My job for many years was interviewing 'celebrities', movie stars, actors, directors etc. for newspapers and radio stations. Please let me share what I know about a situation like this. OK the interviewer was a tiny bit unprepared in that he asked stock standard questions that Lewis would have had thrown at him hundreds of times. There's no religious angle in this as others have commented. Had the young interviewer been a rabbi it would have gone the same way. I've studied the dynamic of the Martin and Lewis years and right from day one Lewis did all the writing, all the arranging of venues, the travel management, the lot. Dean Martin wanted to play golf and Lewis was happy to let him do it. Lewis always knew he was the brains of the outfit; an easy thing to do when you're a control freak. There was a good reason why Lewis was never invited to become a member of the so-called 'Rat Pack'. It was because everyone who knew him thought he was an arsehole. In the movie 'King of Comedy' Jerry Lewis was not acting. He played himself. Go take another look at that film and you'll see the real Lewis. Lewis made a Will that "...intentionally..." cut out the six children he had by his first wife. If he'd wished to not have them named publicly as they have to be in a Will, he could have set up a Trust, but no, Lewis wanted to tell the world his six children "...and their decedents..." would not get a dime out of his $50 million estate. He didn’t state why; he just wanted the world to know these people would be penniless when it came to his fifty-mill. What a nasty man, a hateful man who's life's work was to make people laugh. In 1994 I had an opportunity to interview Lewis and it took me all of 3 or 4 seconds to think about it and turn down the offer. That's no ego thing, no bragging. I never interview actors or directors I don't like. Editors don't like negative pieces on world wide celebrities and I could never fake an admiration for Jerry Lewis. That would have made me as bad as he was. At the end of a phone interview with Don Rickles, one of my all time favourite comedians, I asked him what he thought about Jerry Lewis. He answered with a story: He said, "Jack Benny was one of the sweetest, kindest, most generous human beings ever born." Don, continued, "Let me just say this, you've got a huge problem in your life when Jack Benny dislikes you; to tell you the truth Jack loathed Jerry Lewis." I promised Mr Rickles that his comment on Lewis would be off the record and unreported until after Rickles's death. Thanks for your time reading this long post. Cheers, BH.
I wonder if the reporter said something before the cameras started rolling that rubbed Jerry the wrong way. Lewis seemed pissed even before the first question was asked. Even when Jerry Lewis was at his worst I've never seem him give such terse answers before.
Why? ...for the rush of power...... he demeaned many people and usually those who couldn't defend themselves - egoist and bully - dean martin had enough of him and eventually, so did everybody else.........
Tina Butterfly I shut up he's 90 his X not valuable is not doing nothing if you didn't want to do the interview he could have stopped it but he's a Jew and he wants those shekels
I was thinking the same thing ! The interviewer is very amateurish but in return Jerry is being obnoxious. Both men are not being professional ! For some reason, Jerry seems very angry, resentful and uncomfortable....that's his right (I would too given the interviewer's poor skills), but if so, why didn't he simply get up and end the interview ?? After learning how Jerry treated his ex-wife and his sons, I lost all respect for the man, no matter how innovatie he was as a filmmaker.
@@oiyabastard7275 who are you telling to shut up I have a right to my opinion,I love him he has been my go to guy for his talent and laughs,I'm 70nota kid.i know he is Jewish but he was not nice to this interviewer and should not have done this.i does not change my feeling of him just a little taken aback by his nasty attitude! And all people like to be payed but he did not need it.
In 2000, I was an airline pilot on Boeing 757s, hubbed out of Las Vegas, Nevada. I was the First Officer on this flight. While I was taking our clearance to JFK, and programming our flight management system, Jerry Lewis invited himself into the cockpit, introduced himself, and shook our hands. It was something he did out of the superstitious belief that it kept the flights he was on safe. There was no intent to reach out to us as fellow humans. I say this, because later in that flight, while passing through first class, I paused at his seat to recount the fact that in The movie "The Bell Boy", he took a DC-8 up for a "spin". That DC-8's airline was the same name as our airline...40 years later. He looked at me with the same contemptuous look he's giving this poor reporter...in silence. I was beneath him, and he wanted everyone on that plane to know it. No wonder Dean Martin dumped him.
@@baldwincooke5316 Interesting...didn't know that. I had read that Lewis wanted to get back together with Dean Martin, but Dean wasn't having it. Thanks.
I would start asking uncomfortable questions: Why did you disown your kids? Why won’t you help your illegitimate child who looks and talks just like you? Why do the French actually think you are funny?
The questions were stupid and provocative. You don’t ask a 90 year old show business legend those kinds of questions. At 90 you don’t have to pretend to like somebody.
He clearly was. I suspect by then he knew that his public image was tarnished because of the internet and any number of books "looking back" over Hollywood's golden era. One interview wasn't going to save his reputation, so he gave them nothing.
@ian Campbell Why? Maybe Lewis viewed this guy as a punk who needed a good going over. When you think about it all we know is what we see. Just like the videos of some Cop physically subduing a suspect. And everyone cries Police brutality. But you don't see the video of the suspect resisting arrest and kicking, punching and spitting at the Cop. Both sides need to be seen before a judgment is made friend.
@ian Campbell Yeah, I'm sure he was fine during the interview. But do you know about the background? Do you know what happened leading up to the interview? Do you know what the reporter said to Jerry Lewis before the cameras were rolling? Here's what we do know. Jerry Lewis has done hundreds and hundreds of interviews, and he was just fine. He gave detailed answers and did great. Did you stand up and cheer for him then? Nope. Bet everyone is ready to hang Lewis because of this one interview without even knowing why. And don't pretend to know anything about Jerry Lewis relationship with his kids. My brother was cut out of my fathers will because he was a lazy self-entitled person who was also disagreeable and mouthy. Did you know that Jerry Lewis left a great deal of money to his youngest daughter? Did he do that because he was mean and nasty? Stop judging without knowing the full story friend Humans are generally disappointing
It is possible that at this point in Jerry's life, he may have probably been sick and tired of being interviewed. I mean Jerry has been a celebrity (to my knowledge) for over 60 years. And I'm VERY sure that ANYBODY would've probably acted the same way Jerry did. I know if I was a celebrity for 60 plus years, I know for a fact, I would've told that interviewer to go f#@k himself after 60 years of being interviewed and people always asking for autographs, bothering me everywhere I went ect. So the way I see it, Jerry did the interview anyway and that makes him a better man then me. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that he was a nice guy because through the years I've read things about him that wasn't very nice. I'm just saying that being a star for over 60 years can take its toll on anybody to where you see people as always wanting something from you like autographs, time, money, the same old questions that you've answered hundreds of times. So yea, I think if anybody had the kinda fame for as long as Jerry had it, they wouldn't be so nice either, not due to conceit, but to being tired of being harassed for 60 plus years.
Jerry Lewis was an amazing actor. He actually convinced the world that he wasn't a complete asshole. His emotionally and sometimes physically abused wife and sons knew the truth all along.
I always heard that Jerry was hard to get along with. He didn't leave his kids any money when he died. I guess Jerry figured out how to take it with him?
I had always liked him as a comedian, and enjoyed watching his movies---up until the time he revealed what an asshole he could be. My mother had taken my older brother to see his performance at a local theater. My brother was a huge fan, and couldn't wait to go and see him. The show was funny, as it was told to me. At the end of the show, he and my mother had seen Jerry walking with some of his entourage, not appearing to be in any hurry. My mother called out and asked if he would autograph a program from his show for by brother. Without breaking stride or missing a beat, he continued walking, looked straight ahead of him, and said, "No". Ever since then, I couldn't give two shits about him. Seeing how he behaved in this video didn't surprise me one iota. Kudos for consistency.
His children said later in interviews that when they heard his car pull into the driveway at home they would run and hide cause some days he would come home angry and they were petrified of him.
Just sad, it’s one thing to be an ahole to strangers but to your own family…I guess his will didn’t just leave his kids out, he actually had their names written in to be excluded. Just spiteful.
AND... he wrote them all out of his Will. Some lady inherited his money and his kids didn't get a dime. He let them know he never wanted them and the only reason he had kids was because it was EXPECTED in those days. Lewis was an OBNOXIOUS Narcissist, and this "interview" was just a small sample of who the guy REALLY was.
The first question was quite rude. “Have you ever thought about retiring?” Jerry takes it as a suggestion rather than a question. I don’t even ask my own parents that. They will retire whenever they want. I think Jerry was offended from the start and the interviewer did not rectify it. He just kept going with more ageist questions. Jerry didn’t try to rectify it either.
@@Sean-me4fv The first question was part of a "90 year old in show business still working" package and was given to Carl Reiner, Cloris Leachman and they never reacted this horrible way.
As part of the Lewis shtick, Jerry would stick two straws up his nose, many people, including parents, thought that was hilarious, not so much later on when they realized their kids were into cocaine.
I remember years ago. My dad told me that Jerry Lewis was a nasty mean guy. This interview is showing his true colours. Take my hat off to the interviewer.
@@TomYaz It does not matter who or what the interviewer is. JL was still a POS prick. The longer the interviewer was there, the more miserable JL was. If JL was so miserable, why did he consent to the interview. If the interviewer jus got up and walked away, Jerry would have made himself feel victorious. Like he did something great that no one else had ever accomplished. The only thing he accomplished was to die a poor, miserable lonely person when he could have surrounded himself with loved ones.
What a miserable guy, this is a great example how unthankful someone can be and live a poor life. The richness in life is how well we treat others around us. Being a good neighbor starts right in our home right to every aspect of life.
I just WONDER what in the hell the Kid did to warrant this kind of vitriol. The funny part is, he probably has NO IDEA why Lewis is being an a**hole. He probably didn't kiss his a** the way Lewis EXPECTED him to, and so he threw a quiet temper tantrum, on camera. THIS is probably just a small sample of the real Jerry Lewis and you can only imagine how massive a pr*ck he was when he was a younger man. Lewis legitimately believed he invented comedy, and HOW DARE some interviewer decline to acknowledge his Godlike comedic talent. Jerry Lewis was the kind of guy who HATED people who legitimately funny.
He just forgot to ask him the most important question of all. Jerry, I'm sure all the viewers would like to know. Why are you such a 'Miserable Old C**t'?
I remember he suffered a heart attack whilst in Australia and the marvellous heart surgeons and nursing staff helped save his life. I later read in the paper that he refused to pay the hospital bill. To my knowledge, it remains unpaid to this day.
Yes, seriously if he didn't want to waste his time Mr. Lewis could of declined to the interview. I'm thinking because of his age but I guess it's just his personality (what's left of it)
Then again one could be inclined to suggest that Jezza was still really switched on and playing a joke , else just having a bad day with a stomach ulcer or head-ache. ". . . a dusty cow town" LOL!
And why is that - dude answers questions - where is out of line and who are you to establish the line. When you are 90 - if you get there - you think you're going to be the life of the party, If anything, the questions were smart ass all the way and smug. To the idiots rallying behind the idiot asking the questions, get a life.
fooman65 hahah you have no idea what’s going on here. The interviewers with all the people and shit made the whole experience bad for him putting him out of his way and he finally got sick of it.
@@fredjones9750 Haha that's very true! But watch the Lou Reed interview from the mid 70s where Lou is wearing similar sunglasses to these and answering every question with a flippant "yes" or "no" and calls the interviewer a shmuck. Search "Lou Reed calls interviewer a schmuck" and you will see what I mean. If you can be bothered that is ! lolz
@@mattiemclean9882 but i think lou's was just an act and underneath all the arrogance and bluster you could still see a good heart in there. Well i saw that anyway. This guy just seems plain nasty. No loss to the world at all.
This “is” the real Jerry Lewis. His overbearing personality wedged Dean Martin away for many years. There is documented his atrocious behavior to women he had sign contracts to work with him on a couple of skits or movies for a period of time. While he paid them well above other movie producers, once signed on dotted line…the most egregious things occurred and he held them to fulfill contract any way. Cast and crew jobs were on the line if he told them to never speak to that actress during contract. This year so much will come to light about usa as a whole. The country you never knew, but grew up in.
When we get older....we find it harder to pretend. When we get very old we stop trying to pretending. This is the real Jerry Lewis, but still, his ego couldnt refuse the interview
The reporter right from the start pursued a very awkward line of questioning, which also was very disrespectful given the stature of the person he was talking to.
I can’t imagine a guy like that had any fans at all. I can imagine being married to someone like that for any length of time. I have a hard time feeling sorry for a bitter person that must have spent his life being miserable. It’s unfortunate, didn’t need to be like that.
@@robertr.2103 He was taking a last of few left opportunities to bully and intimidate someone, simple as that. I love Jerry Lewis but he obviously had a dark side
@@philiparmand3534 nup he was being a jerk. He is also famous for sexually assaulting his co-stars ruclips.net/video/ddH-T91K0tU/видео.html&ab_channel=VanityFair
This video clip edits out the important opening comment the interviewer made to Jerry: "We're doing a story about people still working in their 90s". If that had been left in, rather than edited out, people might understand the interviewer's comments or questions about age.
The interviewer was totally insulting. His questions were more like statements. -- which were insulting. Raymond Arroyo did an interview with Jerry that was delightful. Why? Because Raymond Arroyo is a professional who knows how to do a great interview AND because he is truly interested which trumps everything else -- being genuinely interested in the person that you are interviewing will result in a great interview. The guy who did this interview was pitiful. There was nothing likable or professional with this guy. It sounded like he just wanted to get through the questions/statements and wasn’t the least bit interested. So yeah -- I wish Jerry Lewis would have stood up and said “you need to go”, we’re done”.
That doesn't make it any better! Unless Lewis was told days in advance that this was the premise of the interview, he had every right to react that way.
@@lilybond6485 two totally different interviews with two totally different purposes. Arroyo’s interview is meant to be styled like a conversation between a journalist and a subject. this interview is meant to give Jerry a chance to speak about things people may be wondering about. the “interviewer” isn’t really an interviewer, he’s just someone who’s relaying the questions. jerry agreed to this interview, he knew what the focus would be right before it started and when it was presented to him. if he didn’t like it, he shouldn’t have agreed.
"I'm going to show the world what a dick I am by agreeing to an interview then by giving one word answers. This way no one will be surprised when I don't include any of my kids in my will."
Wow, his true colours come shinning through! I lost all respect for this man after I discovered how cruel and mean he truly was given how he treats his kids. Wasted talent and the world is a happier place without him.
AND... he wrote his own kids all out of his Will. Some lady inherited his money and his kids didn't get a dime. He let them know he never wanted them and the only reason he had kids was because it was EXPECTED in those days. Lewis was an OBNOXIOUS Narcissist, and this "interview" was just a small sample of who the guy REALLY was.
@@dominicbrogsdale3348 He also had an illegitimate daughter who he never acknowledged. He was a one trick pony when Dean Martin left the act he was finished. Doing nightclubs in Las Vegas. I saw a clip of him bringing young children who were physically challenged out on stage for his charity. The child was so embarrassed he kept calling them his children. Never liked him after that to be honest I never liked him
He actually believes himself that he was a great comic. He was a one act comic.He once tried to pull off Bing Crosby's toopè at a charity event. Crosby never spoke with him again. He also thought he was a great guy with his charity work but he got well paid for it. He was just a prize jerk.
@@vincecozzi2545 Agreed, if I was the interviewer, I would have just said "you obviously are being obstinate and don't want to be interviewed so I'll just leave you alone now. Bye." And then just left the grump to hinself.
That is the true Jerry Lewis - arrogant - mean - sarcastic ------If he didn't want the interview, he should have said so. That poor reporter. I would have left!!
what's wrong with the interview, he's being straight up, honest with succinct answers, he's probably in pain and short of patients with young reporters stupid questions, which are poorly thought out, "how do you write a script, do you type it on a computer"duh I'm surprised he bothered with the interview
What ppl don't realize is Jerry had a sadistic streak... he had his sadistic personality flaw. Sadistic personality flaws are born from people who have an over aggressive personality Style. That's it that's what he had.... amazing.
There were two Jerry Lewis’s one was a funny gregarious charmer and the other a complete d1ck. You never knew which one was going to show up at an interview, concert, etc. Obviously this was evil Jerry.
For someone I loved so much as a child I'd like to thank Mr.Lewis himself for destroying all my childhood respect and admiration. When you grow older please keep this in mind as an example of how you don't want to behave.
This interviewer didn't come prepared. Yeah Lewis could be a dick but I'm sure others used him throughout his career. The interviewer was obviously not a real fan. Terrible interviewer.
I watched another interview done around the same time. Totally different.. This interviewer was a putz, and his questions were patronising, and amatuer.. Lewis has earned the right to treat people as he finds them.. Keep your ageist rubbish to yourself in the future.. It will save you from being thought of as a fool..
@@mahatmablues9436 this interview (which was specifically for a piece on 90 year old workers, which jerry is and agreed to) was meant to have questions straight to the point so they could get answers that aren’t too elaborate. this isn’t meant to be a conversation like the interviews you probably saw. it’s meant to be shown in a video piece, edited into different clips that get his main points across. he knew what the interview was about, and he should’ve know what style of interview this is. if he didn’t, he’s still an asshole, maybe even moreso
Only answer in short yes or no questions and do not elaborate :) love Jerry’s replies :) and that mocking laugh there towards the end :) “All right, clean it out of here” (and then disinfect) ;)
Chicken Soup for the Truther's Soul and your point would be? Night-Prowler could have been telling his Hispanic friend Jesus that it sounded like a deposition hearing. May Allah have mercy on your truther’s soul, and tell Jesus I said hi.
I will defend our Lord and Savior Jesus in every situation. You need the Holy Spirit so that you will not be saying such things. The truth of the matter is that it is uncalled for. If you do some research you will find that Hollywood is run by Satan. If you look around you will see the rest of the world is too. This blasphemy is rampant in today's day and age and I can't stand it. I hope that you will receive this message without any hatred or mal intent behind it. This is no time for 'lightening up' because the enemy is at hand.
Jerry Lewis shows a mean and cruel heart. What a sick, miserable human being he was!. Now one understands the alienation he had to his 4 sons. Yikes! Can you imagine having had a father like that? What a lowlife!
The interviewer literally asked nothing and kept talking about how old he is or what pain might be causing his career to fail. This was an incredibly rude interview.
I don’t know a lot about him but give the guy a break. The interviewer basically calls him old over and over again. Every question is a stupid question.
Also, the interviewer kept asking him closed (yes or no) questions. Obviously an inexperienced interviewer. Jerry was pleasant and engaging in most of his interviews. I don’t know if he was just getting crotchety in his old age, or if the interviewer pushed his buttons, but this isn’t how he typically came across.
It must have been such a chaotic time coming up in Hollywood in those days. The industry was still in its adolescence as movies and television evolved into technicolor, and studios were trying to figure out who, or what to sell, and how to sell it to the public to make a buck. That's why a lot of the major players were discovered as small time acts. Once people were stars they had to stay stars or other wise they lose their jobs and by extension everything they worked so hard to attain mansions, cars, etc. I'm not trying to defend Jerry Lewis I think later on he made some rash decisions that really don't reflect that of a kind, or humble man. I believe it was probably the industry of the time post ww2 that turned him into such a negative person it was a cut throat time of succeed or die trying.
contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, abhorrent...NONE adequately describes that SOB! Mr Lewis wanted to fire a parking attendant for being too slow to get his car after a dinner with friends.
@@WintersWarI was a minor fan of underground lounge act and actor Duke Mitchell and he had a partner Sammy Petrillo who was a Lewis imitator. Guess Jerry was just an ass to him and threatened clubs to not let him perform. I always viewed imitation as the sincerest form of flattery, it’s not like the guy is going to take your job anytime soon. Smart money recognizes stuff like those Beatles or kiss tribute bands actually fill your bottom line because it keeps your name fresh for people unable to see the real thing.
I know a woman who was a child actor and was in numerous movies and tv shows. She has nothing but glowing things to say about almost everyone she's ever worked with. The lone exception was Jerry Lewis. She worked with him on a variety show in 1968 and said he was a total ass and didn't like him at all.
Ron Huckaby Now tell me, why I should care what you think. I don't like the prat thats my opinion and your welcome to it. If I hurt your little feeling then suck it up cup cake. go tell someone that gives a flying fuck what you think. I still don't like the prat. Have a nice life. PS you look so cute in your mail mans uniform.
"Allright, clean it out of here" I wonder if that was a reference for the group doing the interview to pick up their equipment and get out? Wow, what a nasty guy!
@@aussiecoastie72 He was always an asshole, after years of bragging about what a great father he was and extolling religion, when his son Gary, of Gary Lewis and the Playboys was serving in Vietnam and like thousands of other soldiers, got hooked on drugs, Jerry Lewis turned his back on him...not only refusing to help him, but not even allowing him into his home. He essentially disowned him...Great dad.
He is a legendary comedian, and he had talent, so that was his achievement. The Nutty Professor was really a work of art, considerig he wrote a script and acted several parts there. We can recognize someone's but also his achievements.
@@olympian00 yes, but we know certainly that he had talent. But we did not know him personally to certainly know that he was an as....He had faults as any human being. People never forgive someone's success.
Disagree , he was just being an outright wank , it wouldn’t have mattered what the interviewer asked , sports stars get asked about retirement all the time and often dismiss that one question but then offer a normal interview afterwards.
This was not a interview about Jerry Lewis. It was about comedians working past a certain age. Jerry knew that going into it. Someone there should have stopped the interview and excused him and either reset or reschedule.
my mother, born in 1917, never liked Jerry but adored Dean Martin (he was in various movies with Jerry). I asked her why and she said he isn't what you think he is. Now that is from someone who never met him...and yet she just had a gut feeling. After reading the Vanity Fair story and others, I am heartbroken to say mom was right. Shame on him. I feel bad for the reporter, but kudos for him for having the good graces to continue the interview without losing his cool.
My father would also kind of realize what type of person someone is right at first glance, he advised about some of my friends back in my younghood; well he was Right about them.
The fact that he allowed to be interviewed, speaks volumes. Now, if you come to an interview with a man who has spent 80+ years of his life in the entertainment industry you had better have you're act together, he was literally doing the interview for the interviewers benefit not his own. Unfortunately, the interviewer could barely ask an intelligent question which is insulting for a legend. It would be like sitting down and asking Michael Jordan to describe his best memories of his time with the Bulls...C'mon... If I was Jerry, once the camera got packed away I would have asked the interviewer if he was open to some constructive criticism and explained to him that his youth was working against him.
After the first three questions I think I would probably apologize if I had offended him in any way, and ask if he wanted to reschedule the interview, or cancel it.
Yes, Jerry was well known in the industry as a “posterior orifice”, and it definitely showed here. To be fair, the reporter was ill-prepared. He was just reading the questions like a script instead of engaging with Jerry, and some of the questions could come off as rude, like the one asking him about retirement. I give the interviewer credit for showing patience and carrying on because it was obvious that Jerry was stonewalling this poor guy.
* He was a beloved movie star yet could be a total jerk on talk shows disappointing viewers & studio audiences. When he didn't get a laugh for an obnoxious quip when guest-hosting Tonight Show he'd turn to Ed MacMahon and say "Raunchy crowd, Ed" as if it was the fault of Ed (who did audience warm up pre-show). Not a nice guy at all. ♣
* He left it all to 2nd wife & their adopted daughter leaving nothing to his biological sons from marriage to Patty. Only 2 of those several sons were invited to his funeral. Yet he acted so nice every labor day when he begged for our donations to his pet charity. As despicable as he may have been it is indeed sad that the cure was never found in his lifetime. ♣
@@WytZox1 My understanding is that he always got the first million off the top doing those telethons for his "pet charity." Not so sure it had anything to do with charity - which seems in keeping with his cranky attitude here.
That "poor" interviewer....Jerry.."what a prick".....passive-aggressive....asshole....answering everything in 1 - 3 words...A psychiatrist would have a "field day" working on Jerry Lewis....
Victrola 1926 Lol I agree. Everyone knows Jerry was not a warm fuzzy guy. But he inarguably he had a pretty large body of work behind him and this dick head was focused on asking him about how he could relate to a current audience considering the fact he was 90? What an A Hole. This isn’t Jerry’s first interview, he knows which way it’s going immediately. I don’t know the age of the interviewer but judging by the sound of his voice I would surmise he is probably at least 60 years younger. He showed Jerry no respect, so he got what he got.
@@jimshoe6699 I totally agree. Well said. I like a lot of his work, especially "Hardly Working" and "The Nutty Professor," but Lewis really reveals the asshole side of his nature here. Best word that fits.
I remember watching this some years back and feeling really saddened by this..I was shocked by how rude and obnoxious he was and then puzzled as to why he agreed to do the interview in the first place.Really disappointed that he turned out like this ...And he didn't destroy the interviewer...He destroyed what trace of a good reputation he had...
Nice, sweet, pleasant man. Glad I never had to be in the same room with him. I had a friend who's dad worked on the set of his show, this is how she described him, also said he would routinely spit on the floor between takes. Most people I know never liked him, they all said he wasn't funny, that he just acted really, really stupid...
@@cyclops1092 "A man like him"? What? A fucking overpaid clown? A pos who mistreated his children & wife of 38yrs? A colossal pick who disinherited his flesh and blood? A prime jackass who mistreated people who worked with & for him? He was a complete creep! He agreed to this interview, then mistreated the fellow for no reason. Fuck him!
Jerry Lewis was never funny. He played a man-child and talked like a baby. My dad forebode us from watching him and now I understand why. I think my dad knew there was something off about the guy.
I worked it out for myself at a very young age. Not that he was quite the nasty a-hole behind the curtains that he patently was, but that he was an unfunny ham-acting over-rated clown in every way shape and form. Not a funny clown, the other sort.
why the hate? This interviewer is asking MORONIC questions. Every single question is incredibly horrible. Listen again. The interviewer doesn't`t realize that his questions are absolutely painful to hear. Listen again...they are rude questions without the guy even knowing it. It is a wonder why Lewis agreed to do this interview.
I was thinking identically. The interviewer was completely unprepared and unprofessional, almost as if this was a junior high school project. Secondly, Jerry Lewis is clearly not a young man, and his patience is being tested by being asked extremely unsophisticated questions that he has already spent a lifetime answering.
Lastly, he is a very, very old man. Old people do not behave like young people. I have a hard time dealing with stupidity and incompetence, God only knows what a burden it would be being constantly surrounded by fawning morons who would happily eat your shit if you asked them. I couldn’t imagine a worse hell than being famous.
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My job for many years was interviewing 'celebrities', movie stars, actors, directors etc. for newspapers and radio stations. Please let me share what I know about a situation like this.
OK the interviewer was a tiny bit unprepared in that he asked stock standard questions that Lewis would have had thrown at him hundreds of times. There's no religious angle in this as others have commented. Had the young interviewer been a rabbi it would have gone the same way.
I've studied the dynamic of the Martin and Lewis years and right from day one Lewis did all the writing, all the arranging of venues, the travel management, the lot. Dean Martin wanted to play golf and Lewis was happy to let him do it. Lewis always knew he was the brains of the outfit; an easy thing to do when you're a control freak.
There was a good reason why Lewis was never invited to become a member of the so-called 'Rat Pack'. It was because everyone who knew him thought he was an arsehole. In the movie 'King of Comedy' Jerry Lewis was not acting. He played himself. Go take another look at that film and you'll see the real Lewis.
Lewis made a Will that "...intentionally..." cut out the six children he had by his first wife. If he'd wished to not have them named publicly as they have to be in a Will, he could have set up a Trust, but no, Lewis wanted to tell the world his six children "...and their decedents..." would not get a dime out of his $50 million estate. He didn’t state why; he just wanted the world to know these people would be penniless when it came to his fifty-mill. What a nasty man, a hateful man who's life's work was to make people laugh.
In 1994 I had an opportunity to interview Lewis and it took me all of 3 or 4 seconds to think about it and turn down the offer. That's no ego thing, no bragging. I never interview actors or directors I don't like. Editors don't like negative pieces on world wide celebrities and I could never fake an admiration for Jerry Lewis. That would have made me as bad as he was.
At the end of a phone interview with Don Rickles, one of my all time favourite comedians, I asked him what he thought about Jerry Lewis. He answered with a story: He said, "Jack Benny was one of the sweetest, kindest, most generous human beings ever born." Don, continued, "Let me just say this, you've got a huge problem in your life when Jack Benny dislikes you; to tell you the truth Jack loathed Jerry Lewis." I promised Mr Rickles that his comment on Lewis would be off the record and unreported until after Rickles's death.
Thanks for your time reading this long post. Cheers, BH.
Thank you for a great insight.
I wonder if the reporter said something before the cameras started rolling that rubbed Jerry the wrong way. Lewis seemed pissed even before the first question was asked. Even when Jerry Lewis was at his worst I've never seem him give such terse answers before.
Here's a prepared interviewer: ruclips.net/video/sGmyHivWyN8/видео.html
@@carrollshelby8690 a diferent line of questioning. Much better interviewer.
Bill Halliwell well said 👏
He is just showing what he was really like, I’m sure all the rumours about him are 100% true
Made we wonder why Jerry even consented to this interview/or this reporter. He obviously disliked the guy immensely.
Why? ...for the rush of power...... he demeaned many people and usually those who couldn't defend themselves - egoist and bully - dean martin had enough of him and eventually, so did everybody else.........
gina should have not done the interview at all what a wash,only made Jerry look like he had a big temper tantrum .
Tina Butterfly I shut up he's 90 his X not valuable is not doing nothing if you didn't want to do the interview he could have stopped it but he's a Jew and he wants those shekels
I was thinking the same thing ! The interviewer is very amateurish but in return Jerry is being obnoxious. Both men are not being professional ! For some reason, Jerry seems very angry, resentful and uncomfortable....that's his right (I would too given the interviewer's poor skills), but if so, why didn't he simply get up and end the interview ?? After learning how Jerry treated his ex-wife and his sons, I lost all respect for the man, no matter how innovatie he was as a filmmaker.
@@oiyabastard7275 who are you telling to shut up I have a right to my opinion,I love him he has been my go to guy for his talent and laughs,I'm 70nota kid.i know he is Jewish but he was not nice to this interviewer and should not have done this.i does not change my feeling of him just a little taken aback by his nasty attitude! And all people like to be payed but he did not need it.
In 2000, I was an airline pilot on Boeing 757s, hubbed out of Las Vegas, Nevada. I was the First Officer on this flight. While I was taking our clearance to JFK, and programming our flight management system, Jerry Lewis invited himself into the cockpit, introduced himself, and shook our hands. It was something he did out of the superstitious belief that it kept the flights he was on safe. There was no intent to reach out to us as fellow humans. I say this, because later in that flight, while passing through first class, I paused at his seat to recount the fact that in The movie "The Bell Boy", he took a DC-8 up for a "spin". That DC-8's airline was the same name as our airline...40 years later. He looked at me with the same contemptuous look he's giving this poor reporter...in silence. I was beneath him, and he wanted everyone on that plane to know it. No wonder Dean Martin dumped him.
Yup! He sure could act like an arse at times. Sorry you were subjected to that😔
He actually dumped Dean. Lewis was a shit-head.
@@baldwincooke5316 Interesting...didn't know that. I had read that Lewis wanted to get back together with Dean Martin, but Dean wasn't having it. Thanks.
Dean didn't like Jerry apparently
@@baldwincooke5316 Wrong, Dean cancelled his ass.
He was a real nasty piece of work. If I was the interviewer I would have asked him what his problem was and then walk out.
I would start asking uncomfortable questions: Why did you disown your kids? Why won’t you help your illegitimate child who looks and talks just like you? Why do the French actually think you are funny?
Lol
@@troubledsole9104 then you would not have an interview what good is that
@@troubledsole9104 Or why did you sexually abuse women.......
@@coryburns9161 when all is lost, keep your dignity.
He’s acting like he’s being interrogated by the police
Yeah
So is the interrogator.
It's like he's auditioning for a scene out of SVU.
The questions were stupid and provocative. You don’t ask a 90 year old show business legend those kinds of questions. At 90 you don’t have to pretend to like somebody.
Snow flakes
I think he was purposely being difficult. I'm disappointed in him.
He clearly was. I suspect by then he knew that his public image was tarnished because of the internet and any number of books "looking back" over Hollywood's golden era. One interview wasn't going to save his reputation, so he gave them nothing.
Why
Imagine disrespecting and judging people kid
@@buck2.050 right? Simply awful.
I have a question why are you a jerk ?
Interviewer continued and was stable and balanced.. What a cool person to get to know.. 6:23 he mocks the interviewers laugh... what a jerk.
That part really ticked me off too. Ugh! Sooo rude!
THIS is my last image of Jerry Lewis.
Same here...so sad
I like movies like 'The Nutty Professor 'etc but this guy was Obviously an A-HOLE!
Probably one of the most genuine interviews he ever did...a real window to the darker side.
@murphman76- Right! Now we get to see the other side of him who he really was....a NASTY PRICK!
@ian Campbell What if you knew that this very reporter harassed Jerry Lewis to get this interview? Would you feel the same way?
@ian Campbell Why? Maybe Lewis viewed this guy as a punk who needed a good going over. When you think about it all we know is what we see. Just like the videos of some Cop physically subduing a suspect. And everyone cries Police brutality. But you don't see the video of the suspect resisting arrest and kicking, punching and spitting at the Cop.
Both sides need to be seen before a judgment is made friend.
@ian Campbell Yeah, I'm sure he was fine during the interview. But do you know about the background? Do you know what happened leading up to the interview? Do you know what the reporter said to Jerry Lewis before the cameras were rolling?
Here's what we do know. Jerry Lewis has done hundreds and hundreds of interviews, and he was just fine. He gave detailed answers and did great. Did you stand up and cheer for him then? Nope.
Bet everyone is ready to hang Lewis because of this one interview without even knowing why.
And don't pretend to know anything about Jerry Lewis relationship with his kids. My brother was cut out of my fathers will because he was a lazy self-entitled person who was also disagreeable and mouthy. Did you know that Jerry Lewis left a great deal of money to his youngest daughter? Did he do that because he was mean and nasty?
Stop judging without knowing the full story friend
Humans are generally disappointing
It is possible that at this point in Jerry's life, he may have probably been sick and tired of being interviewed. I mean Jerry has been a celebrity (to my knowledge) for over 60 years. And I'm VERY sure that ANYBODY would've probably acted the same way Jerry did. I know if I was a celebrity for 60 plus years, I know for a fact, I would've told that interviewer to go f#@k himself after 60 years of being interviewed and people always asking for autographs, bothering me everywhere I went ect. So the way I see it, Jerry did the interview anyway and that makes him a better man then me. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that he was a nice guy because through the years I've read things about him that wasn't very nice. I'm just saying that being a star for over 60 years can take its toll on anybody to where you see people as always wanting something from you like autographs, time, money, the same old questions that you've answered hundreds of times. So yea, I think if anybody had the kinda fame for as long as Jerry had it, they wouldn't be so nice either, not due to conceit, but to being tired of being harassed for 60 plus years.
Jerry Lewis was an amazing actor. He actually convinced the world that he wasn't a complete asshole. His emotionally and sometimes physically abused wife and sons knew the truth all along.
Take a look at the Vanity Fair piece. He was a serial abuser in Hollywood. POS.
I always heard that Jerry was hard to get along with. He didn't leave his kids any money when he died. I guess Jerry figured out how to take it with him?
@@paulmcwilliams1709 I think he gave it ALL to his second wife, the one he married after he dumped his whole family
Only interview I've seen of him and it shows he's a huge miserable A-hole! I'll bet he's a huge trump supporter 💩👺💀
And he raped women ..he's a pig
I had always liked him as a comedian, and enjoyed watching his movies---up until the time he revealed what an asshole he could be. My mother had taken my older brother to see his performance at a local theater. My brother was a huge fan, and couldn't wait to go and see him. The show was funny, as it was told to me. At the end of the show, he and my mother had seen Jerry walking with some of his entourage, not appearing to be in any hurry. My mother called out and asked if he would autograph a program from his show for by brother. Without breaking stride or missing a beat, he continued walking, looked straight ahead of him, and said, "No". Ever since then, I couldn't give two shits about him. Seeing how he behaved in this video didn't surprise me one iota. Kudos for consistency.
His true colors came out to this interview. Really felt sorry the guy as it seemed like a waste of time for both of them.
My father knew him, he said he was a jerk and all that crying he did on his telethons was bs.
If he was a Jerk he wouldn't have got so famous in his time.
So someone who calls him a Jerk must be one.
Maybe it did some good though. We don't always know someone's problems. He may have been different if he hadn't been damaged.
@@jarasandh1 Not a history fan, eh? Go read up on Lucille Ball.
@@jarasandh1 it didn’t work like that, sadly nobody, said or did anything. Not like today. You still have problems like this with jerks
@@jarasandh1🙄
What mean spirited old bastard. Kudos to the interviewer for attempting to engage.
he was a rapist
Let’s see how fucking cheery you are at 90 years old
mean spirited Genius of an old bastard. Get it right.
Agreed!!!!!!!!
@SuperSonicGlitchy4- LOL! He comes across like he's got a NAIL stuck in his ass!
This interview is brutal to watch 😂
“ why “ 😂😂😂
Well he did bust the reporters balls with a deadpan sledgehammer
Lewis is disgusting.
@@jochimbenschneider1915 But then he had his bad side!
@@JRM---516 Which is 90% of the time. He was downright miserable, nasty person.
His children said later in interviews that when they heard his car pull into the driveway at home they would run and hide cause some days he would come home angry and they were petrified of him.
Just sad, it’s one thing to be an ahole to strangers but to your own family…I guess his will didn’t just leave his kids out, he actually had their names written in to be excluded. Just spiteful.
AND... he wrote them all out of his Will. Some lady inherited his money and his kids didn't get a dime.
He let them know he never wanted them and the only reason he had kids was because it was EXPECTED in those days.
Lewis was an OBNOXIOUS Narcissist, and this "interview" was just a small sample of who the guy REALLY was.
What a miserable person. Horrible to his first wife.
I give that reporter my 100% respect for just being able to continue that awkward interview ...
The first question was quite rude. “Have you ever thought about retiring?” Jerry takes it as a suggestion rather than a question. I don’t even ask my own parents that. They will retire whenever they want. I think Jerry was offended from the start and the interviewer did not rectify it. He just kept going with more ageist questions. Jerry didn’t try to rectify it either.
Agreed but he still shouldn't have acted that way.
@@Sean-me4fv The first question was part of a "90 year old in show business still working" package and was given to Carl Reiner, Cloris Leachman and they never reacted this horrible way.
@@georgimihailov4906 the question may have been posed later on, after building rapport
@@gobinduppal4429 Yes, he was entitled. The reporter was way over the line and insensitive.
Why did he even take the interview ? he had no intentions of being nice from the start ...sounds very mean spirited & bitter
Money
At his best, Jerry Lewis was almost as funny as a heart attack or an abscessed tooth.
Short tempered and nasty natured. This is one guy that you wouldn't want to piss off. This reporter really got on Jerry's last nerve.
That funny you think?
As part of the Lewis shtick, Jerry would stick two straws up his nose, many people, including parents, thought that was hilarious, not so much later on when they realized their kids were into cocaine.
He was brilliant, ok.
@@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time as he got more famous and wealthy he replaced the straws with rolled up 100 dollar notes haha
I remember years ago. My dad told me that Jerry Lewis was a nasty mean guy. This interview is showing his true colours. Take my hat off to the interviewer.
The interviewer was not prepared to interview a legend. The interviewer was a kid who probably interviewed teenagers.
@@TomYaz It does not matter who or what the interviewer is. JL was still a POS prick. The longer the interviewer was there, the more miserable JL was. If JL was so miserable, why did he consent to the interview. If the interviewer jus got up and walked away, Jerry would have made himself feel victorious. Like he did something great that no one else had ever accomplished. The only thing he accomplished was to die a poor, miserable lonely person when he could have surrounded himself with loved ones.
@@TomYaz Jerry was still being a dickwad ...
he was one hateful bastard
@@thomasfaucette1660 I bet but the Business does not bring out the best in people. Sometimes you should never meet your idols.
What a miserable guy, this is a great example how unthankful someone can be and live a poor life. The richness in life is how well we treat others around us. Being a good neighbor starts right in our home right to every aspect of life.
I also give that reporter my 100% respect for just being able to continue that awkward interview ..
You copied and pasted someone else’s comment? LOL how odd
I just WONDER what in the hell
the Kid did to warrant this kind
of vitriol.
The funny part is, he probably has NO IDEA why Lewis is being an a**hole. He probably didn't kiss his a** the way Lewis EXPECTED him to, and so he threw a quiet temper tantrum, on camera.
THIS is probably just a small sample of the real Jerry Lewis
and you can only imagine how massive a pr*ck he was when he was a younger man.
Lewis legitimately believed he invented comedy, and HOW DARE some interviewer decline to acknowledge his Godlike
comedic talent.
Jerry Lewis was the kind of guy who HATED people who legitimately funny.
So do i
respect for the interviewer for not running out of questions
He just forgot to ask him the most important question of all. Jerry, I'm sure all the viewers would like to know. Why are you such a 'Miserable Old C**t'?
Or telling the jackass to F**k off
I wish he had said "I can see you have nothing to talk about so this interview is over".
lmaoooooooo
I like the way the reporter kept his cool. and had more class than the guy he was interviewing.
I remember he suffered a heart attack whilst in Australia and the marvellous heart surgeons and nursing staff helped save his life. I later read in the paper that he refused to pay the hospital bill. To my knowledge, it remains unpaid to this day.
Are you saying Jerry Lewis had no healthcare insurance to pay his bill. All retirees has medicare.
Im from Perth- We have socialized medical care...We dont pay any medical bills
jew in him I guess. plus he was just a monster
@@chichi775 Is it the goy in you to be so hateful of Jews?
I refuse to believe this story, Jerry Lewis didn’t have a heart.
I can see why many in Hollywood hated him, fair play to the reporter for not losing it and walking out.
Yes, seriously if he didn't want to waste his time Mr. Lewis could of declined to the interview. I'm thinking because of his age but I guess it's just his personality (what's left of it)
Then again one could be inclined to suggest that Jezza was still really switched on and playing a joke , else just having a bad day with a stomach ulcer or head-ache.
". . . a dusty cow town" LOL!
" GET A DAY JOB!! "
|_⭕|_ !!
And why is that - dude answers questions - where is out of line and who are you to establish the line. When you are 90 - if you get there - you think you're going to be the life of the party, If anything, the questions were smart ass all the way and smug. To the idiots rallying behind the idiot asking the questions, get a life.
If it was me,after the first question ,he replies like that. i would say...thank you sir,that was good enough and leave..
fooman65 hahah you have no idea what’s going on here. The interviewers with all the people and shit made the whole experience bad for him putting him out of his way and he finally got sick of it.
WHY
Lewis was soooo rude.. very different than his characters🙄
David Mc Calm down...
@David Mc it doesn't take courage to grow old just time
Hard to watch... Jerry must have forgotten how to be kind...or maybe he never truly was kind.
Yeah he was never really a nice guy.
He is like Lou Reed from 1975!!
@@mattiemclean9882 but not as talented.
@@fredjones9750 Haha that's very true! But watch the Lou Reed interview from the mid 70s where Lou is wearing similar sunglasses to these and answering every question with a flippant "yes" or "no" and calls the interviewer a shmuck. Search "Lou Reed calls interviewer a schmuck" and you will see what I mean. If you can be bothered that is ! lolz
@@mattiemclean9882 but i think lou's was just an act and underneath all the arrogance and bluster you could still see a good heart in there. Well i saw that anyway. This guy just seems plain nasty. No loss to the world at all.
That’s him being pleasant.
Bad Start! You ever going to retire!? Got off on the wrong foot
I loved Jerry Lewis as a kid but WOW this is almost like interviewing Darth Vader.
He wasn't any better then to hear thevwoman he attacked tell their stories.
This “is” the real Jerry Lewis. His overbearing personality wedged Dean Martin away for many years. There is documented his atrocious behavior to women he had sign contracts to work with him on a couple of skits or movies for a period of time. While he paid them well above other movie producers, once signed on dotted line…the most egregious things occurred and he held them to fulfill contract any way. Cast and crew jobs were on the line if he told them to never speak to that actress during contract. This year so much will come to light about usa as a whole. The country you never knew, but grew up in.
There is no need to insult Mr.Vader !!
@@idontextback There is ZERO proof that Lewis attacked anyone much less women. How gullible are you?
Darth was much more charming.
When we get older....we find it harder to pretend. When we get very old we stop trying to pretending. This is the real Jerry Lewis, but still, his ego couldnt refuse the interview
Very well said
Most TV/radio interviews with "slebs" are phoney/fake bullsh*t , so in some ways this makes a refreshing change at least.
Excellent analysis Turner.
...stop pretending to be an asshole you mean?
What a monster. He had no idea what the internet would be about.
Well, He was always nice to me
@@kevinhaubrich579 Probably because he wanted something from you.
It’s amazing how miserable a man who has lead a charmed life can be.
I heard he was a piece of shit guy ..mainly to his son
How charmed is it really when you are this miserable?
The reporter right from the start pursued a very awkward line of questioning, which also was very disrespectful given the stature of the person he was talking to.
If you only knew what he saw on the other side of the curtains in the dark Hollywood fields.
@convid What stature? The p.o.s. Rapist Pedestal???? Lmao!
Unfortunately, this was the real Jerry Lewis.
Caged! 🤨
I can’t imagine a guy like that had any fans at all. I can imagine being married to someone like that for any length of time. I have a hard time feeling sorry for a bitter person that must have spent his life being miserable. It’s unfortunate, didn’t need to be like that.
@@KatsDad I saw an interview with an actress who said Lewis raped her back in the 60s.
how do you know?
@@robertr.2103 He was taking a last of few left opportunities to bully and intimidate someone, simple as that. I love Jerry Lewis but he obviously had a dark side
This is the real guy. Everything else was an act. He hated his own kids and wouldn’t even allow them to attend his funeral
He was dead. His wife and daughter banned them.
@@Katiedid93 Per his wishes. Disowned and also cut from his will. The boys were also abused before he left their mother.
@@wendytravis6427 nonsense
@@oilyshoes9969 Why would they lie?
My good-for-nothing kids won't be invited to my funeral either. It happens.
I used to love Jerry. I think he is a complete prick, especially the way he treated others.
What a jerk! Kudos to the reporter for not walking out of the interview most people would have!
Perhaps he is bored of such pedantic questions.
@@philiparmand3534 👌
@@philiparmand3534 Paul McCartney sure doesnt act like an ass with the same questions going for 60yrs now
@@philiparmand3534 nup he was being a jerk.
He is also famous for sexually assaulting his co-stars
ruclips.net/video/ddH-T91K0tU/видео.html&ab_channel=VanityFair
@@philiparmand3534 What engaging things would you have asked him, Philip?
This video clip edits out the important opening comment the interviewer made to Jerry: "We're doing a story about people still working in their 90s". If that had been left in, rather than edited out, people might understand the interviewer's comments or questions about age.
Either way if Jerry hadn't been a dick he could have at least participated in the interview he agreed to make. His answers are just dick answers.
The interviewer was totally insulting. His questions were more like statements. -- which were insulting. Raymond Arroyo did an interview with Jerry that was delightful. Why?
Because Raymond Arroyo is a professional who knows how to do a great interview AND because he is truly interested which trumps everything else -- being genuinely interested in the person that you are interviewing will result in a great interview.
The guy who did this interview was pitiful. There was nothing likable or professional with this guy. It sounded like he just wanted to get through the questions/statements and wasn’t the least bit interested. So yeah -- I wish Jerry Lewis would have stood up and said “you need to go”, we’re done”.
That doesn't make it any better!
Unless Lewis was told days in advance that this was the premise of the interview, he had every right to react that way.
@@lilybond6485 i saw that interview..and Jerry himself said it was the Best Intervew he's ever done!
@@lilybond6485 two totally different interviews with two totally different purposes. Arroyo’s interview is meant to be styled like a conversation between a journalist and a subject. this interview is meant to give Jerry a chance to speak about things people may be wondering about. the “interviewer” isn’t really an interviewer, he’s just someone who’s relaying the questions. jerry agreed to this interview, he knew what the focus would be right before it started and when it was presented to him. if he didn’t like it, he shouldn’t have agreed.
"I'm going to show the world what a dick I am by agreeing to an interview then by giving one word answers. This way no one will be surprised when I don't include any of my kids in my will."
Wow, his true colours come shinning through! I lost all respect for this man after I discovered how cruel and mean he truly was given how he treats his kids. Wasted talent and the world is a happier place without him.
And muscular dystrophy is still a thing.
Souless entity, shudder
AND... he wrote his own kids all out of his Will. Some lady inherited his money and his kids didn't get a dime.
He let them know he never wanted them and the only reason he had kids was because it was EXPECTED in those days.
Lewis was an OBNOXIOUS Narcissist, and this "interview" was just a small sample of who the guy REALLY was.
Denzil Washington did a similar interview and ridiculed a women doing the interview. I won't watch any of his movies anymore.
He was just an obnoxious, egotistical,individual .His behaviour in the interview was totally unacceptable
heard he treated people like trash even left his kids out his will!
@@dominicbrogsdale3348 He also had an illegitimate daughter who he never acknowledged. He was a one trick pony when Dean Martin left the act he was finished. Doing nightclubs in Las Vegas. I saw a clip of him bringing young children who were physically challenged out on stage for his charity. The child was so embarrassed he kept calling them his children. Never liked him after that to be honest I never liked him
He actually believes himself that he was a great comic. He was a one act comic.He once tried to pull off Bing Crosby's toopè at a charity event. Crosby never spoke with him again. He also thought he was a great guy with his charity work but he got well paid for it. He was just a prize jerk.
@@charlesdodgson3684 He did more for Charity then you ever will so why shouldn't get paid for it, he never thought of himself as a "great" guy
@@dominicbrogsdale3348 why should his kids inherit a fortune they never worked for?
I think Jerry was a little too hard on the guy .....sounds like he was nervous and trying real hard
Jerry Lewis was so outta line here it was EMBARRASSING .....What an arrogant asshole who the hell are you to treat anybody like this u bum
@@vincecozzi2545
Agreed, if I was the interviewer, I would have just said "you obviously are being obstinate and don't want to be interviewed so I'll just leave you alone now. Bye." And then just left the grump to hinself.
He was behaving like a little kid having a temper tantrum
Now you now why Dean Martin walked and prospered once they split
Dean Martin didnt put the work in on the duo, didnt write or rehearse the material why they spilt.
@@chucky1golfbecause Dean didn't need to rehearse
Have to agree, it is amazing how miserable a man who had lead a charmed life can be.
That is the true Jerry Lewis - arrogant - mean - sarcastic ------If he didn't want the interview, he should have said so. That poor reporter. I would have left!!
Yeah he had 5 disowned kids
I'd of asked him about what he said about Ali being a bag of air. That'd of shut that down
Jerry Lewis was a mean old D_ _ _!
what's wrong with the interview, he's being straight up, honest with succinct answers, he's probably in pain and short of patients with young reporters stupid questions, which are poorly thought out, "how do you write a script, do you type it on a computer"duh I'm surprised he bothered with the interview
Maybe you would have been nice to a stupid and disrespectful reporter, right?
What ppl don't realize is Jerry had a sadistic streak... he had his sadistic personality flaw. Sadistic personality flaws are born from people who have an over aggressive personality Style. That's it that's what he had.... amazing.
Hard to watch. We are witness to a very dark side of Lewis. His family knew that,........poor souls.
Disagree...interviewer was an idiot asking about retirement the first question
There were two Jerry Lewis’s one was a funny gregarious charmer and the other a complete d1ck. You never knew which one was going to show up at an interview, concert, etc. Obviously this was evil Jerry.
Destroygary Funky agreed
What a warm and charming man he was. He is greatly missed.
Wow! A very human Jerry Lewis!
I think he was angry that he was worth 50 million dollars and had only one yellow shirt
Jesus, that mocking laugh at 6:22
I liked that it was pretty funny
6:20
Mimicking
For someone I loved so much as a child I'd like to thank Mr.Lewis himself for destroying all my childhood respect and admiration. When you grow older please keep this in mind as an example of how you don't want to behave.
Same here
or be remembered.
Same, this is how I will always remember him.
I just posted something similar. I am shocked and saddened.😕
This interviewer didn't come prepared. Yeah Lewis could be a dick but I'm sure others used him throughout his career. The interviewer was obviously not a real fan. Terrible interviewer.
With his tude, he should have cancelled the interview.I get it, 90 yrs old and cranky
I watched another interview done around the same time. Totally different.. This interviewer was a putz, and his questions were patronising, and amatuer.. Lewis has earned the right to treat people as he finds them.. Keep your ageist rubbish to yourself in the future.. It will save you from being thought of as a fool..
@@mahatmablues9436 this interview (which was specifically for a piece on 90 year old workers, which jerry is and agreed to) was meant to have questions straight to the point so they could get answers that aren’t too elaborate. this isn’t meant to be a conversation like the interviews you probably saw. it’s meant to be shown in a video piece, edited into different clips that get his main points across. he knew what the interview was about, and he should’ve know what style of interview this is. if he didn’t, he’s still an asshole, maybe even moreso
If I was the interviewer I would have walked out
I would have stopped interviewing him long time ago, so miserable.
How can a man that did so great be so angry?...He tried to get me fired when I was working for the Motion picture pension plan. He was a bad guy...
Don't take it personally, Jerry didn't even leave any money to his kids when he died. He was a true asshole.
i sense he didnt want to do this interview and/or he was physically uncomfortable.. maybe from medical condition?
@@manp1039 So why did he agree to it?
Dude was a sexual deviant as well , disgusting person.
Poor Dino, he seemed to have had a lot to contend with, with Mr. Lewis. I know they split up, but not before Dean was probably driven to 'the vino'.
And to finish up Mr Lewis, would you sing "Great Balls Of Fire"?
I read the title as 'Jerry Lee Lewis' at first. I was wrong. Then, I was like 'ooooh its the Nutty Professor!'
lol great comment
thats funny , thats what i would have said to the old prick !
@@johnmanrow2757 No, he would have said, "WHY?" ……:D
😂😂😂😂😂😂🔥
Jesus, this sounds like a deposition hearing.
Only answer in short yes or no questions and do not elaborate :) love Jerry’s replies :) and that mocking laugh there towards the end :)
“All right, clean it out of here” (and then disinfect) ;)
There is no reason to use Jesus' name in this. He has nothing to do with this.
Chicken Soup for the Truther's Soul and your point would be? Night-Prowler could have been telling his Hispanic friend Jesus that it sounded like a deposition hearing. May Allah have mercy on your truther’s soul, and tell Jesus I said hi.
@@chickensoupforthetrutherss1353 Lighten up.
I will defend our Lord and Savior Jesus in every situation. You need the Holy Spirit so that you will not be saying such things. The truth of the matter is that it is uncalled for. If you do some research you will find that Hollywood is run by Satan. If you look around you will see the rest of the world is too. This blasphemy is rampant in today's day and age and I can't stand it. I hope that you will receive this message without any hatred or mal intent behind it. This is no time for 'lightening up' because the enemy is at hand.
Never thought he was that entertaining
This interviewer should have walked off this so called interview.
Lucky for us he exposed this psychopath. Jerry Lewis left nothing in his will to his children or grandchildren.
The interviewer should have won an award for this.
Jerry Lewis shows a mean and cruel heart. What a sick, miserable human being he was!. Now one understands the alienation he had to his 4 sons. Yikes! Can you imagine having had a father like that? What a lowlife!
I can’t imagine he got a woman to procreate with, living with that behind closed doors seem horrible
He left them nothing too I hear.
The interviewer literally asked nothing and kept talking about how old he is or what pain might be causing his career to fail. This was an incredibly rude interview.
I don’t know a lot about him but give the guy a break. The interviewer basically calls him old over and over again. Every question is a stupid question.
Also, the interviewer kept asking him closed (yes or no) questions. Obviously an inexperienced interviewer. Jerry was pleasant and engaging in most of his interviews. I don’t know if he was just getting crotchety in his old age, or if the interviewer pushed his buttons, but this isn’t how he typically came across.
When he got older he became very difficult, and wasn't funny, or entertaining at all I think he died a very bitter man.
I have a sneaking suspicion he was always difficult. All that writing acting directing schmaltz got boring in the 60’s.. 😉
It must have been such a chaotic time coming up in Hollywood in those days. The industry was still in its adolescence as movies and television evolved into technicolor, and studios were trying to figure out who, or what to sell, and how to sell it to the public to make a buck. That's why a lot of the major players were discovered as small time acts. Once people were stars they had to stay stars or other wise they lose their jobs and by extension everything they worked so hard to attain mansions, cars, etc. I'm not trying to defend Jerry Lewis I think later on he made some rash decisions that really don't reflect that of a kind, or humble man. I believe it was probably the industry of the time post ww2 that turned him into such a negative person it was a cut throat time of succeed or die trying.
@@johnduckworth3866 That's still no reason to justify being difficult. ;)
He showed signs of dementia...
@@fraserthomson5766 You're right I'm not trying to justify it, just trying to come up with a reasonable explanation of its existence.
What a grouch.
CATHLEEN BODIKER and a gooch
Lewis behaved just a despicable as his character 'Buddy Love'. As a kid I got the impression even back then this was probably his true form.
Indeed, I'm pretty sure Jerry just had to act as himself to portray Buddy Love, no preparation for him to be in character needed.
He was a NASTY man.no one liked working with him.
THAT is the real Jerry Lewis, not forgetting the women he abused. Clearly a despicable excuse of a person. Full credit to the interviewer.
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he always had the same mentality, everyone was an enemy, trying to steal material from him, he worried about this even in the winter of his life.
Get over yourself doggie.
contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, abhorrent...NONE adequately describes that SOB! Mr Lewis wanted to fire a parking attendant for being too slow to get his car after a dinner with friends.
@@WintersWarI was a minor fan of underground lounge act and actor Duke Mitchell and he had a partner Sammy Petrillo who was a Lewis imitator. Guess Jerry was just an ass to him and threatened clubs to not let him perform. I always viewed imitation as the sincerest form of flattery, it’s not like the guy is going to take your job anytime soon. Smart money recognizes stuff like those Beatles or kiss tribute bands actually fill your bottom line because it keeps your name fresh for people unable to see the real thing.
If Lewis wasn't already finished by this time, this appearance hastened it. He was a bitter old bastard late in life.
He was ALWAYS a bastard!
@@twocanfox - Not to the level he would get to. He got worse as he got older.
@@justafanintexas7913 True, but he had already made a list of enemies.
@@IDIOCRACY-1984 - Lewis was never invited to join the Rat Pack and he tried to get Dean Martin to talk them into it.
@@IDIOCRACY-1984 Homosexuality isn't a perversion.
I have a totally different disrespect for Lewis now
Nothing funny about him, I watvhed an interview with a woman he
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I know a woman who was a child actor and was in numerous movies and tv shows. She has nothing but glowing things to say about almost everyone she's ever worked with. The lone exception was Jerry Lewis. She worked with him on a variety show in 1968 and said he was a total ass and didn't like him at all.
Could never stand the man in any form.
Kirk Barkley right on no talent. can you imagine him on AGT today
Ron Huckaby Now tell me, why I should care what you think. I don't like the prat thats my opinion and your welcome to it. If I hurt your little feeling then suck it up cup cake. go tell someone that gives a flying fuck what you think. I still don't like the prat. Have a nice life. PS you look so cute in your mail mans uniform.
@@jimmorrison3035 Stupid kid you are.
Not even as a starfish?
"Allright, clean it out of here" I wonder if that was a reference for the group doing the interview to pick up their equipment and get out? Wow, what a nasty guy!
I'm afraid he was referring to his soaked diaper.
Ironic that a legendary comedian does an interview that is totally devoid of humor.
Nurse probably left his catheter in too long, and his diaper is full.
HA ! :-)
ageism! WOW I hope people will treat all of you like that when you get old LOOOOOL
That is YOUR image of what old age is...Hope Karma doesn't find you with a catheter and wet diapers.
When I was a child, I absolutely adored Jerry Lewis's movies. I now know what he was actually like. Heard he crapped on his kids when he died. So sad.
Also treated people he worked with like garbage.-_- awful person.
@@reoreborn1209 thats sad for real. He gave me happiness when i was a kid.
Same here. Still adore him.
@@karenoberly2011 Same here. Try not to let Him ruin the happiness you had as a child though watching him. :)
@@reoreborn1209 ❤
What a lovely person that interviewer was, very patient.
Very patient?too patient
A true Professional
I wonder why I'm watching this....I guess I'll go now.
What a bitter, vicious old man. Never liked him!
Tango Bango agreed
@@aussiecoastie72 He was always an asshole, after years of bragging about what a great father he was and extolling religion, when his son Gary, of Gary Lewis and the Playboys was serving in Vietnam and like thousands of other soldiers, got hooked on drugs, Jerry Lewis turned his back on him...not only refusing to help him, but not even allowing him into his home. He essentially disowned him...Great dad.
His achievement of a lifetime: arrogance and condescension.
Damn Right!
It’s almost as if his personality was swapped out. From sweet Jerry to bitter Jerry. 💨🤖💨...
He is a legendary comedian, and he had talent, so that was his achievement. The Nutty Professor was really a work of art, considerig he wrote a script and acted several parts there. We can recognize someone's but also his achievements.
@@Sunflower-cb1sk it’s possible to recognize that while still knowing him more as an asshole
@@olympian00 yes, but we know certainly that he had talent. But we did not know him personally to certainly know that he was an as....He had faults as any human being. People never forgive someone's success.
Why even conduct the interview? One word answers. Wasted everyone's time.
Disagree...interviewer was an idiot asking about retirement the first question...be better as an interviewer
@@StevePhil-qw4ep You may have something there
Disagree , he was just being an outright wank , it wouldn’t have mattered what the interviewer asked , sports stars get asked about retirement all the time and often dismiss that one question but then offer a normal interview afterwards.
Chad Ferguson I agree 100%. I don't think it mattered what he would have ask.
The reporter should have cut the interview short. He was so uncooperative.
I used to wonder why Dean left Jerry lol now I know
Dean was a womanizer a reckless drunk looser and Jerry had participantes for an extraordinary cause for many years...period!
No the questions were INCREDIBLY stupid. Like you.
All those telethons....and not one person cured of MS. Crooks had it easy back then, now we have computers to weed the swarthy ones, out.
All these smart people commenting n no one is smart enuf to know the man b4 commenting. God bless
Loved him as a kid. Now I think he was a bit of an asshole.
Interviewers big mistake. Interviewer started with questions concerning Jerry’s age. Jerry went on the defensive from the get go.
He never said anything about his age
@@franoreilly7004 Guess you didn't watch the video.
I agree completely with your observation.
This was jerry showing his true colors before the shocking will leaving his boys nothing.
This was not a interview about Jerry Lewis. It was about comedians working past a certain age. Jerry knew that going into it. Someone there should have stopped the interview and excused him and either reset or reschedule.
I was waiting for the interviewer to shout, "Christ Jerry, work with me here!"
TheHotFalafel 😂😂😂
NOW that’s what’s missing.😆🤣🤣🤣🤣
The hatred for a stranger who has never harmed him is startling.
Incredibly harsh!
Jerry Seinfeld better watch out. He seems to be headed in this direction 😬
my mother, born in 1917, never liked Jerry but adored Dean Martin (he was in various movies with Jerry). I asked her why and she said he isn't what you think he is. Now that is from someone who never met him...and yet she just had a gut feeling. After reading the Vanity Fair story and others, I am heartbroken to say mom was right. Shame on him. I feel bad for the reporter, but kudos for him for having the good graces to continue the interview without losing his cool.
My father would also kind of realize what type of person someone is right at first glance, he advised about some of my friends back in my younghood; well he was Right about them.
I saw the interview. What a jerk. I didn’t like him then and I definitely don’t like him now
Your Mom was a wise woman, because he had most of us TOTALLY SNOWED!
You said your mom was born in 1917 so I’m curious is she alive or dead ? And if she’s dead when did she die.
He has about as much personality as a brick. If you don't want to be there, don't do interviews.
He was fucking asshole!
The fact that he allowed to be interviewed, speaks volumes. Now, if you come to an interview with a man who has spent 80+ years of his life in the entertainment industry you had better have you're act together, he was literally doing the interview for the interviewers benefit not his own. Unfortunately, the interviewer could barely ask an intelligent question which is insulting for a legend. It would be like sitting down and asking Michael Jordan to describe his best memories of his time with the Bulls...C'mon... If I was Jerry, once the camera got packed away I would have asked the interviewer if he was open to some constructive criticism and explained to him that his youth was working against him.
Lambo King I Agree
Jeff Faller Excellent Observation
Hey, I have known some really good bricks.
After the first three questions I think I would probably apologize if I had offended him in any way, and ask if he wanted to reschedule the interview, or cancel it.
Yes, Jerry was well known in the industry as a “posterior orifice”, and it definitely showed here. To be fair, the reporter was ill-prepared. He was just reading the questions like a script instead of engaging with Jerry, and some of the questions could come off as rude, like the one asking him about retirement. I give the interviewer credit for showing patience and carrying on because it was obvious that Jerry was stonewalling this poor guy.
I've always heard Jerry Lewis was a jerk. This interview kinda makes me believe it!
* He was a beloved movie star yet could be a total jerk on talk shows disappointing viewers & studio audiences. When he didn't get a laugh for an obnoxious quip when guest-hosting Tonight Show he'd turn to Ed MacMahon and say "Raunchy crowd, Ed" as if it was the fault of Ed (who did audience warm up pre-show). Not a nice guy at all. ♣
I totally agree with you. He even disowned his biological kids in his will and left his fortune to some bimbo who wasn't even his kid😕😡😡
* He left it all to 2nd wife & their adopted daughter leaving nothing to his biological sons from marriage to Patty. Only 2 of those several sons were invited to his funeral. Yet he acted so nice every labor day when he begged for our donations to his pet charity. As despicable as he may have been it is indeed sad that the cure was never found in his lifetime. ♣
Kinda?
@@WytZox1 My understanding is that he always got the first million off the top doing those telethons for his "pet charity." Not so sure it had anything to do with charity - which seems in keeping with his cranky attitude here.
When your 90 years old and don't care to keep getting reminded of it🙄😏✌
He was a mean spirited person LONG before this.
because the Grim Reaper can't be bought off.
* "you're"
@@turquoisecat761 Thank you I appreciate that 😏✌
Then it is time to step off of the stage. Wonder how much money he made insulting other's
He use to be my hero growing but when I found out what kind of man he truly was it broke my heart.
His kids were terrified of him. When he came home they all ran and hid! SAD!
@@77clem Indeed, he left his sons out of his will because they protected their mother from him. sheesh what a guy
Same here. Quite a rude awakening for me. Better to know the truth. Very unpleasant.
Not fair he was elderly here..
@@Skycop51 He's been a mean, nasty man for many decades. His own children were scared of death of him.
What a pathetic egomaniac. The interviewer deserves a lot of respect for enduring this rude man,
Lol! This was staged. Wow!So many clueless people.
@@ureasmith3049 you probably still believe your mother when she tells you how wonderful you are
@@arlenmargolin1650 Yep, mommy never lies.
What a bitter old man!
That "poor" interviewer....Jerry.."what a prick".....passive-aggressive....asshole....answering everything in 1 - 3 words...A psychiatrist would have a "field day" working on Jerry Lewis....
Victrola 1926 Lol I agree. Everyone knows Jerry was not a warm fuzzy guy. But he inarguably he had a pretty large body of work behind him and this dick head was focused on asking him about how he could relate to a current audience considering the fact he was 90? What an A Hole. This isn’t Jerry’s first interview, he knows which way it’s going immediately. I don’t know the age of the interviewer but judging by the sound of his voice I would surmise he is probably at least 60 years younger. He showed Jerry no respect, so he got what he got.
@Victrola 1926 are you calling him a liberal?
@@jimshoe6699 I totally agree. Well said. I like a lot of his work, especially "Hardly Working" and "The Nutty Professor," but Lewis really reveals the asshole side of his nature here. Best word that fits.
He is pissed because hes harping on quiting. like you suck fuck off.
I remember watching this some years back and feeling really
saddened by this..I was shocked by how rude and obnoxious
he was and then puzzled as to why he agreed to do the interview
in the first place.Really disappointed that he turned out like
this ...And he didn't destroy the interviewer...He destroyed what
trace of a good reputation he had...
He wasn’t even funny,Jim Carey is more funny and extremely kind to people.
He won’t be missed!
Nice, sweet, pleasant man. Glad I never had to be in the same room with him. I had a friend who's dad worked on the set of his show, this is how she described him, also said he would routinely spit on the floor between takes. Most people I know never liked him, they all said he wasn't funny, that he just acted really, really stupid...
Guess you can't please everybody
@@allenfreeland6494 Sir, you are a very wise, humble, and understanding man. Great comment.
@@AllTheBestCO yes he is
No...sorry, I know and understand how his demeanor in this interview can ellicit such a response...but I gotta disagree: HE WAS FUNNY ...VERY FUNNY.
Asshole
Why did he even agree to an interview? Very rude. What a jerk!
Yep no Legend he's a creep!
Concur...but at the same time they were some dumb fuckin questions. He heard one too many
@@violentJJ2112 way too many
@@daveboydell2896 No, he is a legend and your nothing. You just don't get it. You don't fuck around with a man like him.
@@cyclops1092 "A man like him"? What? A fucking overpaid clown? A pos who mistreated his children & wife of 38yrs? A colossal pick who disinherited his flesh and blood?
A prime jackass who mistreated people who worked with & for him?
He was a complete creep!
He agreed to this interview, then mistreated the fellow for no reason.
Fuck him!
Interviewer: "So what's it like..."
Jerry: "It isn't."
Interviewer: "Oh! Well I was just-"
Jerry:"No you weren't."
Lmao “do you have any favorite stories about dean or Frank Sinatra? “Nooope none” 😂
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Interviewer: "Jerr, you're not giving me a lot to work with here."
Jerry:"______"
What a rude man....
Jerry Lewis was never funny. He played a man-child and talked like a baby. My dad forebode us from watching him and now I understand why. I think my dad knew there was something off about the guy.
I worked it out for myself at a very young age. Not that he was quite the nasty a-hole behind the curtains that he patently was, but that he was an unfunny ham-acting over-rated clown in every way shape and form. Not a funny clown, the other sort.
I never liked this guy.
I dislike him even more now.
Not kind to his family.
why the hate? This interviewer is asking MORONIC questions. Every single question is incredibly horrible. Listen again. The interviewer doesn't`t realize that his questions are absolutely painful to hear. Listen again...they are rude questions without the guy even knowing it. It is a wonder why Lewis agreed to do this interview.
I was thinking identically. The interviewer was completely unprepared and unprofessional, almost as if this was a junior high school project. Secondly, Jerry Lewis is clearly not a young man, and his patience is being tested by being asked extremely unsophisticated questions that he has already spent a lifetime answering.
Lastly, he is a very, very old man. Old people do not behave like young people. I have a hard time dealing with stupidity and incompetence, God only knows what a burden it would be being constantly surrounded by fawning morons who would happily eat your shit if you asked them. I couldn’t imagine a worse hell than being famous.
@@mangore623 you couldn't imagine a worse hell than being famous and having fans?
@@toddmastrianna1780 I said I dislike this man.NOT HATE.!!!!!!!!
Miserable old man. Jerry was a terrible father and lacked the class of Dean Martin.
he wasn't a good father at all
Don't you mean he lacked the GLASS of Martin hahahahahaha LOL. No, but you're right ;-)
Dean and Jerry were both great
were they great ?
Well said my friend.