He refused to work with them for five years until Wagons East, which sadly was the last film he’d make. He believed that TriStar Pictures’ poor marketing of this film was the reason why it bombed. John Candy would make this, Uncle Buck, Speed Zone and The Rocket Boy in 1989. Jennifer’s stepmother Helen (Annie Potts) is having an affair with tennis coach Vince Barnes (Tim Thomerson) as well as Eliot, and they’re all trying to get all the money for themselves. Helped by Jennifer’s sister Nikki (Shawnee Smith), he soon discovers that there’s a lot going on. The boss there, Eliot Draisen (Jeffrey Jones, never the hero), actually did the kidnapping, so he hires out the worst detective they have: Harry Crumb (Candy), the grandson of the company’s founder. When model Jennifer Downing (Renée Coleman, A League of Their Own and the evil leaper Alia on Quantum Leap) is kidnapped, her father (Barry Corbin) visits the detective agency Crumb & Crumb. The NBC TV version shortens a shot of Detective Casey saying “Shit”.Directed by Paul Flaherty (brother of Joe - who shows up as a doorman in a memorable part of this film - and director of 18 Again! and Clifford, as well as a writer on SCTV, Maniac Mansion and several Martin Short projects) and written by Robert Conte and Peter Wortmann (who wrote The Breed and Who Do You Love together), Who’s Harry Crumb? is the kind of movie that would be a failure were it to star anyone other than John Candy, a comedy force of nature who makes it successful by sheer force of talent and will. The NBC TV version shortens as shot of Harry mimicking the size of Vince’s penis. The NBC TV version shortens a shot of Harry telling the security guard that he will fix his air conditioning. The NBC TV version shortens a shot of Helen calling Harry fat by saying he needs a roadmap to find his penis. The NBC TV version shortens a scene of Harry and Nikki talking about Helen’s nymphomania. The NBC TV version removes a shot of Harry pouring a diet Coke into his glass. The wine racks subsequently collapse, spilling wine everywhere and flooding the basement. The cork lands on the button of the Remington 4100-T, which begins to spit out clay pigeons at the wine racks. As Harry thinks to himself about how to expose Helen, he accidentally pops open the bottle of champagne that he is holding. She tells him he has no idea what he is talking about and that she also does not care. He then brings up that kidnapping has many motives and asks if any of the motives sound familiar to her. She then asks him to open another bottle and turns around to fix her dress. Helen offers him some champagne but he declines. After Harry and Helen talk about the machine, Harry says that he is onto her about Jennifer’s appointment and her affair with Vince. The machine turns on and almost throws some discs before Helen stops the machine. He notices a Remington 4100-T and presses a button. The NBC TV version contains a deleted scene. (Since the footage is sexually explicit, I will not be posting screenshots) The NBC TV version contains a longer shot of Harry looking down after he dropped his wig while the Blu-ray has some shots of the wig on the woman’s body. The NBC TV version contains an alternate and shorter scene. He then tells Dennis that he is not happy and walks away. He yells at her for teasing the hair properly. As Harry and Dennis walk through the salon, Harry takes notice to one of the stylists. The NBC TV version contains an extended scene. Nikki explains to Harry that Tim is her second cousin and that he was hired out of pity by P.J. The NBC TV version shortens the scene of Harry offering the bus passenger a diet Coke and then joking about how mixing cherries with a Coke makes it a cherry Coke. The NBC TV version removes a shot of Marie putting mud on Jennifer. The video quality is also much lower compared to the Blu-ray. The airing also shortens some scenes for sexual content, swearing and any reference of Coca-Cola. None of the deleted scenes have been released on DVD or Blu-ray. For it’s airing on December 15, 1991, NBC added back some deleted scenes to fit into it’s two hour slot.
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