Pay no attention to the measly 5.2 mean rating at this site. At Amazon, 80% give it 5 of 5 stars. It's one of the 1982-3 triumvirate of films dealing with a nerdy or naïve guy who becomes involved with a group of prostitutes The others are "Risky Business" and "Night Shift". The present film and "Risky Business" are wild comedies. "Night Shift" is considerably tamer. Nonetheless, you will want to eventually see all three.
Aykroyd is nerdy English literature professor Clifford Skridlow(or is it Skidrow?) at Monroe College, Chicago, while his father is an important administrator there, He gets hooked into becoming the new pimp for a group of 4 hookers, by their retiring pimp : 'Smooth' Walker(Howard Hesseman) who has decided to relocate to some South Pacific islands to escape the wrath of mob boss Mom, to whom he owes a huge sum of money, but can't begin to pay it.
Cliff's 'girls' offer a variety of hair colors and ethnicities, to suit most potential customers. There's blonde Donna Dixon, as Monica, young brunette Fran Drescher as Karen. Fran would achieve fame in her TV series "The Nanny", 10-15 years later. There's lovely East Asian Lydia Lee, as Jasmine, and mixed race African American Lynn Whitfield, as Thelma. Sorry, there was no more room in the group limo for a redhead or a brown head. The 'girls' were between 26-30 years of age. Stand up comic African American Tiki Carter served as chauffer for the limo, among other things. He was quite amusing.
Aykroyd actually plays 2 related characters. Besides Cliff: the professor and pimp, by putting on a special costume, he sometimes becomes the enigmatic Doctor Detroit : apparently a crime boss from Detroit, who Mom is afraid off, and wants to kill. They do battle several times, Between his roles as professor, pimp, Doctor Detroit, and chairman of a committee to organize the annual alumni banquet, and to welcome a college endowment CEO, Cliff is often running around like a madman.
I'm not going to further describe Aykroyd's adventures, except to say that his impersonation of a third character in court, to argue for the release of Thelma : charged with soliciting for prostitution, is also notable. ..........The fun starts off slow, but gets better as it goes along.
In the post-script, it states that Cliff marries Karen(Fran Drescher). Interestingly, soon after filming was completed, Fran actually acted as matchmaker in promoting the marriage of Aykroyd and Donna Dixon((Monica).
Aykroyd is nerdy English literature professor Clifford Skridlow(or is it Skidrow?) at Monroe College, Chicago, while his father is an important administrator there, He gets hooked into becoming the new pimp for a group of 4 hookers, by their retiring pimp : 'Smooth' Walker(Howard Hesseman) who has decided to relocate to some South Pacific islands to escape the wrath of mob boss Mom, to whom he owes a huge sum of money, but can't begin to pay it.
Cliff's 'girls' offer a variety of hair colors and ethnicities, to suit most potential customers. There's blonde Donna Dixon, as Monica, young brunette Fran Drescher as Karen. Fran would achieve fame in her TV series "The Nanny", 10-15 years later. There's lovely East Asian Lydia Lee, as Jasmine, and mixed race African American Lynn Whitfield, as Thelma. Sorry, there was no more room in the group limo for a redhead or a brown head. The 'girls' were between 26-30 years of age. Stand up comic African American Tiki Carter served as chauffer for the limo, among other things. He was quite amusing.
Aykroyd actually plays 2 related characters. Besides Cliff: the professor and pimp, by putting on a special costume, he sometimes becomes the enigmatic Doctor Detroit : apparently a crime boss from Detroit, who Mom is afraid off, and wants to kill. They do battle several times, Between his roles as professor, pimp, Doctor Detroit, and chairman of a committee to organize the annual alumni banquet, and to welcome a college endowment CEO, Cliff is often running around like a madman.
I'm not going to further describe Aykroyd's adventures, except to say that his impersonation of a third character in court, to argue for the release of Thelma : charged with soliciting for prostitution, is also notable. ..........The fun starts off slow, but gets better as it goes along.
In the post-script, it states that Cliff marries Karen(Fran Drescher). Interestingly, soon after filming was completed, Fran actually acted as matchmaker in promoting the marriage of Aykroyd and Donna Dixon((Monica).