A peerless script by Billy Wilder and his new writing partner I.A.L. Diamond is just one of the artistic triumphs of this sensational American classic, starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as 1920’s jazzmen who go undercover in an all-women’s band to hide from the mob, only to get all hot and bothered by the band’s troubled singer, Marilyn Monroe. Legends abound about the difficulties of the shoot, in particular Wilder’s frustration with a constantly late and befuddled Monroe, and the DVD extras touch somewhat on the troubles, but for all that supposedly went wrong during the shoot, the final product is a masterpiece of comedic timing, thanks in part to the skilled turns by Lemmon and Curtis, playing off of Monroe’s sexual gifts, and each other, like vaudevillian masters. It’s a testament to Wilder and Diamond’s witty and racy script, a staple of screenwriting courses, that after a dozen or so viewings, like “Portnoy’s Complaint” or “The Simpsons”, it still surprises us with its genuine and endless laughs.