Slapstick of Another Kind is a 1984 American comic science fiction film starring Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn and Marty Feldman.

The Swains decide to allow the twins to live their short life in a mansion staffed with servants, including Sylvester.

Their parents, who have not seen them in all those years, receive a visit from the former Chinese ambassador who informs them that their children are geniuses who can solve the world's problems.

[2] Paul's screenplay shifted away from the serious aspects of the novel and placed more emphasis on its humor, as well as excluding Vonnegut's view of groups as extended families "whose spiritual core is common decency", and the importance of courtesy, kindness and dignity.

[3] Martial artist Peter Kwong made one of his earliest appearances in this film, playing an astronaut in a flying fortune cookie.

Siskel described it as "the single worst movie of 1984", saying it was shockingly bad, insensitive, cruel, boring, unfunny and cheaply made.

He summed up by proposing that film encyclopedias "ought to have an entry called Bad Movie and the illustration ought to be a still photo from Slapstick of Another Kind...

[2] Leonard Maltin praised the performances of Jerry Lewis and Sam Fuller, but described the film as "appalling".