Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had something magical, just those few seconds of interaction lit the room up. Jerry Lewis also shows how difficult it is to keep up with his comedic banter, the Martin and Lewis team made that look so natural and spontaneous. Thank you for this.
@jamlaw6 ай бұрын
I had the same thought! Seeing him with Eddie you can see how much Dean complimented him, and then qhen Dean came out Jerry was injected with more light and joyful energy! Really special and sweet to see.
@RedCygnes147 жыл бұрын
This was AMAZING! Seeing Dean walking on and joking with Jerry as if nothing happened (and Bing pulling him off was hilarious!). Thank you so much for uploading this piece of Martin and Lewis history (and also I wanna congratulate you on your great research work on the many times these two great entertainers crossed paths during those 20 years before the 1976 MDA Telethon).
@TonyBoyOhBoy5 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, what a treat! I'd read about this about a year back or so and hoped it had been uploaded somewhere but I was sadly disappointed. I was so shocked to finally be able to see it. Thank you so much Donazify.
@prchristman5 жыл бұрын
I have been searching for this for years and got nowhere! Wherever it came from, thank you so much for posting this great piece of show business history.
@LL-bl8hd Жыл бұрын
This was an all-time classic show biz moment!
@cherylbusch6236 Жыл бұрын
That was absolutely fabulous !! Best laugh I’ve had yet in, 2023 … THANKS, JERRY 💜
@davedee43822 жыл бұрын
I heard about this back in the 60s but never saw it! Thank u 4 posting!!!!
@luishumbertovega39004 жыл бұрын
Jerry IS surprised, but Eddie reacts is if he'd won the Lottery, he looks so happy with the unexpected appearances !!!
@essessessesq4 жыл бұрын
what PROSE these guys were! Being funny came so naturally to them! a joy to watch.
@toniwilson15792 жыл бұрын
Loved how Jerry broke out singing " Retune To Me" when Dean was leaving. Lol
@markgiardina13034 жыл бұрын
That video, from 1958, is proof positive that Martin and Lewis did appear on the same stage years before the MDA telethon in 1976. The big difference is that Martin just said a few words and split. In 1976 he and Lewis tried (no thanks to Sinatra's interference) to have a conversation. As a side-note; Eddie Fisher seemed more surprised than Lewis did when Martin and Bing Crosby emerged from behind the curtain.
@willdrucker42912 жыл бұрын
The airdate of this classic show was September 30th, 1958…more than two years since Lewis and Martin had officially ended their comedy act…story has it neither Fisher nor Lewis had any notion that Dean was backstage…and it would be another 18 years before the two would get together again….now that’s CLASSIC TV
@Donazify2 жыл бұрын
No they got together again and had quite a few reunions in those years. The 20 years was always a myth. Dean and Jerry were on the same stage together during the '59 Oscars and the communicated there, as well as another televised appearance at the '66 Golden Globes after the show. I have another reunion on my channel, but here is the complete list we have currently of all the reunions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKqXaoqnosR2qJY&t=
@tonycantu34915 ай бұрын
@@DonazifyThe genuine reunion was orchestrated by Sinatra during the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon in 1976.
@ronholmes61223 жыл бұрын
First time I've ever seen this clip...WHAT A TREAT!!! Thanks much!
@Donazify3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@christenejackman5 жыл бұрын
awww. loved it when dean walked out!
@Sophie_kent5 жыл бұрын
Christene Jackman I wish he stayed.
@fredbloggs60802 жыл бұрын
I like how at 10:25 Eddie Fisher comes in, from off stage, with a pitch correction on "old winter's *song* " when Jerry goes a little flat.
@Katiedid933 жыл бұрын
“The Bar Mitvah’s Satahday. Get outta here!” Dean made an appearance just to throw Jerry off. And to be perfectly honest, Dean’s appearance made Jerry more electric. He knew Dean was watching and listening.
@jamlaw6 ай бұрын
Yes totally!!
@irafutterman5557 Жыл бұрын
The incredibly popular team of Martin and Lewis parted ways in 1956.
@dianeferrerio90223 жыл бұрын
I love this!!
@caroltaylor98535 жыл бұрын
That was fun!! @ 6:05 enters Dean Martin!!
@Morrissey_04 Жыл бұрын
Love Jerry 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
@emmagoldman65917 жыл бұрын
i’ve never seen this clip until i saw your tumblr link. great to see dean walk-on. ‘return to me’ .......of course, ‘dont sing it’ is a joke from a past intro on the CCH
@benjiarehart28785 жыл бұрын
I knew of Eddie Fisher growing up, but was not alive during the height of his career. I recently saw a KZbin video of him singing with Andy Williams, and Bobby Darin for the first time. Boy, I had no clue how great of a singer he was. I love both Andy, and Bobby's voices, but Eddie could sing equally as good.
@326cher4 жыл бұрын
Eddie had a great voice. I had a big time crush on him when I was 7. I got to meet him about 15 years ago in Norristown, PA.
@326cher4 жыл бұрын
Eddie had a great voice!!!
@markgiardina13032 жыл бұрын
Fisher had a great voice. What torpedoed his career was leaving his wife (Debbie Reynolds) for Liz Taylor; who later dumped Fisher for Richard Burton. Also drugs and booze didn't help his singing voice.
@fredbloggs60802 жыл бұрын
Although I don't remember most of the Eddie Fishers career, I found out later that he was the one who sang one of the first songs I remember hearing on the radio, Cindy Oh Cindy, when I was about seven years old.
@luishumbertovega39004 жыл бұрын
What occurs in 6:05 proves a lot of things: 1. Jerry and Dean DID stay in contact after they split their team because they loved each other like brothers. 2. Bing appearing suddenly with Dean to surprise Jerry (and Eddie) shows that Jerry's claim about Bing and him having a feud associated with Bing's fear of Jerry messing with his toupee at a 50s telethon was not true or was exaggerated by Jerry. 3. As talented as all these guys were as actors, there's no way to hide true, spontaneous emotions when they are genuinely and pleasantly surprised, as Jerry and Eddie were, and 4. "Anything for a laugh", they were 1-derful crowd pleasers.
@markgiardina13034 жыл бұрын
I believe the feud issue between Lewis and Crosby was real because of comments Bob Hope made during an interview in which he said that Crosby either liked someone or he didn't and if he didn't then one would be on his 's' list forever. Perhaps Crosby participated in this surprise appearance as a favor to Dean, who he liked very much.
@luishumbertovega39004 жыл бұрын
@@markgiardina1303 That's possible, I heard Hope saying something like that once. Besides, Jerry seemed unaware of who was the guy who pulled Dean back until Eddie made fun of Bing's song and singing style, as if Jerry didn't recognized him at first. Blessings from San Juan PR !!!
@dougdrazga44614 жыл бұрын
Jerry's ad libs are on fire ... especially the line about the ad libs.
@elliestar884 жыл бұрын
I wonder what would have happened had Bing not pulled Dean off the stage I wish we got a serious version of this song from him. It was great when he started at the beginning of the clip
@SuperSusieBell3 жыл бұрын
I truly enjoyed that version of Autumn Leaves.🤣
@walkingtrails77765 жыл бұрын
That's so awesome! Another Hollywood myth debunked!
@amberola1b3 жыл бұрын
Jerry said he was going to start his own show on October 18th 1958, that was the day I was born
@toniwilson15792 жыл бұрын
I got was 10 months plus 17 days when Jerry show air. So nice to see and get to know these stars.
@markschildberg1667 Жыл бұрын
Jerry could ad lib like nobody’s business.
@kellycaviness4850 Жыл бұрын
Jerry was a wonder!
@kellycoleman7154 жыл бұрын
This was around the time that Fisher’s best friend Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash and Fisher divorced his wife Debbie Reynolds and married Todd’s widow, Elizabeth Taylor. It was quite a scandal in 1958.
@markgiardina13034 жыл бұрын
Fisher's divorce from Reynolds and then his marriage to Taylor ruined Fisher's career forever.
@Walter-m8s5 ай бұрын
This was obviously DEAN and BINGS way of needing JERRY who they couldn't stand. Brilliant moment.
@antoniosantorini93553 жыл бұрын
It seems like they did see themselves together onscreen before their 1976 reunion .. instead of 20 years it was only 18 years separation
@Donazify3 жыл бұрын
They had quite a few reunions until the end of 1967, which there aren't currently any known meetings between them until the 1976 MDA telethon.
@TonyBoyOhBoy5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to use the Martin/Lewis segment of clip for my I Did Not Know That channel! I'd credit your channel and provide the link.
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
That would be great! You have my permission. Let me know when you post it.
@TonyBoyOhBoy5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I'm working on an episode right now but when I'm done I'll do this story next. Even though they were long broken up when I was a kid, I always held out hope Martin and Lewis would get back together and do a movie or two. It's very interesting to find out this info, I've read Jerry's autobiography and I don't recall him mentioning this at all. Thanks for posting this and letting me use it!
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
@@TonyBoyOhBoy Excellent! There is also the footage from 1961 at the Coconut Grove where they reunited. I have that footage on my channel as well. Here is a link to a list of their reunions on this post I had made at one point. If you have trouble understanding it, I can make a more organized timeline for you by year of Martin and Lewis' reunions, if you want? Also check out Side by Side: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on tv and radio by Michael J. Hayde. He mentions some of these lesser known reunions in the book, which I helped contribute to with that info and footage/photos: jerrylevitch.tumblr.com/post/177117984914/woah-woah-woah-pause-hold-the-phone-stop-the
@TonyBoyOhBoy5 жыл бұрын
@@Donazify Thank you, I will probably use a lot of this. It's a bit of a puzzling story. While I know they weren't close after the breakup, there was always the perception that they had absolutely nothing to do with each other for 20 years years. Clearly after seeing all this, it wasn't the case. Was it a game they were playing with the media and public? Very intriguing!
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
@@TonyBoyOhBoy Someone confronted Jerry about the reunions once and why he didn't want to talk about them, and he said it wasn't anyone's business, and that they did get together privately on occasion. I have a very interesting article, that talks about the night of the break-up and where Jerry was interviewed just hrs after their last show together. The interviewer that was there said that Dean was red eyed and had tears in his eyes. This was very interesting since their bandleader Dick Stabile said Dean only had one tear in his eye, meanwhile Jerry was the only one distraught.
@326cher4 жыл бұрын
I ad lib, you don't know where we are- Jerry to Eddie.
@essessessesq4 жыл бұрын
yes, that was great!
@fredrose19865 ай бұрын
Do you have the complete Eddie Fisher Show? We would love to see any show with Eddie Fisher.
@mattwheeler25112 жыл бұрын
Dean shows up at 6:03.
@rodolfoaguirre83973 жыл бұрын
Las hojas muertas bella canción magnifi
@otisroseboro56132 жыл бұрын
A Great Surprise
@taomeo-cozmicambientdreams3 жыл бұрын
sensational
@KrazeeClark2 жыл бұрын
6:04
@MrJoeybabe254 жыл бұрын
Was this there only appearance together between the break up and the 1976 reunion of Jerry's Telethon? It has been said that they never even saw each other for 20 years. But I always doubted that.
@Donazify3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely not, they met a lot of times. Me and my friend document and share them on our 2 hr discussion about the 20 yr silence myth. We have a bunch articles and clippings which discuss different reunions, plus excerpts from books on them. There's other footage of them at the Coconut Grove in '61, on my channel as well, or in our video also kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKqXaoqnosR2qJY
@aq8036 ай бұрын
My God how hopeless was he?
@hunterreilly-hr9qt4 ай бұрын
1958 the year fisher hooked up with Liz Taylor and destroyed his career
@Christyc2505 жыл бұрын
I think your date may be off in your description. Martin and Lewis split July 25, 1956 and didnt talk to each other for 20 years. But by looking at how old jerry was in this clip I would say it was the year before the split in 1955. Not trying to be rude just letting you know.
@bunnyhop32115 жыл бұрын
They did see each other after they split Christyc250. I'm sure Donazify knows the date and that's why the crowd screamed so loudly and why Jerry sang 'Return To me'. Amazing stuff.
@robnyt99355 жыл бұрын
@@bunnyhop3211 Right! Jerry jokes that he "hadn't worked with a singer in a few years". I have to say that I was SHOCKED to see this. Grew up (I'm 51) always reading that they weren't on stage together until the '76 MS show. This was CRAZY to see. :-)
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
They had many reunions in between the years of 1956-1976. The 20 year thing is a myth. If you look on my channel there is another public reunion at the Coconut Grove in 1961. There was another one when Jerry hosted the Oscars in 1959, and Dean was on stage at the same time, and Jerry said " And they said Dean and I would never be on the same stage together again." There was another reunion at the Sands in 1960 where they actually did a 15 min act on stage together. This was in articles of the time and in Who the Hell's in It by Peter Bogdanovich. Also there are photos with dates and newspaper clippings from after this show, that state that Dean appeared briefly. All these date 9/30/1958.
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
jerrylevitch.tumblr.com/post/177117984914/woah-woah-woah-pause-hold-the-phone-stop-the That is the link to all the known reunions and communication between them after their breakup.
@Donazify5 жыл бұрын
@@robnyt9935 There's another reunion on my channel of them together at the Coconut Grove in 1961.
@ramlinman20044 ай бұрын
Jerry wasn't funny! He was silly, but a great humanitarian...RIP Jerry.
@jackday8510 Жыл бұрын
Jerry Lewis was more annoying than funny, Dean Martin was fantastic