Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaSuicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.
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- 1 candidatura
- Warren Nefron
- (as Jerry --- Who Else?)
- …
- Waitress
- (as Zane Busby)
- …
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Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe 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".
- BlooperThe chair used in the opening hanging sequence disappears entirely and then suddenly reappears.
- Citazioni
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...?
- Curiosità sui creditiThe main title is immediately preceded by a credit "Jerry---Who Else? in"
- ConnessioniReferenced in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Colonne sonoreTheme from New York, New York
Music by John Kander, unused lyrics by Fred Ebb
Danced to in bank sequence
I knew he was going downhill with "Hardly Working", which left him just that. But with "Cracking Up", he finds himself stuck with a movie that is so loud, so shrill and so in-your-face that laughing at it is not an option. You just want to analyze it to death.
As an all-around crackpot, Jerry sees a psychiatrist (Edelman) to try and get to the bottom of why he is in such sad shape.
The vignettes, when not repetitive, are just plain dumb. See, one part has him trying to quit smoking, so he goes to seek help. Now, whenever he lights up, Dick Butkus pops out of nowhere and belts him one. He shows up out of the bushes, in a buffet line, as a statue, etc. Cute at the beginning, but after the eleventh or twelfth time, it gets kind of annoying.
There is a bit part for Sammy Davis Jr. but his best role is in an out-take at the end where Jerry hoists him up and announces, "I'd like to thank the NAACP for this award...."
So, you see, Jerry can be funny. He used to be funny and there are times when he still has funniness within his grasp. But not here.
Three stars from me. Eight stars if you're a rabid fan. Ten stars if you're reading this in France.
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- Cracking Up
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- Irving Ave & Bel Aire Dr, Glendale, California, Stati Uniti(Crosswalk in early flashback scene of Jerry Lewis as a boy.)
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