Now that Ol' Blue Eyes has been safely translated to the Big Casino, the truth about "The Nutty Professor" can finally be told: Buddy Love IS Sinatra! Let's not pussyfoot around this fact. One or two of your earlier reviewers come close to admitting it (hernebay, and dodge196, who refers to Sinatra's "crooning and thuggery").
There's nothing remotely comparable in Eddie Murphy's re-make(s). A 1963 audience would have registered instant (if uncomfortable) brand recognition when presented with the all-singing, all-drinking, all-brawling Buddy Love. Maybe Sinatra saw the joke, although this doesn't really seem very likely. More likely he never saw the movie! Just as well for Jerry.
There's nothing remotely comparable in Eddie Murphy's re-make(s). A 1963 audience would have registered instant (if uncomfortable) brand recognition when presented with the all-singing, all-drinking, all-brawling Buddy Love. Maybe Sinatra saw the joke, although this doesn't really seem very likely. More likely he never saw the movie! Just as well for Jerry.