Comedy Triple Feature of Jerry Lewis Movies ~ #Review

Comedy Triple Feature of Jerry Lewis Movies ~ #Ad #Spon #Review 

Disclosure: I received free products from Mill Creek Entertainment in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Don't Raise The Bridge

Hook, Line & Sinker

3 On A Couch

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SYNOPSIS

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From Mill Creek Entertainment:

The late, great comedy legend, Jerry Lewis, left behind a unparalleled career filled with outrageous characters, impeccable comedic timing and outright lunacy!  This hilarious triple feature boasts three beloved films from the height of his career! 

“He's the original lord of lowbrow, the king of the pratfall, the last surviving link to the bedrock of American comedy—vaudeville, burlesque, slapstick.” – Amy Wallace, GQ

DON’T RAISE THE BRIDGE, LOWER THE RIVER – 1968 – Rated G

It’s one of Jerry Lewis’s zaniest films, filled with the hilarious antics for which he’s famous! Jerry (Boeing, Boeing) plays George Lester, an American in London, whose grandiose schemes constantly get him into trouble. His first outrageous plan turns his wife’s ancestral palace into a Chinese disco, an idea she hardly appreciates. Forced to raise money to restore the mansion, George unveils an even crazier scheme with the help of his friend, William Homer (Terry-Thomas, I’m All Right Jack), to sell stolen plans for an electronic oil drill. George smuggles the plans into Lisbon where he is supposed to make the big deal, but then learns the plans are phony! He promises his wife he'll finally settle down, but wait – he has just one more idea! 

HOOK, LINE AND SINKER – 1969 – Rated G

Peter Ingersoll (Jerry Lewis, The Nutty Professor) is living a humdrum existence as a family man and insurance salesman when he finds out from his doctor friend, Scott (Peter Lawford, Ocean’s Eleven), that he has a terminal illness. Thinking that his life is nearly over, he lives life to the fullest, building up insurmountable debt. When the debt becomes too much, Scott tells Peter that he is actually not sick. To remove the debt, Scott comes up with the idea to stage Peter’s death, allowing him to return after the statute of limitations is done. But when Peter finds out that his wife (Anne Francis, Funny Girl) and Scott are having an affair and that this was all a scheme to get rid of him, Peter has some work to do in this zany comedy. 

THREE ON A COUCH – 1966 – Not Rated

Christopher Pride (Jerry Lewis) has been offered an important commission in Paris but can't convince his girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Acord (Janet Leigh), to take some time off from her psychiatric practice. Elizabeth is worried about three of her female patients, all of whom are extremely hostile toward men and very needy. Christopher, anxious to leave for France, decides to impersonate the ideal man for each of Elizabeth's patients, in hopes of lessening their dependency on her.

My Thoughts:

DON’T RAISE THE BRIDGE, LOWER THE RIVER – 1968 – Rated G

This is a film I had never heard of before. It stars Jerry Lewis and Terry Thomas. The writing is not very good and the jokes are not funny.  Lewis portrays George Lester who is married and living in London. He makes his wife's house into a Chinese disco/restaurant while she is out of the country I assume.  She comes home, is furious and moves out, going out with other guys.

George then schemes to make 25,000 pounds and teams up with his friend Willie (Terry Thomas) with an idea to sell electric oil drills plans which he has stolen. In the meantime George gets the mumps and has to stay home to recover. He calls a dentist working on his friend Fred's tooth, to get the plans made on his teeth negatives while he is sedated, then sends him to go to Lisbon where the deal is supposed to be made with the oil drill plans. Let's just say, it doesn't work out. Crazy but not really funny.

I could hardly stand watching this movie to the end but it finally did end, thankfully. As you might think I didn't enjoy this film very much.

 HOOK, LINE AND SINKER - 1969 - Rated G

I liked this movie much better. It stars Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford and Anne Francis. Jerry stars as Peter Ingersoll, who is a regular family man with a job, wife Nancy (Anne Francis), a couple of kids and a big dog . He has a regular doctor appointment with doctor Scott (Peter Lawford) and finds out that he has a heart problem which is not repairable and only has a month to live. He goes home to tell his wife the bad news and tells her he's glad she had earlier suggested to him to take out a $150,000 life insurance policy. You'll find out why she did this later.

Since he thought his life was ending Pete's wife decides that he should splurge and do everything he wants to do to enjoy the rest of his life.  She tells him to go to the Caribbean and Mediterranean to go fishing,  which he loves to do. This means charging lots of debt with all sorts of credit cards and his wife puts an ad in the paper that she is not responsible for any of his debt since he is going to die soon anyways.  He goes to the tropics to enjoy his last days - fishing and dancing with beautiful women every day and night. 

When the doctor comes to tell him he really is healthy and made a mistake, Pete doesn't know what to do because of all the money he has charged. Dr. Scott thinks of an idea to stage his death using a body from the morgue. Pete pretends to have a heart attack and die. He uses an alias name and moves to Austrailia. He has 7 years for the statute of limitations is up then he can come back to the US.

When Pete finds out his wife and the doctor are in this together because they are having an affair he he plans on getting some revenge. Hence, the reason his wife wanted him to take out a $150,000 life insurance policy on him.

I had never heard of this movie before but rather enjoyed it. It was more of the funny Jerry Lewis that I always liked. 


THREE ON A COUCH - 1966 - Not Rated

I had heard of this movie but have never viewed it until now. It stars Jerry Lewis as Christopher Pride and Janet Leigh as Dr. Elizabeth Accord. Mary Ann Mobley also stars as a patient. Christopher is Elizabeth's boyfriend and she is a psychiatrist who has 3 women clients who think of men as villains or just don't like men.

Christopher has been given a job offer in Paris but his girlfriend doesn't want to go along with him because of her needy female patients. Christopher and another doctor friend of Elizabeth decide to scheme a plan to get the patients have a more favorable attitude towards men, so she will go to Paris with him to get married.

He impersonates the perfect man for each of them. One as a Texas rancher who goes into a patient's store she works in and has a lot in common since she's a southerner. Another he starts jogging with as she is and they get along real well.  Then Christopher dresses up as a women who has a twin brother who loves zoology like the 3rd patient does. He continues to see each of the women as they start to like men again.

At the end, Christopher's girlfriend finds out he was the man who was impersonating her patient's man friends at a go away party for them on their voyage to Paris, as they are invited to the party. She is furious, but when she thinks he has fallen overboard on the ship all is well and it's a happy ending.

This movie was amusing and did hold my attention to the end. 

Cave Tools Stainless Steel 17" BBQ Skewers #Review

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Disclosure: I received free product in exchange for my honest opinion,

I love shish kabobs and found the perfect tools to make them with from Cave Tools. The Cave Tools Stainless Steel 17" Skewers are extra strong and come in a set of 10 which is great for a family like mine. 

You can use these on the grill but are also great for the oven when grilling isn't an option, like now in the winter months here in Michigan. It's been snowing like crazy and has been in the single digits. Our grill has been covered till spring comes, which is a while to go!

The skewers come with food slider rings which are great for pushing off the food when you're done grilling or using in the oven. I also like that they are flat and not round like other skewers I have seen. It helps to make the food stay in place and not roll around on the skewers. You also get a red canvas case to store your skewers when not using. The case has a black strap to hang up in your in your kitchen pantry or you could hang it on your grill in the summer. In addition, the flap closes with velcro which is quick and convenient.

Since I just went shopping for the food to make the shish kabobs tonight was the night to make them. I used sirloin steak, onions, fresh mushrooms, and red peppers for my kabobs. First I cut the food in chunks and slid them on the skewers. It was really easy to slide everything on and you can get a lot of meat and veggies on them, since you get 15.5 inches of space.

I lined a cookie sheet with foil and placed my full skewers on it. All I added was salt and pepper but you can marinate your meat if you like. Then placed them in the oven and baked on 350 degrees, checking them every once in a while, making sure to turn them over so they wouldn't burn on one side and were evenly cooked.

My mouth was watering when I took them out of the oven and my husband asked if they were done since he was ready for dinner. He was anxious to try them out also!

The kabobs turned out great and slid off so nicely with the attached ring to push the food off. The skewers are very strong and you won't have to worry about them bending like cheaper ones you may have tried. I'm going to be making shish kabobs quite often using these neat skewers!

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A Winter Wonderland!

A Snow Covered Bush

We've had our second snow fall so far this winter and it's been quite a lot. We got about 4 to 5 inches from last night to this morning and it is very pretty when it is falling in the sky. The only bad thing about it is shoveling!

We have a long driveway and don't have a snowblower but my husband is thinking about getting one since we're not getting any younger. I went out and thought I'd get some exercise before he was up and started shoveling. The snow was wet and heavy so I came in after a while to take a break.

Our Back Yard

Then my husband got up and came outside and said he would finish it. It was still snowing and by the time I shoveled the cement part of our driveway there was another inch of snow on it.

We have a very long driveway and also sidewalks to shovel and it takes quite a while to do the job. I must have been outside over an hour and he was out there about the same after he took over and finished.

No Grass To Be Seen

After it quit snowing the temperatures went up a little and it is starting to melt already, which is great. Our daughter is driving 180 miles tomorrow to come home for Christmas and it's a worry when you always have to consider the weather in the winter time. It is supposed to be nice out tomorrow (at least no snow predicted) so that is a blessing.

Have a Merry Christmas everybody!

It's A Wonderful Life

It's A Wonderful Life is my favorite Christmas movie of all times. I don't remember exactly when I started watching it on television, but of course it was during the Christmas holidays.

I remember when my daughter was about 2 years old it was on television and that's the first memory I have of the movie. It was so emotional and just made me want to watch it over and over again. It is a movie that was made in 1945 and is in black and white. Although I think they have a colorized version of it too.

In case you have never seen it before (there must be some that haven't seen it) Jimmy Stewart is the star who portrays George Bailey, along with Donna Reed as Mary his wife.

At Harry Bailey's (George's younger brother) graduation party night in the school gymnasium, George decides to go check it out and sees Mary. You can tell right away that they have an attraction for each other by the look in their faces. They dance together and everyone is having a lot of fun, until a guy who was with Mary before George turns the key to open the pool they are dancing above and they fall in the water. Then everyone else jumps in and it is hilarious.

George has travel brochures and wants to see the world with the money he has saved up from working at the family building and loan business with his father. George has a younger brother Harry who goes to college and the agreement is when he graduates he will take over the building and loan, then it will be George's turn to go to college.

Things don't work out as George plans. George and Mary fall in love and end up getting married, which keeps him in Bedford Falls. George is voted in to take his father's place at the building and loan after his father has died. As fate would have it, Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) takes a large deposit to the bank and misplaces it when he goes to deposit it. Uncle Billy has a habit of forgetting and even forgot about George and Mary's wedding.

Unbeknownst to Uncle Billy, the town's richest man Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) obtains the money in a mix-up when Uncle Billy shows him a newspaper. The money envelope gets mixed in it. Mr. Potter then goes in his office and finds it while Uncle Billy is searching all over the place looking for it. Mr. Potter owns everything in Bedford Falls and wants the building and loan, so he keeps the money, knowing that this will be the end for it.

Uncle Billy goes back to the building and loan office and is searching high and low can't remembering what happened to it. When George finds out and the money is nowhere to be found he can't take it. He's at his wits ends and wishes he had never been born.

When his wish comes true he roams down the town street seeing people he knows, but they do not know him since he got his wish that he had never been born. When he is ready to jump off a bridge into icy water, wanting to commit suicide. an angel named Clarence saves him. George gets his wish that he had never been born and he goes into a bar to have a drink, along with Clarence with him. The bartender doesn't know him. He goes to his home and it is an abandoned house with nobody living there. He sees his wife Mary walking on the street and she doesn't know him, as she is a spinster librarian.

The ending is great when George tells Clarence he wants to live and everything changes. He runs down the street saying "Merry Christmas" and everyone knows him now. He goes to his home and his wife and children are getting ready for Christmas.

The whole town gets together to help George and donates money for his substantial loss that Uncle Billy lost. At the end George is holding his little girl beside their Christmas tree. A little bell rings and his daughter says "teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings"!

Biscotti For The Holidays ~ Recipe

Biscotti For The Holidays ~ Recipe

1/2 cup butter
1-1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. almond extract
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
dash salt
2 tsp. milk
Optional (1/2 cup slivered almonds)  We didn't use.

Cream butter and 1 cup sugar in bowl.  Add eggs and beat well.  Stir in extract.  Combine flour, baking powder and salt and add to creamed mixture.  Mix thoroughly.  Grease cookie sheet.  Divide dough into two twelve inch long and three inch wide rectangle loaves.   Brush with milk.  Sprinkle 1/4 sugar on top.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and firm.  Remove from oven.  Reduce temperature to 300 degrees.   Cool loaves for 15 minutes.  Slice into 1/2 inch thick slices.  Place cut sides down on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 10 minutes.  Turn over and bake another 10 minutes.