I'm not a fan - but the man is a genius, and you have to respect his talent and skill, even if his humor isn't quite to your taste: the wisdom he puts out in this simple 5:24 interview alone would've taken a lifetime for most other comics to figure out. Sadly he comes off as a touch arrogant - but even that he may have needed to make certain he got listened to! Jerry's the real deal.
This is incredible, the way Lewis rescued his own career right at the inception. Brave and brilliant. I think of this whenever I hit a potentially life-altering crossroads myself but I seldom live up to it.
Boy that's great about his take one story. Having the talent grind through take after take for angles that won't or can't be used (AFI directors just do it automatically), it's unfair to the talent and the audience. But you'd have to be someone of Jerry's position to make that reality come true.
sorry you are so wrong,,jerry lewis was a star well before he was on the jerry lewis telethon,,he did it because he loved kids and wanted to help find a cure
The French acclaimed Jerry Lewis as the greatest clown of all time. Americans never truly understood him, claiming that he insulted handicapped people with his 'cruel' humor. Freud would have had a field day analyzing that critique!
Jerry was the Chevy Chase of his time. One character for every movie. When u cant come up with a line Squack WAAAAAA. Dean was Cool, s great singer & helped Lewis along. Jerry was workaholic yet Dean did more & better without trying than Jerry ever did. Jerry is a one character act. The Telethon is what kept him ion the public eye
Jerry lobbied hard for the part of "AL" but he stunk. Hal Wallis wrote Jerry's part into the film and told him it was either this or nothing. God bless Jerry but he's way off on the "My friend Irma" scenario.
I'm not a fan - but the man is a genius, and you have to respect his talent and skill, even if his humor isn't quite to your taste: the wisdom he puts out in this simple 5:24 interview alone would've taken a lifetime for most other comics to figure out. Sadly he comes off as a touch arrogant - but even that he may have needed to make certain he got listened to! Jerry's the real deal.
That was terrific. Never heard this before.
However, his scenes on camera became rambling and childish, like Jim Carrey and what Bill Murray has downwardly become as actors.
This is incredible, the way Lewis rescued his own career right at the inception. Brave and brilliant. I think of this whenever I hit a potentially life-altering crossroads myself but I seldom live up to it.
Jerry Lewis was/is wonderful! Lewis Martin combo was hilarious, priceless!
@sunderlandoful - October 27, 2000 on his boat in San Diego, CA.
Love the Take One approach!
This is wonderful! Jerry Lewis was to me what Jim Carrey is to my kids.
Boy that's great about his take one story. Having the talent grind through take after take for angles that won't or can't be used (AFI directors just do it automatically), it's unfair to the talent and the audience. But you'd have to be someone of Jerry's position to make that reality come true.
when was this filmed?
sorry you are so wrong,,jerry lewis was a star well before he was on the jerry lewis telethon,,he did it because he loved kids and wanted to help find a cure
i thought he was 85.
The French acclaimed Jerry Lewis as the greatest clown of all time. Americans never truly understood him, claiming that he insulted handicapped people with his 'cruel' humor. Freud would have had a field day analyzing that critique!
Jerry was the Chevy Chase of his time. One character for every movie. When u cant come up with a line Squack WAAAAAA.
Dean was Cool, s great singer & helped Lewis along.
Jerry was workaholic yet Dean did more & better without trying than Jerry ever did.
Jerry is a one character act.
The Telethon is what kept him ion the public eye
Jerry lobbied hard for the part of "AL" but he stunk. Hal Wallis wrote Jerry's part into the film and told him it was either this or nothing. God bless Jerry but he's way off on the "My friend Irma" scenario.