The problem with Jerry Lewis movies is not just the fact that he is an acquired taste and most of his later films do not hold up. The problem is that The supporting cast is directed to overplay as much as Jerry, and as a result, they are not just chewing the scenery. They are choking on it to the point where there's no strength to spit it out. This parody of the space program, set in the late 1980's, has some funky looking sets, but they don't really do anything to make it seem like it set in the future. Lewis of course is surrounded by a very of beauties, including Connie Stevens and Anita Ekberg, but the scenes dealer is Bobo Lewis, best known for her dozens of sitcom appearances over the years, and always a welcome presence. I've seen her in several Lewis films, and she's always as welcome as Kathleen Freeman who doesn't appear in this one.
You've also got Dennis Weaver, Brian Keith and another scene stealer, Robert Morley, who plays his part with the droll class that he always does, fortunately, and all that does is just show how hideous the over playing of the others are. The film tries to be hip by dealing with predictions of social ordeals of the future, and if it makes any point that has remained truthful, it's that society really hasn't changed as much at all, and basically that people are pretending to be in favor of equal civil rights while nothing really has been done to improve the issue of equality. But this is supposed to be a comedy, and while there are some amusing moments (hence my higher than a bomb rating), they seem to be more an accident than anything else. But it's still a comedy with few laughs, so ultimately, it's a bore, and both Weaver and Keith seem out of place in it.
You've also got Dennis Weaver, Brian Keith and another scene stealer, Robert Morley, who plays his part with the droll class that he always does, fortunately, and all that does is just show how hideous the over playing of the others are. The film tries to be hip by dealing with predictions of social ordeals of the future, and if it makes any point that has remained truthful, it's that society really hasn't changed as much at all, and basically that people are pretending to be in favor of equal civil rights while nothing really has been done to improve the issue of equality. But this is supposed to be a comedy, and while there are some amusing moments (hence my higher than a bomb rating), they seem to be more an accident than anything else. But it's still a comedy with few laughs, so ultimately, it's a bore, and both Weaver and Keith seem out of place in it.