This film never shows up on cable. Is it too offensive for modern audience? Soul Man is another, though more offensive on the surface, that has been kicked to the back of the vaults.
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"Forgotten."
And rightfully so. A piece of dung in '79; a piece dung today.
I remember 10-15 years ago Comedy Central would play this movie virtually every day. I suspect the opening with Navin at home and the jungle bunny scene later on are just too non PC for the joyless harpies. Humor has no place in the current dogma.
shareThis story and character are so wonderful. That's what I feel Stanley Kubrick also saw in it, besides sharing Martin's own type of personality being a loner, well-read intellectual yet child-like. The silliness of the humour is so beautifully showing the innocence as a true door to the kingdom of heaven, the value without which kindness is not genuine, smile and love hiding a fear or sadness, and the heart intelligence substituted by intellect. The film embraces hidden qualities that makes us human, how clever we are is irrelevant if we have an intelligence of the heart.
Yes even though this film is not as great or funny as his Pink Panther films, which I always considered the peak of his artistry as a comical actor and writer, The Jerk has captured the sophistication and wit of his 70's stand up performances.