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| Julius F. Kelp | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Nutty_Professor_1963_(publicity_photo,_Lewis_and_Stevens_-_cropped).jpg) Jerry Lewis as Julius Kelp | |
| First appearance | The Nutty Professor |
| Created by | Jerry Lewis |
| Portrayed by | Jerry Lewis |
| Voiced by | Jerry Lewis |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Julius F. Kelp |
| Alias | Buddy Love (alternate personality) |
| Nickname | Mr. Kelp |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | College professor |
| Family | Elmer Kelp (father) Edwina Kelp (mother) |
| Significant other | Stella Purdy |
| Relatives | Harold Kelp (grandson) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Nationality | American |
| Sherman Klump | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sherman_Klump.jpg) Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor (1996) | |
| First appearance | The Nutty Professor |
| Created by | Eddie Murphy |
| Portrayed by |
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| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Sherman Klump |
| Alias | Buddy Love (abnormal genetic self and clone) |
| Nickname | Professor Klump |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | College professor |
| Family | Cletus Klump (father) Anna Pearl Jenson-Klump (mother) Ernest "Ernie" Klump, Sr. (brother) |
| Spouse | Professor Denise Gaines-Klump (wife) |
| Significant other | Carla Purty |
| Relatives | Ida Mae Jenson (maternal grandmother) Ernest "Ernie" Klump Jr. (nephew) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Nationality | American |
The Nutty Professor (known as Julius F. Kelp in the original film (1963) and as Prof. Sherman Klump in the 1996 remake, and by his alter ego Buddy Love in both films) is a fictional character portrayed by Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor and its respective sequel, and by Eddie Murphy in the 1996 version and its 2000 sequel Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Julius F. Kelp is an awkward and shy but intelligent and lively chemistry professor. Sherman Klump is a jolly, kind-hearted science teacher at Welman College. Murphy also played the rest of Klump's family in the sequel. Lewis was not fond of Murphy's characters, due to excessive fart jokes in the films.[1]
Alongside "inhuman professors" inspired by the perceived motivations of scientists in the Manhattan Project, the Nutty Professor is an example of a stock character and stereotype of the "absent-minded professor" that was prevalent during the 1960s.[2]
- ^ "Actors who hated remakes of their movies". 9 April 2014.
- ^ Trench, Brian; Bucchi, Massimiano, eds. (2014). Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 110. ISBN 9781135049478.