Cat juggling!

That's gotta be from The Jerk. And no, I didn't need Google for that ...

Three minutes - amazing!

That would be Steve Martin.

Ok - so to explain...

In Steve Martin's "The Jerk," 1979, Martin's character Navin Johnson gets suddenly rich from a stupid invention (bonus question: what was his invention?). Now that he has money, people start contacting him for donations for their charities. One of the people soliciting money has hidden camera film footage "smuggled out" of somewhere showing people CAT JUGGLING - a crime so heinous that it outrages Johnson.

Steve Martin

"bonus question: what was his invention?"

The handle on the bridge of glasses, but I forget its given name.

opti-grab done made me cross eyed

The optigrab, no I didn't google.

You guys are amazing. I could only DESCRIBE the invention - "something he invented to keep glasses from slipping down peoples' noses." I had to go to the Wikipedia to rediscover that the item was called the "Opti-Grab." Excellent work!

OK...

More Jerk trivia. No cheating allowed.

Johnson kicked somebody in the crotch and seriously hurt his foot. What was the name of the character he kicked?

THE JERK! with steve martin!

I thought it was just a bit from Steve Martin's stand-up routine as a parody of the criticism of bull fighting in Mexico.

This is a paraphrase but "Have you heard what they're doing to animals in Mexico. I'm talking of course, about cat juggling! They take the little kitties, six weeks old... and they juggle them. Meow! Meow!"

Can't remember which album, but it comes on my internet radio at least once a week.

Cat juggling? I do believe that's a reference to The Jerk.

Iron Balls McGinty! (no google or wikipedia here)

Steve Martin, both in standup, and in the movie The Jerk.

I have seen the Flying Karamazov Brothers actually juggle cats.

Cat juggling reference is from Steve Martin: The Jerk - I own it.

That has got to be the most inhumane thing ever. I can't believe the mothers let these people do that to their children.

"Wait! I've heard of this - CAT JUGGLING!"

The Jerk, with Steve Martin. Watched it last month for the first time in years and had forgotten how damn funny he is. Why aren't movies that funny anymore?

Mr. Martin said, "I'm talking about, of course....... car juggling."

It makes him sick, see.

It was way before The Jerk. I have an old album of Steve Martin and it's on there.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Steve Martin ALSO play the man juggling cats in the video?

Yes.

Cat Juggling is horrible.

...... Steve Martin?, you really think so?

I'm pretty sure he ripped off the idea from when one of the Monty Pythons (Michael Palin) had the kittens down his pants sketch on SNL - I know he didn't juggle them but the implication was there!

No! No! Send them away! There are a lot of people more deserving than me!

Steve Martin is awesome and all, but I don't know if you guys noticed the babies being dropped.

They just dropped babies.

on purpose.

Didn't he use that joke in his comedy album "Wild and Crazy guy"

Oooook.... O_o

THE Jerk! (As in DA Bears!)

"I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this."

and he picks up....

@rachel. i was thinking the EXACT same thing.

ha...i meant rebecca.

o-k.
What's sadder about this? The fact that people are deliberately dropping babies, or the fact that more people are obsessed with the cat juggling comment?

I really have no idea.

well put, ted.

"with vinyl, and stripes, and a cup built right."

Yeah, It's the Jerk. That movie is funny as ever.

ted : I was about to make the same comment:

HELLOOOOOOW? DID ANYBODY SEE THE VIDEO?

What are the baby miss and maim statistics on that event?

yep, that would be bad if their statistics went out of whack

granted, they're awfully talented at catching babies. all attempts i have taken at catching babies has turned out in vain.

Everybody drops their baby once and awhile. It builds the kids' characters.

Really Adam? NO. This video is awful, and you guys are just obsessed with talking about Steve Martin. He's a great actor and comedian, but did you watch the freakin video or did you just want to say "cat juggling, The JERK!" It's sad really.

I have no problem with this video. Steven Martin, however, is a unfunny and I still do not understand why he was so big for so long.

Sheldon, et al:

1. The very idea of "cat juggling" is intrinsically funny
2. 1970s Steve Martin will always be funny
3. Dropping babies 50 ft. from a mosque's rooftop in Western India is the coolest

1. hilarious! due, in large part to its impropriety
2. absolutely!
3. as a comedic concept

lemme get this straight:
in the movies: "hidden camera film footage “smuggled out” of somewhere showing people CAT JUGGLING - a crime so heinous that it outrages Johnson."
in real life: junknews footage of people dropping babies from 50 ft is cool, and reminds people of a funny bit they saw...

These are referred to as "lucky babies"?! Isn't it more like "moronic parents"?