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JUST BEFORE The Jerk awkwardly meanders into its last few glossy seconds, Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) stares despondently into the camera, sighs melodramatically and declaims, "It's an old story--one you've probably heard before--but I never thought it would happen to me!" Navin is referring to his extremely brief career as an overnight business success--and his even speedier denouement--but the only verisimilitude the cliche holds in this epitome of trite movies seems to emanate from Martin's own soul...
Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias must share the blame for The Jerk's tedious and disjointed script, which features Navin as the adopted son of poor blacks in Mississippi who leaves his family's shack to "find himself" in St. Louis. Navin, the Jerk, lacks any semblance of social grace or intelligence; it is all too evident from Scene One that he will trip over any wild 'n crazy opportunity that might chance to extend its foot. Good idea (Jerry Lewis pumped it for a lot of mileage), but Martin, Gottlieb and Elias fail miserably in attempting its execution...
Consider the scene in which Navin meets Marie, played by the oh-so-cute Bernadette Peters. Less than five minutes after they have accidently met, Navin asks Marie for a date. Marie: "O.K." Navin: "Do you have a boyfriend?" Marie: "Well..." Pregnant, supposedly meaning-laden pause. Navin: "If I was your boyfriend, I'd be around all the time." Marie (brimming with passion): "Well, we have a date tomorrow." Nearby dog: "Woof...
...plays than last Saturday, I don't know what they would be." The game is scheduled to Pierce, r.t. p.h. Hartman Davis, r.g. l.g., Owens Vicario, c. c., Rautenberg Allen, l.g. r.g., Brucker Woggon, l.t. r.t., Marsanski Morter, l.e. r.e., Schroeder Trumbull, q.b. q.b., Grenahan Fritts, r.h.b. l.h.b., Walz Navin, l.h.b. r.h.b., Billips Cowen, f.b. f.b., Irwin
...found in the positions in which they started the last game before examinations. HARVARD PT RAIDERS Morter, l.e. r.e., Berger Davis, l.t. r.t., Thom Mroz, l.g. r.g., Smith Vicario, c. c., Svendsen Allen, r.g. l.g., Shew Pierce, r.t. l.t., Vohs Perkins, r.e. l.e., Moore Trumbull, q.b. q.b., Schmidt Navin, l.h.b. r.h.b., Cooper or Macdonald Fritts, r.h.b. l.h.b., Zoeller Cowen, f.b. f.b., Secrest