Episode 335: The Bellboy (1960)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2017

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

The 1960 directorial debut from Jerry Lewis, The Bellboy, also stars Lewis in the titular role. He's Stanley, a put upon hotel worker at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami. The film doesn’t necessarily have a three act plot per se but is more an opportunity for a string of gags.

Filmmaker Peter Flynn and actor Craig Bierko join Mike to discuss The Bellboy as well as many other aspects of Lewis's career. Special guest Shawn Levy is the author of King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:10.8	Oh, hello out there.
0:17.1	You theater go are you?
0:19.0	Welcome to behind the scenes, as it were.
0:22.7	I'd like to introduce myself.
0:24.4	I'm G.O.A. Bird, producer of fine films.
0:29.5	That's right.
0:30.5	And if I may, I would like very much for some of you folk out there to meet some of the people that are to blame for...
0:38.0	I'm sorry, I mean that are responsible for this film.
0:42.1	We're going to show you some scenes from.
0:45.1	Excuse me.
0:46.3	First, of course, I'd like to have you meet the writer.
0:49.6	And, of course, without the writer, there would be an overabundance of paper.
0:53.9	What? Ha! Of course, without the writer, there would be an overabundance of paper.
1:05.9	The writer. The man we all respect probably more than anyone else in the picture business.
1:09.7	And this is our writer. D.T. Stronghold.
1:12.7	Oh, hello, Mr. Byrd.
1:16.4	I love you, great producer.
1:20.1	And of course, where would we all be if it weren't for the director?
1:22.8	Yes, the mighty director.
1:25.1	Shh.
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