the comedic might of pryor and gleason couldn not save this dog from the tissue thin plot and weak script and dismal acting and and laughable continuity in edit this mess together . it have a very few memorable moment and but the well dry up quickly . a a kid i remember this a a luke warm vehicle for the two actor comedian and but there be always something strange about the flow and feeling of what be be convey in each scene and how this tie to the plot overall . watch it again after many year and it scream schlock a mania . i be not so concerned with the racial controversy and a i wouldn not mind see a movie take that issue on with a little levity . the most obvious fault to me be that the scene be lay out like a jumbled and non related series of 2 minute situation comedy bit ( any not very good one at that ) and that be staple together by the editor after an all nighter at the local watering hole . character change feeling and motivation on a dime and without rhyme nor reason and between scene and within scene and make this feel a though no one have any idea of what to get out of the screenplay . not that it be any gem to start with . i feel bad for the two actor whose legacy be mar by this disaster that should never have be make . maybe my sense of humor have become too refined .