![]() ![]() Furthermore, watch rapidly to veteran Kathleen Freeman. Tuttle and special mention to Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Excellent support cast formed by likable secondaries as Ray Walston as Mr. ![]() John, surely the most gorgeous girl any clerk ever had. Jerry Lewis is top-notch playing a botcher and meek store clerk Jerry played similar character as a bumbling idiot in other films such as a caddy in ¨The Caddy¨ and a TV repairman in both ¨Rock-a-Bye Baby¨ and ¨It's Only Money¨. Director Frank Tashlin introduces cinematic especial techniques in animated cartoon style, such as odd camera angles, montage and quickly paced editing, as some shots lasting only five frames long. Enjoyable film with characters genuine and sympathetic, it is plenty of humor, tongue-in-cheek, side-splitting sight gags and amusement. It features quick editing, wild and outrageous gags, and extremely odd angles. Amusing and spasmodic comedy with the genius comic Jerry Lewis acting in his stereotyped role by relinquishing creative control and concentrating on humor based on destruction and wreak havoc, nice inventive bits, skilfully combining the entertainment with the amusement. But, Barbara's mother (Agnes Morehead) doesn't want her daughter to marry such a poor man. Clumsy and inept, he set loose in store and can't do anything right. ![]() He now works as a store clerk in a large department store. John) is a very rich girl posing as an elevator-girl and falls in love with Norman. Norman Phiffier (Jerry Lewis) is a bungler young whose previous jobs include that of caddy, TV repairman, and Paramount Theater usher. However, the one negative criticism of the film that I have is the fact that like what a couple of other commentators said was the fact that this film is pretty much takes great joy in bashing women. However, Agnes Moorehead is perfect as Phoebe Tuttle and she pretty much plays a mortal version of Endorra, the character she would play less than a year later on "Bewitched". Tuttle who in the process of the film turns from a milquetoast to a tiger as he finally stands up to his wife, Phoebe. Walston is great as the weasel of a store manager who does everything he can to break Norman. Also, the rest of the cast give solid performances especially John McGiver, Ray Walston and Agnes Moorehead. This film can pretty much be seen as a series of vignettes as Norman bounces around from department to department as he tries to earn enough money to marry the woman he loves. This is one of the funniest films in the career of Jerry Lewis. ![]()
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