Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, the worst Vonnegut adaptation

Clips like these can be found on the Media Funhouse blog, located at: mediafunhouse.blogspot.com For those who haven't heard of the film "Slapstick of Another Kind" (1982), here's some text from yours truly, from the former Funhouse blog: Writer-director-producer Steven Paul made in Slapstick a film that attempts to visualize some of Vonnegut's craziest, cartoon-like images, and fails in a really amazing manner. In the process, a really dazzling cast of comic actors do their damndest, but only provoke groans and open-mouthed wonder. Jerry Lewis and Madeline Kahn play a couple who give birth to mutant giant twins (also Jerry and Madeline) who become a joint mastermind when they put their heads together (literally). Marty Feldman does a Peter Lorre impression as their guardian, Merv Griffin and Virginia Graham are on hand, Pat Morita plays a miniaturized Chinese head of state, Jim Backus is the president, and yes, that's the voice of Orson Welles as the alien leader. It's one rough ride, even at a mere 85 minutes, but it truly does have to go down as one of the worst pics ever made.

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YouTube | May 13, 2007

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