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12 June 1970 (Finland)
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Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason request the honor of your presence at a swinging session on How to Commit Marriage.
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Young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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The Chimp Makes Them Look Like Chumps
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Cast
(in credits order) | Bob Hope | ... | Frank Benson |
 | Jackie Gleason | ... | Oliver Poe |
 | Jane Wyman | ... | Elaine Benson |
 | Leslie Nielsen | ... | Phil Fletcher |
 | Maureen Arthur | ... | Lois Grey |
 | Tina Louise | ... | Laverne Baker |
 | Tim Matheson | ... | David Poe (as Tim Matthieson) |
 | Paul Stewart | ... | Willoughby |
| Irwin Corey | ... | The Baba Ziba (as Professor Irwin Corey) |
| JoAnna Cameron | ... | Nancy Benson |
| The Comfortable Chair | ... | Musical Group |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Glenn Corbett | ... | Detective Sergeant Charlie Bancroft (archive footage) |
| Victoria Shaw | ... | Christine Downs (archive footage) |
| Don Brodie | ... | Pevney (uncredited) |
| Alex Gerry | ... | Reverend Dempster (uncredited) |
| Lauren Gilbert | ... | Ralph, Benson's Lawyer (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | ... | Racetrack Extra (uncredited) |
 | Anne Seymour | ... | Molly, Baby's Nurse (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Norman Panama | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Michael Kanin | writer | |
| Ben Starr | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Bill Lawrence | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Joseph J. Lilley | |||
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| Charles Lang | |||
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| Ronald Sinclair | |||
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| Edward D. Engoron | |||
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| John Lamphear | |||
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| Nolan Miller | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Mike Moschella | .... | makeup artist | |
| Fred Williams | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Austen Jewell | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Michael D. Moore | .... | second unit director (as Mickey Moore) | |
Sound Department | |||
| James Nelson | .... | supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Justus Gibbs | .... | special effects | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Igo Kantor | .... | editorial supervisor | |
Music Department | |||
| Joseph J. Lilley | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Jack Baker | .... | choreographer | |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | .... | title designer | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- BCI Eclipse (2000) (USA) (DVD)
- Brentwood Home Video (19??) (USA) (DVD)
- Shout! Factory (2011) (USA) (DVD)
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95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Last theatrical movie appearance of Jane Wyman.See more »
Quotes:
Frank Benson:Oh, I believe you know, Lois.
Elaine Benson:[stares at Lois' huge breasts] If I didn't, I certainly do know.
Lois Grey:Well, it's nothing you couldn't buy.
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Elaine Benson:[stares at Lois' huge breasts] If I didn't, I certainly do know.
Lois Grey:Well, it's nothing you couldn't buy.
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Features The Crimson Kimono (1959)See more »
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The daughter of Bob Hope and Jane Wyman and the son of Jackie Gleason are in love and ready to wed. What they don't know is Hope and Wyman are considering divorce. Gleason has some rather negative view on marriage in the first place. They find out and it shatters some illusions.
Since it's the Sixties, what to do but go live together. Of course with a blessed event arriving that does complicate things.
Now the young folks, Tim Matheson and JoAnna Cameron are presented as fairly intelligent people. So why anyone would listen to religious faker Irwin Corey and give the kid up for adoption is beyond me. But that's what the film asks you to believe.
Two of the funniest men of the last century were Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason. So why they got stuck with a mediocre story idea like this is beyond me. I can't believe that the two of them had they looked could have found a better story idea.
When a golf playing Marquis Chimp steals the film you know you've got trouble.