The Jerk, Too
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Schultz
Barrie Ingham
Richard Lee Sung
Mabel King
Shana O'neil
Bill Saluga
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Synopsis
The TV sequel -- bordering on a complete remake -- of Steve Martin's feature film, "The Jerk," the saga of Navin Johnson, country bumpkin who leaves the family of black sharecroppers that had raised him and proceeds to make his zany way in the world. Stand-up comic Mark Blankfield, one of Steve's proteges, has the lead in this prospective TV pilot for Martin's production company. Bumbling from one misadventure to another on his cross-couintry odyssey to find his true love on the eve of her wedding to an aristocrat, he teams with enterprising hobo, Ray Walston, dances in the park with bag lady, Gwen Verdon (in a bizarre musical sequence similar to something that might have come from Martin's "Pennies From Heaven"), and beats unbilled Jimmie Walker, Martin Mull and (billed) Lainie Kazan in poker in Las Vegas.
Director
Michael Schultz
Cast
Barrie Ingham
Richard Lee Sung
Mabel King
Shana O'neil
Bill Saluga
Olan Soule
Birl Jonns
Todd Hollowell
William Smith
Chet Walker
Pat Mccormick
Stacy Harris
Gene Ramsel
Lina Raymond
Maurice Marsac
Ron Stern
David J Bowman
Thalmus Rasulala
Larry B Scott
Bill Hastings
Grace Simmons
Martin Mull
Jean Leclerc
Chester Grimes
Joyce O'neal
Jimmie Walker
Gary Riley
Jack O'leary
Gwen Verdon
Al Fann
Robert Sampson
Lainie Kazan
Peter Schrum
Patricia Barry
Stacey Nelkin
Helen Martin
Benny Baker
Mark Blankfield
Gail Ganley
Frank Birney
Ava Cadell
Ray Walston
Charlie Dell
Biff Yeager
Crew
Mary Barnett
Joseph Biroc
George E Crosby
Phil Galston
Jack Gleason
Carl Gottlieb
Lowell D Harris
Harry Keramidas
Richard B Lewis
Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Susan Mills
Janna Phillips
Jennifer Polito-puma
John B. Sebastian
John B. Sebastian
John B. Sebastian
Ziggy Steinberg
Ziggy Steinberg
Judy Truchan
Rocco Urbisci
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Aired in United States January 6, 1984
