Don't Drink the Water 1969  G, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Joan Delaney, Michael Constantine, Howard St. John, Avery Schreiber, Richard Libertini, Danny Meehan, Pierre Olaf, Mark Gordon, Phil Leeds
American tourists (Jackie Gleason and Estelle Parsons) are bound for Europe when their plane is skyjacked, and they end up behind the Iron Curtain. From that tenuous position, their plight gets even worse when they are accused of spying.
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol 1994 TV, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Joanna Romersa
Cast: Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker, John Rhys-Davies, B.J. Ward, Don Messick, Russi Taylor, John Stephenson, Marsha Clark, Will Ryan, Howard Morris
In this show-within-a-show, Fred Flintstone (voice of Henry Corden) has the lead role of Scrooge in a local Christmas play of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Fred's starring role goes to his head, and his arrogance leads to him forgetting to buy Christmas presents for his family. But, all ends happily after Fred receives a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past and sees the error of his ways.
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Forty Pounds of Trouble 1963  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Tony Curtis, Phil Silvers, Suzanne Pleshette, Claire Wilcox, Larry Storch, Howard Morris, Stubby Kaye, Kevin McCarthy, Mary Murphy, Edward Andrews
This is a remake of "Little Miss Marker" in which Tony Curtis plays Steve McCluskey, the manager of a casino, who ends up with a little girl (Claire Wilcox) to care for.
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High Anxiety 1977 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Dick Van Patten, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Barry Levinson, Jack Riley, Charlie Callas
This satirical look at Alfred Hitchcock films takes place in a San Francisco sanitarium: Psycho-neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. A new director, Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks), arrives on the scene and tries to help Victoria Brisbane (Madeline Kahn) whose father is being detained at the mental hospital.
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Life Stinks 1991 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin, Howard Morris, Rudy De Luca, Matthew Faison, Billy Barty, Michael Ensign
A callous land developer wants to buy the poorest section of Los Angeles and develop it, leaving the poor people with nowhere to go. On a bet, he decides to live as a homeless person in the area for a month. Lots of silly humor in this vacuous comedy.
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977  G, 72 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Sterling Holloway, Paul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Howard Morris, Ralph Wright, Clint Howard, Jon Walmsley, Barbara Luddy, John Fiedler, Hal Smith
Pooh and his friends romp through adventures in Hundred Acre Wood in this delightful film based on A.A. Milne's stories of the Pooh bear. This film is actually three different short films made in the 1960s and 1970s spliced together. One of these shorts, "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day," had previously won an Oscar.
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 The Nutty Professor 1963  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Skip Ward, Howard Morris, Milton Frome, Marvin Kaplan, Henry Gibson, Doodles Weaver, Elvia Allman, Buddy Lester, David Landfield, Julie Parrish, Les Brown
Professor Julius Kelp (Jerry Lewis) is a bashful scientist in love with beautiful student Stella (Stella Stevens). He invents a potion that turns him into suave Buddy Love who has no hang-ups in pursuing the opposite sex. But, of course, there is a problem: Buddy has no control over when, and how often, his personality will revert back to that of Julius. Stella realizes what is happening and still forms a loving relationship with him, and they make plans for a future together. 3 User Reviews
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| | exellent movie | babsntenn 11/21/2009 | | One of the very best movies with Jerry Lewis.Can watch it over and over forever. |
| | cuddles 11/20/2009 | | Exellent movie.One of his greatest! |
| | Anonymous 07/20/2009 | | This is one to watch and compare to the one done by Murphy. |
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Portrait of a Showgirl 1982 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno, Tony Curtis, Barry Primus, Dianne Kay, Kip Gilman, Howard Morris, Hamilton Camp, Floyd Levine, Douglas Dirkson, Stephen Young, Nicky Blair
Las Vegas life in general and Caesar's Palace in particular are highlighted in this film about a dancer (Lesley Ann Warren) who comes to realize there is more to life than dancing in Vegas. Made for TV. Rita Moreno is great as her dancer friend.
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Splash 1984 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dody Goodman, Richard B. Shull, Joe Grifasi, Bobby DiCicco, Shecky Greene, Howard Morris
Tom Hanks plays a New York bachelor who falls in love with a beautiful young woman (Daryl Hannah) who just happens to turn into a mermaid whenever even a splash of water comes in contact with her body.
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie 1992 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Phil Roman
Cast: Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Charlotte Rae, Henry Gibson, Rip Taylor, Sydney Lassick, Tony Jay, Michael Bell, Ed Gilbert, David L. Lander, Howard Morris, Tino Insana, Don Messick
Tom and Jerry are just as lovable in this full-length version as they are in their shorter cartoon stories. In this case, Tom and Jerry (voices of Richard Kind and Dana Hill) team up to rescue a young girl from her governess and lawyer.
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Way...Way Out 1966   N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, Howard Morris, Brian Keith, Dick Shawn, Anita Ekberg, James Brolin
Astronauts Peter Mattemore (Jerry Lewis) and Eileen Forbes (Connie Stevens) marry so that they qualify as a team assigned to duty on the Moon. The film stinks. 2 User Reviews
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| | It's all good! | Anonymous 02/22/2007 | | Jerry Lewis is always a pleasure to watch, and the supporting cast is groovy! |
| | Anonymous 02/09/2007 | | Why is it not out on DVD? |
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Who's Minding the Mint? 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver, Walter Brennan, Victor Buono, Jack Gilford, Jamie Farr, Jackie Joseph
After U.S. Mint worker Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) accidentally destroys new bills worth $50,000, he plots to reprint the money–with the help of some very unsavory characters.
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With Six You Get Eggroll 1968 G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, Alice Ghostley, Vic Tayback, Jamie Farr
Widow Abby McClure (Doris Day) falls in love with a widower, Jake Iverson (Brian Keith), and they decide to marry–this will bring together their four children into one "happy" family.
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| 1. 10 from Your Show of Shows (1973)
2. Don't Drink the Water (1969)
3. A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
4. Forty Pounds of Trouble (1963)
5. High Anxiety (1977)
6. Life Stinks (1991)
7. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
8. The Nutty Professor (1963)
9. Portrait of a Showgirl (1982)
10. Splash (1984)
11. Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
12. Way...Way Out (1966)
13. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
14. With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
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