Steve Martin Talks About THE JERK

[pretongo]

NAVIN JOHNSON = ELVIS PRESLEY SAME LETTERS NUMBERS

[pretongo]

Steven Martin playing ELVIS PRESLEY in THE JERK. Take a good look at thE KARATE SCENE . You will notice lots of Elvis Life matters... his mafia finally getting beated (it is amazing the resemablance with som actual Memphis Mafia members) his black belt karate, his jewelery and his indian heritage... IT IS ALL THERE.

THE JERK (1979) IS AN ELVIS PRESLEY LIFE TALE

[pretongo]

maybe an elvis presley life tale movie...

[babydollrock]

@pretongo lol...yeah it says in fact, elvis had a black soul, being poor, getting rich, breaking his guitar (ukulele here) by stepping on it, so his career was over lol...he had to vanish and he went an ashtray, matches, a chair....lol....and at the end he is dancing with his family happily ever after....=)....steve martin is the real king =)).

[ecurb10]

So what's happened to Steve...why isn't he so funny anymore???

[SteveJ2008]

@ecurb10 The problem isn't that he's not funny anymore, the problem is the movies he's doing just aren't very good. Follow him on twitter to see how funny he can still be.

[tausti]

Who can dislike this video? Such a great film!

[angrygrunt]

i always liked the st. louis joke but him making such a big deal out of it makes it less funny

[gesparksjr]

For the love of God, please don't remake this. Carrey, Carrell, find something else.

[xquisitaz]

Ha ha, that crunch he mentions as he gets all excited, you can actually hear it pretty well.

[xquisitaz]

Would be great if the movie was remade today starring Steve Martin or....Jim Carey.

[sopraffina]

@xquisitaz or Steve Carell

[thegreatcavenaugh]

@xquisitaz I WAS THINKING JIM CAREY TOO!

[Reneevolution]

Steve Martin is fantastic.

[rugersoldier]

love steve matin the jerk was amazing

[stanconsidine]

sounds like a typical bastard

[odinata]

@stanconsidine

That. Was.  Awesome!

[genXrVT]

Mr Martin (in response to what you say around :47 ---it's no joke, The Jerk actually IS one of the greatest films of all time. I can't count how many times I've watched this film over the years.... I totally caught the St Louis/No Navin Johnson joke! But I'll have to watch again to catch him stepping on the ukulele!

[stormwood78]

@genXrVT You can make the case that comedies are far more difficult than dramas or other genres, and that "The Jerk" is among the greatest comedies, so yeah... it can be considered the best film of all time. "Dumb and Dumber" is sort of the sequel to "The Jerk."

[ufoimtc]

I've been a huge fan since his albums "Lets get Small" & "Wild & Crazy Guy" & when he did King Tut on snl back in the day.I'm currently learning the Banjo. It would be awesome to have a banjo instruction video by Steve!!!

[idlefritz]

Tonight's audience reaction brought to you by Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate.

[BESTDEATHEVER64]

wow he has finally managed to age i thought he was immortal!

[curvy71]

the Jerk is one of my favorite movies to watch.

[bigtaxdizzle]

he hates those cans

[Aaron72591]

i really want to fuck the progressive lady

[88Panzzer]

@Aaron72591 Okay. What does that have to do with this? lol.

[Aaron72591]

@88Panzzer lmao i think when i watched this a progressive ad came on before the video lol

[plumbersteve]

like i'd seriously want to sit and watch inception on my phone...pshh

[Abobojo]

**points randomly at phone book** "Nathan...R.....Johnson! Sounds like a reeeaal milqutoaste"

[Southernman74]

my favorite gag was when rob reiner picks him outside his house and he says "how far you going" reiner says "to the end of this fence" he says "ok" gets in says "my names navin" reiner hits the brake and says "here we are" he gets out and is yelling "goodbye,i hope i can repay u someday!" as reiner drives away and they can still here him inside the house.that shit was hilarious.

[NoahWeeezy]

one of my favs

[MondoReyTV1]

too bad he doesnt make good flicks like "the jerk" anymore!

[ScipioAfricanusI]

@MondoReyTV1 I agree completely. Is is the most funny movie that Steve Martin will ever do. However, second would be Planes, Trains and Automobiles with the GREAT John Candy.

[vato76]

@MondoReyTV1 yeah who can stand those crappy pink panther movies anyway, sheesh.

[darwonka]

3 people were born poor black children.

[nsdqgirl]

cool

[flyingspacepotatoes]

great, an ad and then jodie foster.

[wendyspwnsu]

i love the jerk

[corebare]

Does anyone notice the scene where he's hitchhiking - A truck picks him up and he puts the dog in the cab and crawls into the back? So simple and so funny. I wish I knew which jokes were Steve's and which jokes were Reiners.

[corebare]

(Funniest's scene in the movie. Forgive me is it's not verbatim) - - Rob Reiner: "St. Louis?" Steve Martin: "No. Navin Johnson." RR -"I mean are you headed to St. Louis?" SS-"Yeah.  How far are you goin?" RR-"To the end of this fence." SM-"Uh....Ok!" [Get's in truck] "What's your name?" RR- "Here we are!" SM- Thanks so much. I hope I can repay you someday!" [Dad in the house shaking his head after hearing the exchange.]

[JulieVaughn]

I have wathced the Jerk so many times that I've worn out 2 VHS tapes and had to finally buy it on dvd. I know Steve Martin says jokingly in this clip that it's one of the greatest movies of all time but I really think it IS! It certainly has been one of my families favorite movies of all time. and second on that list is another Steve Martin influenced gem the 3 amigos. :)

[widdy2007]

such a great fiklm.. love it!!!

[1footonthedawn]

The Jerk, Airplane, and Monty Python & The Holy Grail. Are these the three funniest movies of all time? Well...are they?

[axelrodxx]

@1footonthedawn nope.

[mysterious1961]

He's an excellent writer as well!

[iKawaiiNinja]

EVERYONE! THE JERK IS ON 'FREE MOVIES' ON ON-DEMAND! *goes and watches*

[dentpopcan]

i liked the part when the dog jumps in the bath, and steves like, no not you shithead, haha

[pullom19]

Father Carlos Las Vegas DeCorrrrrrdova.... What a name for a pimp..... I mean preist

[RealCoolFreakinGuy]

Great film! Alongside The Three Amigos, Steve Martins best!

[ahyepiloveit83]

" The new phone book is here. The new phone book is here. " Hahaha! Classic.

[SparkeyCox]

I just returned to college this year. It was so funny to hear the instructor quote that line from the movie. Too bad the young students did not get it :)

[toyznstuff]

i don't care if you're the color of a baboon's ass!

[TheJcp1234]

Great movie. My favorite comedy film.

[stinkermuffin]

i love steve martin he is an awesome actor

[mundomagico77]

Thanks for sharing this :)

[DorkinsTv]

Hey Guys!... Check out or JERKIN vids!.. ur gonna like it..... oh... we introduce our selves 1st... we are the 1st and the original Jerkers here in the Philippines... we are the OVALISTA JERKERS..... and were proud to be Filipinos........

[shadyskater4]

@DorkinsTv Fag

[aaqaaqaaqaaqaaqaaqaa]

nice facelift

asshole.

[EvilKris]

it's funny he talked about the singing scene i've always thought that was poignant and romantic and remembered that song for yeeears until i found out what it was called on Youtube. so dont worry steve some people took notice of it. great movie and that scene stuck in my mind.

[landyachtfan79]

Another reason I LOVE Steve Martin......HONDAS ARE THE FREAKIN' BEST!!!!!

[mrsparex]

Oh...no no no....

I want to hear/see Bernadette!

[TheRiceowlex]

@mrsparex So do I..,She is / was gorgeous.....

[NineTailsDemonFox]

I've heard of this. Cat Juggling!!!

[fifakiri]

Iron Balls McGinty that is all

[cdkidtheoregonshore]

The Jerk is my all time favorite movie!! I had a cat for 19 years. She was the biggest jerk on the planet. I didn't want to name her jerk so her name was Navin R. Johnson. Great movie!!

[ty73us]

"Sir, you are talking to a n***er!"

I can't tell you how many times I've had to judo chop people that didn't realize that black folks sometimes look like white folks.

Okay, I didn't judo chop anybody but I always use Steve Martin's line when confronting bigots who don't know what I am. Funny how a white man could give a black woman such a powerful universal  cultural reference to defend myself with when I find myself amongst people who let the racism rip when they think no blacks are around.

[kcev]

@ty73us Wow ... I hope that doesn't happen very often.

[ReeseMac]

....you can hear him stepping on the ukulele in the movie

[tinkersong]

Cried with laughter the first time I saw this film - in an empty cinema. It was so unexpected. There is an innocence to the humour.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is another gem of a movie.

[sneakerbootshu]

ROLL THE UGLYNESS

[Q4JULY33063]

THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE, THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE!!!

I did this when i moved out on my own, i drove to my mom and dads home in tucson. i ran up to my mother who was outside on the patio, yelling the new phone books are here! she was laughing so hard, she got up and went inside. latter i found out she had laughed so hard? she'd peed her pants.. miss you mom....

[rockcliche]

Love The Jerk, one of my fav movies. I love all Steve's early movies, The Lonely Guy, Man with Two Brains, Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid, just classic off the wall comedies.

[MrTruthAddict]

Buffalo counter, LOL

[DeathScouter]

Great movie that several of us at work still laugh about. His talk about the movie was kind of a let-down. He doesn't do himself justice by talking about the movie as if it's no big deal. Just 1 guy's opinion.....

[SethHesio]

@DeathScouter Where do you work?

[KinisonisKing]

 "Sir you are talking to a NIGGER"!

[luxe115]

Cat juggling!

[MsKikiLaRue]

I think I'm in love with Steve Martin

[Resdim]

@MsKikiLaRue thats cause your a girl and girls fall in love with people who are powerful. LIKE STEVE LOL. faggot. shit.

[MsKikiLaRue]

@Resdim You're correct, I do love his power. I really admire his adversity to follow his dream of being an entertainer. Also I'm inspired by his work ethic and the passion he has in in his heart to be an incredible multi talented human being. He is an incredible writer, magician, comedian, actor, musician and singer to name a few of his talents.

I also respect he not only dabbles, but excels in all these triumphs, despite the fact he had severe anxiety issues (like myself).

[corebare]

@MsKikiLaRue - You must have read his book also. I didn't know I was having panic attacks until I read his book and confirmed it by my doctor. How strange I know....

[MsKikiLaRue]

@corebare yeah i read his book, I loved it! ^_^ But no, i was diagnosed with it as a child. But i really admire successful people with it since it's such a hassle to live with.

[corebare]

I was in awe when I read his description of the symptoms of an attack. I read it to my doctor and said, "That's it. That's what it's like." Now I have pills that stop the attacks within 30 minutes. - - I didn't know kids get panic attacks. They're scary enough when you're an adult. That must have REALLY sucked.

[Amrithril]

@MsKikiLaRue You tell it, girl! Some boys will never grow up and will trash talk like idiots until the day they die. Will it kill them to switch off the computers and go outside instead?

[MsKikiLaRue]

@Resdim Also I am in love with Steve Martin for the fact that one of his rules is to never make fun of a demographic, and instead make himself the target of his jokes

Something you know nothing about since you made such a broad generalization over Woman, Also using the F word in a negative connotation. Which you thought it was Hilarious since you capitalized your "lol".

[MsKikiLaRue]

@Resdim So for your sake, I really do hope that not all girls love people who are powerful, since it would then make it difficult for one of them to love you

[SimonGuy10]

SHITHEAD GET OVER HERE!

[joant1221]

I haven't seen The Jerk in years. I'm going to watch it soon. One of my favorite movies.

[sawduck]

I love the Jerk, and the dance he does at the end is such a pay off.

[lillback1]

I've seen it about 20 times. I'm going to rent it this weekend.

[pummisher]

@lillback1 Why don't you just buy it?

[lillback1]

@lillback1 I did own it. My daughter left it at someones house.

[hotvision]

that scene was one of my favorites as well, a beautiful scene amist all that hilarious madness.

[newton2013]

Shinola!

[K5Jon]

Hopefully we see The Jerk on Blu-ray soon, with a nice transfer. The film is hilarious, they don't make comedies like this anymore

[keith1r]

The Jerk is his only good movie and it's one of the best movies ever made

[martinchill]

@keith1r

don't be lame - Roxanne was a good movie.

[47tooter]

funniest ever , airplane, the jerk, waynes world, life of brian, spy who shagged me, cheech + chongs next movie.

[xvoy2002]

Steve Martin just gets better with every movie he makes. I actaully thing his straight roles are pretty fantastic. LA story is a classic.

[DasGoldenBoy]

"She's no great piece of ass!!"

[doublealufwaffe]

What a jerk!

[Lisajourney3467]

I just bought The Jerk ..its just as funny now as it was the many years ago that I watched it first. One of my favorite movie.

[CMoesta]

It really is one of the greatest movies of all time.

[spirit2dance]

"The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here!" We would shout that every year when it came...LOL

The whole scene with him leaving and "not needing anything"...just classic.

My whole family loves this film and we quote from it often. :)

[MetallicBill]

I recently got The Man with Two Brains on LaserDisc. I'd say the Jerk is better, of course, hadn't seen it in some years. Martin's classic joke about "It's not easy Landing a Station Wagon out here at the Airport" is from his classic Wild and Crazy Guy album, actually. Also didn't get the Let's Get Small reference, being unfamiliar with drug culture as I was!

[alpha18412]

Best line in movie; "I'd love you if you the were the color of a baboon's ass."

[bigjimsteelrod]

it was one of those masterpiece first films right out of the starting box, like Rocky

[Nautilus1972]

This and Blazing Saddles are two of the funniest movies ever.

[akbossman]

My Favorite movie!

[cheezymouseful]

i would have liked to have been there. that would have been really cool to watch.

[001maz]

jersyjest , another smartarse commenting on spelling/grammar...nothing to say, then shut the fck up.

[billytheimpaler]

"He hates these cans!" Still one of the most classic lines of all time.

[Lusybb]

I love the movie too!! never get tired of it!!

[STARKY07]

I like the kids shirt on the train ride--BULL SHIT!

[bigjimsteelrod]

those were quite popular at the time, they said "BULL SHIRT"

[ibwfan2007]

awsome movie!!!too bad steve aint did anything that good since the jerk!!

[JerseyJester]

"ain't did anything"? wow... looks like someone here needs to "learn them up some knowledge"

[eedobaba7726]

A lot of the humor in the Jerk is very avant garde and non sequitur. It seems all of the people who don't like it only look at the surface, and only see a generic slapstick gag.

[mujinnokoya]

Steve Martin is one of the funniest people ever. It's impossible to stay comedically sharp forever, unless you are George Carlin. Steve Martin's worst movie is still better than every single other SNL movie COMBINED!

[roachy333]

The Jerk...the greatest & funniest comedy film of all time...that is why it has survived and will continue to do so.

I would be happy to die laughing...whilst watching this movie...preferably when the end credits roll.

[pigeonpsycho]

@roachy333 you're a nigger.

[singingmaya]

Steve, stop winging it, call me, you need to get back to your sharp and concise delivery. An actor 's career is always in his future, otherwise you begin to sound self content.

A loving fan who misses hearing the hysterical laughters you are so capable of.

[blzbug242]

Just watched The Jerk for the first time with my kids... they were rolling on the floor!

[RussRubens]

HI, Its one film I can watch over and over again and STILL cry laughing. Its an all time great..

[louster200]

OMG.

A literal 'rofl'. EPIC

[hididdlyho82]

The jerk and the man with two brains! Impossible to follow up!The dirty rotten scoundrels that was great too! Steve Martin is such a great comedian but it is one of those things I can't watch him in a film were he isn't playing a nutcase because I feel ripped off like I've paid money to see Steve Martin act mental and now he is pratling on like John boy from the Waltons" As the ball skidded accross the court I knew that blah blah blah!" Love to see him do a film with Bill Murray!

[boydegg]

@hididdlyho82

Don't forget the genius of 'The Three Amigos'

[hididdlyho82]

I've never seen that film, which is wierd because I think Chevy Chase is awesome,patriculary national lampoons  vacation (the american one), another one which was great that Steve Martin was in was Planes,Trains and Automobiles! That role was made for John Candy!RIP!

[boydegg]

@hididdlyho82

Oh yeah - Trains, Planes and Automobiles will be hilarious forever. Not to mention really moving in parts.

[hididdlyho82]

I liked how the dog got the name! His special purpose, good films don't age thats got to be the mark of a awesome film as funny today as it was then! I like alot of Mel Brooks stuff too! Young Frankenstein but nothing gets near the jerk or the man with two brains! And I remember watching it (the man with two brains on a video(first time I seen a video) at a aunts house aged 3 one of my first memory's laughing at the jerk! Great stuff! That bowfinger was good but Steve Martin set the bar too high

[hididdlyho82]

too soon but superstars and geniuses always do! You know Nicholson's(greatest actor ever) never going to make China town again!Or one flew over the cukoo's nest! Or the shining! Or as good as it gets! But if you don't expect you can be pleasantly surprized! I always feel Steve Martins comedy is kind of dumbed down a bit now! And what the public want is the old Steve Martin where not all the jokes are explained! And it he is acting dumb!

[boydegg]

@hididdlyho82

Agreed ... all that Pink Panther shit is awful. He hasn't made a good film for a looonnnnngggg time.

Speaking of Nicholson, I was 'pleasantly surpized' by 'About Schmidt'. Beautiful little movie. Hilarious at times.

[hididdlyho82]

About schmidt was very good! The bit at the end when he reads the letter and for like two minutes you just see his face and your thinking whats he gonna do? I don't think another actor could have pulled that off! Speaking of great movies! Here's one to check out! Bill Murray "What about Bob!" I loved groundhog day, scrooged, but this is a cracker as well! Those pink Panther films I never seen, but the originals I don't know whats supposed to be so good about them they are so overrated!

[hididdlyho82]

And Bilko I have not seen either but Phil Silvers was Bilko end of! (anyone else playing Bilko is wrong!)And that Comedy was very innocent and of the time very hard to update! But do watch "what about Bob!" It is great!

[1955trish]

"This chair and this lighter and this lamp and that's all I need..."

[gchrist]

The Jerk is one of my favorite movies of all time

[xIMissYou1609x]

It's hilarious. I wasn't even around when it first came out and I love it.

[MindGrapesful]

I love the struggle for the kiss after he and Bernadette Peters sing. Hilarious!

[doorstopfever]

im not an asshole im a jerk

[doorstopfever]

thats a load of crap ur kid wasnt their at all you just made that up,you should be ashamed

[Shamborn]

why do you have to be an asshole?

[JenSarahSpilsbury]

If they had posted Mr. Martin's presentation in its entirety, at the very end you would have seen my 4 year old son, Blake walk up to Mr. Martin to shake his hand.. Steve then walked up to Blake, shook his hand and handed Blake the very notes he was reading from.. Blake was super excited, as was I... Steve Martin is a genius and a gentleman and I'm making sure my kids appreciate his talent and humor (call it brainwashing if you'd like, but it's obviously working!! haha)

[boydegg]

@JenSarahSpilsbur

Good story. Still got the notes?

[JenSarahSpilsbury]

sure do! i have them tucked in the sleeve of my Born Standing Up book.. For a little while my little boy, Blake was taking them out when his little friends would come over, to show them.. But they were like, "what's that and why are you showing us?"

[boydegg]

@JenSarahSpilsbury

Aww - bless his heart. Those kids will understand one day ... but it'll be TOO LATE hahahahahahahahaha

[tristramshandy3]

long live the three amigos!

[shitcasecinema]

The Jerk was one of Steve Martin's best. He's a great actor / comedian and a rare talent.

[thefriendsociety]

@shitcasecinema hes a washed up piece of shit that was maybe OKAY in a couple films.

[hehnr]

@shitcasecinema ...and musician!

[chocolatcats]

"I was born a poor black child" what a funny film. The Jerk is one of his best

[jksonny]

Very interesting. In addition to the reasons that SM mentioned, I think the film holds up b/c it's very unassuming and totally unpretentious.

[LarimusPrime]

Y'know, I own it, and have never bothere watching it yet. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid FTW!

[heylover3]

what are you waiting on?.... this is not Steve Martins best/funniest film.... its the worlds best/funniest film... you'll love it!

[GTichris70]

i own dead men -and i havent watched it yet either- i should go dig it out of my closet.

[zefallafez]

The tv series based on the movie was much better than the movie. Too bad it got cancelled after only one season.

[Ourteevee]

Kudos to you Steve!

You were my first favorite comedian/actor & the Jerk was my first favorite film!

=B

(funny how that works out)

[haylele]

I LOVE THE JERK!!!

[JokestaDk]

hes getting to that age.i will cry when he passes T-T

[bella6626]

He is NOT "that age." Early 60s is not that old. He has 30 more years.

[discolando]

He might have 30 years, he might have three days... one can never really know for sure.

[tomdorley]

you might have 3 days left.. i wish we new for sure

[discolando]

I wish you knew how to spell, but I guess we can't always get what we want.

[fixtheac]

The Jerk is one of my all-time favorite funny movies!!! I wish someone would post the whole film.

[charleerox]

THE JERK ROCKED  GOT AN EPMD SONG OUT OF IT THE Steve Martin