The Jerk (1979)

The Confused Breakfast

Cloud10

Comedy, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Summer of 70s comes to a close with one of the most-classic comedies of all-time. The Jerk was the ninth-highest grossing movie in the US in 1979. It was also the first starring role and producing debut of Steve Martin. Per the Gerret Layoff Confused Breakfast actor database, it is the fifth Steve Martin appearance on this podcast. Apparently it was Stanley Kubrick’s favorite comedy. Join us as we break it down- scene by scene! •0:00:00 - Introductions •0:03:30 - Memories of first viewing •0:07:00 - Pertinent movie details •0:11:00 - Critical and fan reviews •0:20:00 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:20:00 - Modern day ratings —————————————————————— **Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more. **Mail us something The Confused Breakfast PO Box 10016 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-9802 Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Michael Guiliano and NicMad. Welcome to our newest members - Mike H, Tony Haga, Nick Heiderscheit, Caesar, jon boy, WA-1-1, Matthew Zwick, Brian Iobello, This Justin, Kevin Surnear, Edison Cruz, Dan Doty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:12.7	The Walt.
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0:30.4	Price and participation may vary.
0:31.9	Fees apply to delivery.
0:33.1	Subjects availability.
0:34.3	From Cloud 10 comes a scripted podcast series
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0:56.5	Don't blame me.
0:57.8	Blame the NIL.
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1:04.7	Jerk alert. Well, welcome, friends to the Confused Breakfast, the podcast where we hit pause on the chaos of today.
1:30.8	And rewind to a simpler time when it wasn't about convenience, it was about the experience.
1:36.2	Remember the magic of a Friday night trip to the video rental store?
1:39.5	I do!
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