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} WaDan]].
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** Dan and his EvilCounterpart [=WaDan=].

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** Dan and his EvilCounterpart [=WaDan=].[[SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} WaDan]].
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!![=YMMVs=] for the [[WebVideo/HardlyWorking web series]]:

* ActingForTwo:
** Streeter and his "Phantom of the Office" character occasionally appear at the same time.
** Dan and his EvilCounterpart [=WaDan=].

!!Trivia for the Creator/JerryLewis [[Film/HardlyWorking film]]:
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/JerryLewis acts opposite himself in drag.
* CareerResurrection: This was Creator/JerryLewis' first theatrically released film in over a decade.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/JerryLewis said of this film:
-->The whole experience was a mixed bag...I have to admit that the awful strain of the past ten years showed in every part of my work...The movie didn't really hang together, and not so surprisingly, I looked terrible in it.
* ExecutiveMeddling: For its American release in the USA, this picture was cut by about twenty minutes from its European print.
* NotScreenedForCritics: When the movie was first shown in Miami, Florida, critics were not invited to the premiere, as Fox was afraid the word would get out how bad the film was, before the general release. To quote Creator/RogerEbert:
-->In "Variety" I'd read that the critics were barred from the Miami premiere of the film because, and I paraphrase, Creator/JerryLewis makes films for the masses and critics are unequipped to understand his appeal. Horse manure.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was completed in 1979, and didn't see an American release until 1981. It was released in Europe in 1980.
* TroubledProduction: Work on the film was suspended for about six months in 1980 after the production ran out of money, with Creator/JerryLewis himself declaring personal bankruptcy. Because of this, there are many notable continuity issues throughout the film.

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