Any Jerry Lewis Fans Here?

[Sloopjohnbee]

Not Jerry-Lee(I like him too) but the comedian - I saw this JERRY LEWIS THREE TOBACCO PIPES - https://www.julienslive.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/269/lot/104106
I wonder who bought these - there was another set as well - nice pipes
I was looking into his as I deal in antiques as a trade and came across another piece of memorabilia

 

[logs]

I wasn't a fan in the conventional sense but I'll confess I enjoyed hate-watching the telethons. He had this pompous, self rightous, slightly dickish personality that worked well on live TV, particularly in the hours after he'd stopped caring about following any rules.

 

[STP]

I remember my Dad liking to watch Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin reruns when I was a kid, and he was active and participated in those old MDA telethons...

 

[LOREN]

I don't believe I've seen a picture of Jerry Lewis with a pipe. I've seen pictures with a cigarette many times.

 

[scloyd]

Grew up watching the Lewis movies...big fan.

The Nutty Professor, Who's Minding the Store, The Family Jewels...

Silly comedies that I'll still watch when available.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I liked his films - I just got a film textbook dated late 70's that he happened to own - he annotated notes to show where his thoughts were
Its on ebay if anyone's interested
Now that I found it I want to see the film he made in 1980 the book is dated 78

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I wasn't a fan in the conventional sense but I'll confess I enjoyed hate-watching the telethons. He had this pompous, self rightous, slightly dickish personality that worked well on live TV, particularly in the hours after he'd stopped caring about following any rules.

with that said he raised a lot of money - and he was freinds with Dean Martin Frank and Sammy so that's a big deal

 

[mso489]

I go back to when Jerry Lewis had a late night show for a while and staged a sort of broadcast nervous breakdown. The French revere Lewis as a comedic artist, far above his celebrity in the U.S. I think he captures something the French see as innately American. He was pure misdirected energy. Oddly, one of his best roles was a co-starring role in a drama in which he played a comedian who got kidnapped, and as a serious actor he was oddly compelling. His comedy was a little broad for me, and those odd teenage yelps he emitted were downright worrisome, but I'd be lying to say I didn't get some laughs. The telethons I just couldn't watch. His energy overdrive may be reflected in his many children, all sons, that kept arriving for decades. I'm glad he wasn't my dad.

 

[scloyd]

The telethons I just couldn't watch.

Same here. I could never watch the telethons.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I go back to when Jerry Lewis had a late night show for a while and staged a sort of broadcast nervous breakdown. The French revere Lewis as a comedic artist, far above his celebrity in the U.S. I think he captures something the French see as innately American. He was pure misdirected energy. Oddly, one of his best roles was a co-starring role in a drama in which he played a comedian who got kidnapped, and as a serious actor he was oddly compelling. His comedy was a little broad for me, and those odd teenage yelps he emitted were downright worrisome, but I'd be lying to say I didn't get some laughs. The telethons I just couldn't watch. His energy overdrive may be reflected in his many children, all sons, that kept arriving for decades. I'm glad he wasn't my dad.

apparently he had a failed chain of movie theatres

 

[daveinlax]

Not Jerry-Lee(I like him too)

Jerry Lee’s pipes were all burned out on one side. These look they they were in good condition! ?

 

[warren]

Come on! There have to be some French members. Their film industry idolized him.

And, if he did nothing else with his life, those telethons were emblematic of his humanity. Having more than one relative with MS, he was something special. I wasn't a fan of the "screaming" comedy with Dean but, he did some terrific dramatic work. "The King of Comedy" and "The Day the Comedy Died" are stellar movies.

 

[bullet08]

When I was kid, loved his movies. Sort of lost interest as I got older.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

 

[elasmo]

Liked The Nutty Professor quite a lot. Can't stand him in anything else. Very much akin to Adam Sandler and Happy Gilmore.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Just not a fan of anything I've seen of him.

 

[canucklehead]

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I'm not a big fan of his but I loved him in The King of Comedy. I also watched a documentary about him and Dean Martin, their stellar double act, break up and then not speaking for 20 years. Frank Sinatra engineered them reuniting live on stage when he surprised Jerry at one of his Telethons. It's a great moment when Dean comes walking out, cigarette in hand and they embrace. They remained friends till Dean's death.
It was a brilliant thing to see.

 

[tbradsim1]

Not a fan, on Johnny Carson he said He wanted while flying over the Southern States especially Mississippi he wanted to piss all over them. Screaming was his talent!

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I'm not a big fan of his but I loved him in The King of Comedy. I also watched a documentary about him and Dean Martin, their stellar double act, break up and then not speaking for 20 years. Frank Sinatra engineered them reuniting live on stage when he surprised Jerry at one of his Telethons. It's a great moment when Dean comes walking out, cigarette in hand and they embrace. They remained friends till Dean's death.
It was a brilliant thing to see.

One of Scorcese's better one's - Jerry's performance was excellent - and De Neeero was okay too - I'm not a Sandra Bernhard fan tho-