Lists
- ranked 99 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
- ranked 968 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of Rosenbaum's Alternate 100
Nebbish uber-nerd Prof. Julius Kelp (Jerry Lewis), prototype for The Simpsons' Professor Frink, develops a formula which turns him into abrasively confident jerk Buddy Love. It's all a bit much: Lewis is hopelessly unlikeable in either guise, and the attraction from his bombshell student Stella (Stella Stevens) is unfathomable.
It is, however, an improvement on the horrific Eddie Murphy remake.