Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Lou Jacobi columnist William Safire so vividly that he cited it when writing about the meaning of the word 36 years later. Jacobi also made two dozen feature films. His film debut was in the 1953 British comedy, "Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?" with the country’s blond sex symbol of the day, Diana Dors. Other notable films in which he appeared include, "Irma La Douce", "Penelope", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972) as Sam Musgrave, a middle-aged married man experimenting with women's clothes, "Arthur" (1981) as the lucky florist, "My Favorite Year" (1982) as