1960 | Approved | 1h 12m | Comedy
It’s quite fun to watch big Hollywood stars who are so self-assured of their celebrity that they poke fun at both themselves and the rabid, celebrity-worshiping infrastructure that surrounds them. A perfect example of this type of self-deprecating humor is during the first act of the 1960 slapstick comedy “The Bellboy,” where Jerry Lewis plays himself as a big-time, self-important celebrity who is visiting the posh Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.
Lewis arrives at the hotel with his army of an entourage, which sycophantically swarms around him like a cloud of locusts, feverishly attempting to predict his slightest desire—such as rushing up to light his cigarettes or diving in to help him register at the hotel’s front desk, nearly smothering him to death. He has to remind this throng of scampering hangers-on to restrain themselves by constantly shouting “Hold it!”…