Tashman lewis, under the guise of studio mail clerk, is to roam the lot and then report back to the boss with any questionable or dishonest activities. Jerry lewiss immortal lipsync to a trombone the atlantic. Well we have time contact errand boy and well do your shopping for you. The errand boy 1961 the miserly head brian donlevy of a hollywood studio hires a goofy paperhanger jerry lewis to spy on his employees. Nearly always cast as a stately lady of fine breeding, elsom played everything from gary coopers soontobe motherinlaw in casanova brown 1946 to a movie studio executive in jerry lewis the errand boy 1962. It is rather amusing to see how soon the cheapest clerk talks of us. The charm of the kid is that hes just that, an innocent without boundaries who can be shamed into a momentary reprieve before he busts back into some new mischief. The errand boy 1961 stream and watch online moviefone. Errand boy definition at, a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms and translation. The new yorker may earn a portion of sales from products and services. The film is plenty of delightful comic scenes like that one in which morty jerry lewis, sat in front of the table where the big boss manages the movie.
Those who dismiss the errand boy as juvenile comedy in the vein of the awful tom green are way out of line this film in particular is entertaining, genuinely funny, and acted and directed with charm by jerry lewis. Released 1961, the errand boy stars jerry lewis, brian donlevy, howard mcnear, dick wesson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Eynesfordhill in the 1964 movie adaptation of my fair lady. In the errand boy, his third directorial effort, you can really see a clear divide between jerry the kid lewis and jerry too old to be the kid lewis. Is your cupboard empty but you dont have time to go grocery shopping. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. The project gutenberg ebook of the errand boy, by horatio alger this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Find out where the errand boy is streaming, if the errand boy is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Perhaps he was funnier in whos minding the store or the nutty professor, but this one remains my favourite. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Lewis performs his juvenile antics in hollywood this time, and a vast number of movie faces are there to help him. Jerry lewis, walter scharf, walter scharf, and jack hayes leo shuken. Jerry lewiss immortal lipsync to a trombone lewiss clever pantomime from the errand boy has lived on in family guy spoofs and fanmade youtube reenactments 52 years later. In this 1961 insidehollywood spoof, jerry lewis, as director and star, brings out the id in idiocy.
The errand boy is a subversive still today comic glance to movie industry where lewis dismounts many secrets and lies of movie business. The second of jerry lewis directorial endeavors, the errand boy, like its predecessor the bellboy, is essentially a series of spot gags, some hilarious, others only moderately amusing. Find release information for the errand boy 1961 jerry lewis on allmovie. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.