Jerry Lewis Finally Speaks Up About Dean Martin

[@davidkotze4140]

I'm 73 now ...from the 1st yime i saw Jerry ...he just irritated me !! Dean was and still is the Man for me !! RIP the both of you...catch you soon on the flip side !! 😊❤

[@michaelsix9684]

Dean was great actor, comedian -- he had a natural talent, great singer too

[@georgehorner1578]

Great singer!

[@Bliggick]

Jerry experienced a peak with his solo Paramount studios film contract with his inventiveness and elaborate sight gags in so many of those films. Dean was like a fine wine that just kept getting better as time went along with a charisma, singing talent, and casual humor that just wanted you to be around him.

[@terirachelsims8928]

When I was much younger, our family doctor was friendly with Dean Martin and played golf with him every week. He told us he was very nice, and actually didn't drink at all.

[@jamesreding6336]

@@terirachelsims8928 I heard he didn't drink from a video of Frank Sinatra

[@rorromorro3839]

I read somewhere that he drank ginger ale, and or tea, which by color, would look like liquor.

[@allenkranawetter9482]

Really?

[@allenkranawetter9482]

​@@rorromorro3839oh wow 😅

[@marksprague1280]

I heard from several sources over the years that he demonstrated far too much athletic prowess and coordination to be the lush he portrayed.

[@01moria]

Jerry Lewis was a bit too silly. Dean Martin had the looks, the voice and personality. Jerry had a HUGE ego.

[@normastanley5853]

Yep -- that about sums it up

[@kellycaviness4850]

Dean also had an ego but it didn't show. In the sixties when he was at his peak, he said some things that proves it.

[@tonyp6659]

Jerry Lewis was a good actor comedian; but I will only remember for the most part, what a horrible father to his children he was.

[@mike59317]

I was looking for this comment,let us not forget how he treated his first wife and their sons.

[@kentclark6420]

He sexually abused women.

[@cynthiareed4848]

So true and a awful husband to his first wife he was not a nice man but a good actor comedian

[@markfriedman5706]

He single handedly derailed Gary's career with the Playboys when he could have intervened and didn't.

[@cynthiareed4848]

@markfriedman5706 he was a very mean and scary man in private life jerry Lewis felt he could treat people anyway he wanted and did and nobody got the worst of it more than his wife and children he cut his sons off because they took up for their mom after the divorce because he left her without a dime in the divorce

[@MichaelVirchinsky]

I'm a 81 year old male,who loved Martin and Lewis from the very first time I saw then,and even after their break up I thought that was the last of Dean,but boy was I ever wrong,I loved both them then as partners and then as a single act,I still watch old Martin and Lewis movies and still laugh at the same things I laughed at as a kid,good humor never dies even when these two incredible men left this world,their memories will last forever Dean and Jerry thanks for the laughs and memories,and rest in peace!!!

[@lannylandrith]

The video spent almost no time explaining the breakup. Years ago I had heard that the breakup was due to Dean's wanting more attention. The video briefly suggested that the breakup was due to Dean's getting more and more attention - just the opposite of what I originally heard.

[@Jimvanhise]

A lot of people hated Jerry Lewis after working with him. I'm unaware that anyone ever said that about Dean Martin. Jerry did start the MD telethon but eventually it was taken away from him, much against his will.

[@jeffreymartin6369]

@@Jimvanhise Dean was supposed to have been a very nice guy! He wasn’t a drunk either that was an act. Yes Jerry did the telethon I will give credit for that but I’m an avid biography reader and I’ve read up on Jerry he was a genuine toxic narcissistic monster

[@brianpress1392]

Jerry Lewis Started MD and Throughout All Those Years Raised I Think it Was Said, About A Billion dollars, Without Jerry Lewis, MD Would've Never Had That Much $$$ Help. God Bless/Rest His Soul R.I.P. Dean Martin 🙏🏻🌹 Jerry Lewis 🙏🏻🌹

[@steve3602]

@@jeffreymartin6369 I know what has been said about him since his death. I'm not saying the articles are incorrect. What I am saying is it bothers me that when someone famous dies like a Carson or Lewis, the floodgates open for authors out to destroy them. I find it disappointing as the people they are ripping apart can no longer defend themselves. Additionally, the general public is not aware of all the factors that contributed to their actions. They just like judging people they don't really know - as well as judging them through an author who is out to make a buck.

[@alangrund5031]

Cut all of his children out of his will. Nice, hey? I could see if one was a bad apple, but all of them? Tells you all you need to know about Lewis as a person. A very talented, but very strange and unpleasant man.

[@njjeff201]

It’s hard to believe the time & dedication Jerry did for MD. It was horrible how they fucked him over & just dumped him. Unless he had ‘his hand in the til’ they had no right treating him like that. How much is MD taking in now every Labor Day??

[@geraldscott4017]

Lewis was a worse human being than Dean Martin ever was.

[@raulduke6105]

Dean actually was known as a good,if distant guy and father. Lousy husband

[@nd4804]

And you know this how???

[@jeffreyhagelin3672]

Jerry Lewis raised millions of dollars for children's charities... I'll always remember those long marathons to exhaustion that tolled through for his children

[@garyperkins3208]

It's hard to say who was at fault The best scenario was that it was time to move on in their careers.. they both did well...Jerry had his ways of not being a good person even though his appearance on the telethon raised millions of dollars..today the telethon isn't watched by as many ppl now that he is no longer there. And Dean did good being alone in his movies, tv show, concerts and other things Both did good and may both continue to entertain where ever they went in the afterlife.

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

Lewis was not a nice human, not by a long shot, and I have never heard anything bad abut Martin, even his children seem to like him, unlike Lewis' children who claimed he was an abusive father and husband.

[@waterwitch8902]

I grew up in the 60s and i was really sick. Jerrys comedy kept me living. I will always thank him for that.

[@marilyn6979]

@@waterwitch8902 awesome..agree..funny and therapeutic

[@DATo_DATonian]

Dean Martin was generally recognized for having a lightening wit for ad lib. I remember once on his TV show, (which he never rehearsed for) a female singer whose name I don't remember was singing a duet with him and she flubbed a line of the lyrics. Of course she laughed in her embarrassment and the audience was also laughing when Dean casually said, "It's alright. Anyone can make a mistake. Look at Hitler."

[@lilianazweng610]

Dean Martin was a good family man. Jerry.... Remember that scene in the 'Nutty Professor' his alter ego.. that's who he was

[@CanadianPatriot-y7q]

The problem here was that Dean Martin was a real talented singer with an incredible sense of humor, while Jerry Lewis was just a fairly good slapstick performer.

[@kellycaviness4850]

Jerry was Paramount's Golden Boy. I believe his streak of money making movies still stands, prompting a Paramount exec to say, "if Jerry wanted to burn the studio down, I'd give him the match!"

[@georgewallace-r3k]

As a kid i watched Lewis and never liked him but as a child never knew why, now i'm 89 and see he really had no talent. 2nd rate slapstick only.

[@vickitaylor680]

As a kid, I loved the Lewis movies. I’m sure he was not easy to live with. Dean was a much better man.

[@Lee-qp6gf]

They both had separate talents, but Martin won.

[@alonzosymalla8638]

Dean had a much longer film career. Sons of Katie Elder, The Young Lions, the Matt Helm series, Something Big, Texas across the river, and many more! Enjoyed his movies much more then Lewis's.

[@Ar.maverick]

A comedy duo that will live forever. in the hearts of everyone whoever watched their antics and comedy. I always enjoyed their movies and Jerrys movies.

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

wow, rose colored glasses

[@themeat5053]

In the vernacular, Jerry Lewis was a schmuck. He'd have to stand on his mother's shoulders to kiss Dean Martin's butt.

[@tfd7915]

Later in his life, Dean Martin did an interview where he said that the breakup was because Jerry Lewis needed to be the one and only star. The more attention Dean got, the more frustrated Lewis became. At least that's what he said happened

[@michaelsix9684]

it's probably true

[@alangrund5031]

Yeah. As talented as Dean was, he finally said enough to basically being a straight man to his antics, and singing a couple songs. The trajectory of their separate careers speaks for itself. Can anyone really sit thru one of Lewis's movies today? They aren't even shown on TV. His "career" basically turned into the yearly telethon show. Period. Dean was very successful in film, recording, and his TV show was extremely popular for a long time. He basically got tired of show biz and retired. The early death of his son also had a severe impact on him.

[@gmaureen]

@@alangrund5031 I met Jerry once, it was at a private industry function. I thanked him for his work on the telethon and he barely lifted his head. He did not make a great impression on me.

[@noyopacific]

I was never dim witted or drunk enough to appreciate Lewis's attempts at humor. He seemed like a jerk to me.

[@tfd7915]

@noyopacific In general, I agree. I'm not a fan of the kind of physical humor he was famous for in his younger career I will say as he got older. I did like some of the comedy in his later movies. I can't remember the name of it, but there was the one movie where he played several parts and each one was the potential father of a child who would go and meet each one to try to decide who the real father was He was really funny in that movie and there was a couple of others. I think he was good in But that kind of silly comedy he engaged in when he was younger was not for me. So I guess in general I agree with you, up to a point

[@carolynwoolman3068]

I saw one of his much late in life interviews. He was beyond rude. He was such a bitter mean man. Evidently this was the man his family lived all those years. His family lived in dread everyday when he came home. I was never a fan of his type of goofy comedy so I never saw his movies. Finding out how he treated his wife and kids made me glad I never supported his work.

[@kiragrandad]

When I was younger I thought their movies and TV programmes were mostly funny. I was never really convinced Lewis was a nice person in real life. On the other hand Martin gave me the good guy vib.

[@rabymaidahsavage258]

People sometimes fall apart..that's life

[@Winterveile]

Well said.

[@georgehorner1578]

Lewis was an A hole, a one trick pony, the man boy act got old really quick, Dino was a great talent, Lewis was holding him back.

[@ritchievernon8099]

Jerry Lewis was the jealous little boy that if he was invited to a baseball game and he had the only ball he would make sure he got to dictate everything before the game even started! This would make the whole baseball team mad! And somehow or another they would come up with another ball! And get rid of whining Jerry Lewis! 😂😠

[@maryanngreatbatch931]

I remember as a child watching his telethon on tv. The ego and arrogance dripped from him . I knew I didn't like him but as a kid didn't know why. Few yrs older and I saw it clearly

[@ritchievernon8099]

Jerry Lewis couldn't even leave an inheritance behind for his kids! He wouldn't know the difference between right and wrong if it bit him! He was corrupt in life! 😠🔥

[@kellycaviness4850]

Nope. You only know what you've read. Far more to it than that.

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

@@kellycaviness4850I have watched interviews with jerry and separately his sons. this man was a cruel human. And yes, I read and research. just curious, where do you get your into if you don't read? haha. never heard that one before. if we read, it isn't true????

[@kellycaviness4850]

@@ritchievernon8099 He had reasons

[@ritchievernon8099]

@kellycaviness4850 that's not good enough! Plus he was corrupt in Hollywood! His record speaks for itself! How many muscular dystrophy kids can tell you as well that he really didn't care for them! I saw a video on that one time! The kids who had the most dystrophy problems were not put on video! Only those that Jerry chose! He was a phony all the way and he also raped some starlets! Reasons or not he was corrupt! 😠🔥⚖️

[@ritchievernon8099]

@kellycaviness4850 if I was in the same position and maybe angry at my daughter for something I'm still not going to leave her out of my will that's wrong on so many levels! 😠🔥⚖️🙏

[@Paulineramsden.]

I adored Dean Martin, but I loathed Jerry Lewis…he was a pain..

[@JayTee0007]

I grew up in 1960's and 70's. I loved Jerry Lewis. I loved his humor and he was the best as far as I am concerned; and yes he was a legend! Miss- you Jerry! 😌

[@marilyn6979]

@@JayTee0007 😀

[@georgeholland6725]

He was a bumbling idiot at best.

[@marcrichard7251]

I agree 😊

[@jonrettich-ff4gj]

In the 50s when I was a kid and adults were far more authoritarian Martin and Lewis represented to me adults that understood us kids. They represented some adult understanding , even sympathy, in what was then a very formidable world. I found it reassuring and remain grateful. Who could conceive of the brutality he exercised on his first wife and children or the antipathy he displayed in his interviews when much older. Martin seemed always far gentler and consistent with his earliest persona as well as a fine actor and a very great singer

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I never like the Dean Martin Jerry Lewis duo. Later, I did like Dean Martin. Later learned that Jerry Lewis was not the good guy that was depicted. No surprise! But he turned out much worse. -

[@lyndajohnson1098]

Jerry Lewis would be nothing without Dean Martin

[@5cloudwalker]

its a softer landing for Lewis publicly if he said he broke up the duo… much like any relationship you don’t want to be dumped you want to dump the person instead to make yourself look better.. as an old man, funny people are usually very lighthearted and very funny in their old age. Jerry Lewis was always serious and had a bone to pick with everyone.

[@marilyn6979]

@@5cloudwalker no..he was a perfectionist

[@marilyn6979]

@@5cloudwalker just watch beg of Rock a Bye baby w Jerry struggling w long scene out of control hose and water everywhere..hilarious

[@FrazierMtnCheese]

My father taught his youngest son how to drive. He said when he met Jerry he was very smug, and not very friendly.

[@AlanGGoldstein]

If you ever saw an interview with Jerry he was a man full of hate

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

God yes!!!

[@njjeff201]

Jerry worked with Sony with the introduction of tape & VCR’s. His post production & directing abilities made him a genius in the movies.

[@kellycaviness4850]

Thank you! He was a true genius that today's generation of keyboard warriors can't even imagine. All they spout is "he left his kids out of the will!" Well lots of people do that. His kids were not innocent

[@joyarnold3841]

Thank you for this behind the scenes look at a comedic icon!!

[@JamesCAsphalt8]

That was a very good chronological biography! Well done!

[@josephmcghee8887]

The bitterness based on imagined wrongs comes through clearly.

[@nolier]

An indicator of descent character usually will be in the offspring's version of the parent and in lewis's case it's shocking ,he even paid one guy just so he could punch someone when he got angry ,the guy got $500 a week and thats tells me all I ever want to know about him

[@cjstatman]

The breakup was not Jerry's idea. The real story of the breakup: Jerry had helped write the script for their next movie, the Delicate Delinquent. The part of the cop was written for Dean. Dean told Jerry he didn't want to play a cop and asked if the part could be rewritten. Jerry told him no. Dean told Jerry he wouldn't do it and Jerry said that they would find someone else to play the part. Dean told him to start looking and walked out. Jerry may have realized in hindsight that the breakup was the best thing for both of them, and looking back, he probably realized what Dean had been going through by being virtually ignored. But, at the time, he was not expecting Dean to truly walk out. He says he broke it up out of consideration for Dean, but the truth is he didn't give a tinker's you know what about Dean or his feelings. If he did, he would not have been so dismissive of Dean's request. The bottom line is that Dean was supposed to just shut up and do what he was told. Jerry's ego had taken control and he was in charge, and no one had better question that. To his credit, Jerry did eventually realize that it was the best thing for Dean. I heard Jerry say in an interview that he would have been nothing without Dean, and while they were together, Dean was what made it work because Jerry was trying to make Dean laugh and was playing to him.

[@shackdaddy7106]

This documentary implies that Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin started out as a comedy team in 1945. It was in fact, 1946. In about a week after they started out, they became the hottest act in show business. They were already very well known before they appeared on Ed Sullivan in 1948. And you never mentioned that Jerry appeared on and guest hosted the Tonight Show. How could that possibly be ignored?

[@randytaylor1258]

What nonsense. The fact was that as the '50s rolled on, Jerry felt threatened by Dean's talent, that was obvious to him. When they split up, Dean was no longer Jerry's straight-man -- Jerry could no longer lean on Dean and Dean had to find something else to do. Jerry continued with his outrageous slapstick -- as a child I can remember sitting in my family's car at the local drive-in watching Lewis in The Disorderly Orderly and laughing so hard that my mother thought I was having a fit. But suddenly the world realized that Martin could sing, and sing well. He developed the character of the tipsy playboy -- it was an act that used his instincts for humour. He starred on his TV show and was an instant hit, mixing songs with skits featuring A-list guests and his character of a happy-go-lucky drunk, and his fabulous voice which he also featured in a Las Vegas style live stage show. But this is a thin gruel of Lewis biography. The bottom line is that Lewis broke up the act because of his own insecurity. Lewis never apologized -- to Martin or his millions of fans. And for that personal pettiness, his legacy will forever be tarnished. And this piece only scratches the surface. 👎🏻

[@ErnieMathews]

My mother in law was a cocktail waitress in Vegas and said Jerry was unpleasant, cheap and smelled funny.

[@mikekenney1947]

Had some personal contact with Jerry and his family. Enough to know he was a bum. He might have drawn attention to the duo (so would have been a traffic wreck) but he was a drain on Dean Martin

[@frankdevechio3043]

There was equal blame to gi around in that partnership. Jerry was the genius behind Martin and Lewis and everything Dean brought to the Rat Pack after their breakup was written by Jerry

[@AlanThrower-n1j]

@@frankdevechio3043 NO WAY !!! Dean simply hitched his train to a mostly talentless caboose who constantly kept himself on fire and off the track by convincing only himself that he had something to offer.

[@steve3602]

@@AlanThrower-n1j Wrong! Regardless of how you feel about Jerry as a person, he was far from talentless. He was a great actor, dancer and showman. As far as being a comedian, that's a subjective opinion. I always loved slapstick from Chaplin on down. In my view Lewis was the greatest slapstick comedian ever. How could a "no talent" consistently leave an audience in hysterical laughter as he did on each episode of The Colgate Comedy hour? He had perfect comedy timing and was the first performer to break the "4th wall." I take nothing away from Dean. He was also super talented, a great singer and dancer with equally perfect timing. They were in every sense the greatest comedy team of all time!

[@wdd3141]

@@steve3602 Remember Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo in "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla"?

[@AlanThrower-n1j]

@@steve3602 So aside from only himself, he fooled you too. How does the kool ade taste?

[@euniceross7685]

I was disappointed Cinderfellow was not mentioned. It was one of my favorites. He was a dancing man.

[@cnault3244]

"Jerry Lewis Finally Speaks Up About Dean Martin " ????? FINALLY? He's been dead since 2017. Did you have a seance?

[@madlenellul3430]

Probably just ‘dug up’ some dirt… Sadly it was always Jerry’s ego !!… Dean was far to tolerant.. 🥰🇺🇸

[@MrMustangMan]

Ouija board

[@janepowers6711]

He was a bitter, angry man, my sympathies go to his children.

[@crunchstick1277]

Jerry Lewis carried the biggest grudge in Hollywood and played victim to Dean Martin, even though he chose to continue to play the goofball even post Martin-Lewis years. Then he expected to have his ass kissed by everyone and when they didn’t he pouted even more and died an angry old man.

[@roberthutchison8197]

WITHOUT A DOUBT, HIM AND DEAN WERE MY FAVORITE COMEDY DUO AS I WAS BORN IN 1944 AND GREW TO LOVE THEM! .

[@TheRealZenman]

Even as a kid I did not find him funny or amusing, but embarrassing. The popularity of Martin and Lewis totally escaped me. If he came of TV in a show I would leave while my parents laughed. And was he an awful person? Yes.

[@markfriedman5706]

I was 6 in 1956 when they broke up, I still remember my parents and their friends speaking of the break-up with great sorrow, like a real divorce.

[@jamesreding6336]

He was great I miss him I loved him singing the song at the end of the Telethon

[@purplehayes5718]

Jerry Lewis was never funny. All he did is act like a fool.

[@notmyworld44]

Some of his best moments were on Jack Paar's Tonight Show in the 1960s! I remember especially one time there when he did a spontaneous parody of the song "'Til There Was You" in a New York borough accent. "There wa boids on the hill, but I nevva hoid them sing-ging 'til there was you!" The lush orchestral accompaniment made it even better.

[@dfdwn1513]

A famous person that everyone knows and loves. But in real life is not a very nice person. Pretty common story actually. Remember people, they are “actors “. They pretend for a living.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

After the break-up Dean's career soared! Jerry's career slowly went down hill.

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

The telethon keep him going for awhile, but he was a dick to everyone there as well, people said. He just wasn't a nice guy.

[@frankorosz901]

Jerry always seemed like an angry monster hidden by disturbing comedy making fun of the disabled.

[@jashary15]

Off-screen and offstage, Jerry Lewis was nothing like the buffoonish characters he often portrayed. Those who knew him and personally worked with him found he wasn't an easy person to be around. He was moody and temperamental and was known to go into violent tirades when he couldn't get his way. His female co-stars particularly found him to be manipulative and seductive. He was also known to be foul-mouthed and abusive to his peers and subordinates alike. He clearly was not a nice guy. Sometimes people can be fooled by their favorite stars; they aren't necessary onscreen or onstage what they are in real life.

[@conneeboulmay3431]

Thank you!

[@Dan-tf1zq]

I could NOT STAND jerry lewis. A narcisssist of the first order. When he had the jerry lewis show IT WAS THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW PERIOD.

[@robertcarveth8722]

I'm sorry but I could never stand Jerry!, a poor actor trying to be funny does not a laugh make!

[@rhmrtrt9672]

Jerry was and still is one of my favorite comedians. When is stealing food "pranks"?

[@ShookD]

This is the most inaccurate telling of Martian and Lewis I have ever heard. The split was not sudden at all! It was well planned out. "I couldn't put one foot in front of the other, feeling like a ship on the ocean." Come on what the hell does this mean? Other than it's a mixed metaphor.

[@davidlsmith3864]

5:31 Tony Cutis and Jack Lemmon ARE NOT Martin and Lewis !!!

[@davidlsmith3864]

18:22 Neither is Elvis Lewis, of course. SHAME on editing.

[@MrAllan9]

Jerry Lewis never made me laugh, I found his humor silly.

[@howardkahn4330]

LEWIS CAUSED THE BREAK UP.....HE WANTED TO SING!,,,,,I HEar he was a prick, a terrible father and lousy husband....was this true?

[@warrenwhitman]

Y o

[@sadieleclere1662]

This video makes it seem like Jerry Lewis was missing a successful career. He was one of the funniest men that ever was!! He did not need to use vulgar words either. It would have been a better video if you would have included Jerry Lewis own words about his career ups and downs and his own words about his and Dean Martins going their own ways. This video is just a bunch of shots of how you think it all happened.

[@richarddecicco3288]

I never thought Jerry Lewis was funny or talented. Dean Martin was a real talent.

[@HaraldGerhardFuchs]

I loved both of them, gave me such good vibes as a child and later I studied into details of their story... Private live may me a complete different story though (don't forget that Jerry had a back injury from a filming accident, that left him in pain for the rest of his life. Maybe he became a grumpy therefore. But he really left a legacy. Even invented the video monitor while filming on camera. But most importantly - and what most people may not have noticed and has been forgotten: Jerry really loved Dean! So much that nowadays certainly it would be called gay love. Back then... you just couldn't and that broke Jerry's heart! Twice, when he saw how Dean suffered the death of his son... Then Jerry went bitter even more 😔

[@stanurban1147]

1. Min 19 seconds the photo of lewis' parents is in fact Jerry LEE lewis' parents.I don't think that such a blunder is excusable

[@MrMustangMan]

youtubers now-a-days just throw a bunch of mish mash together with a provoking title to get clicks and views.....

[@ronroberti8082]

And now they’re both gone. There will never be another two like them. It’s really a shame. I remember when they were together. I watched every movie they ever done together, probably more than once.. too talented stubborn individuals that just didn’t talk to each other to fix whatever was wrong between them. I hope they’re getting along better wherever they are now.⚡️

[@marilyn6979]

@@ronroberti8082 they talked after telethon And before Dean passed on as well

[@ronroberti8082]

@ : unfortunately, too little, too late.🥲

[@kellycaviness4850]

@@marilyn6979They talked alot. People just don't know. I've been researching them for awhile now. You'd be surprised at the amount of times these two talked and interacted. It was nothing like the press says.

[@kellycaviness4850]

@@ronroberti8082I think one of Dean's kids said that they were together alot after Dean Jr passed.

[@marilyn6979]

@kellycaviness4850 Thanks Kelly so nice because it's true after so many years went by whatever they decided to talk about especially after getting together at MDA telethon with Frank Sinatra intervening they had a special bond and that wouldn't be broken when 1 needed the other for support

[@ecash00]

If ONLY he had watched Red...And figured out that Misery and comedy WORKED

[@MoneyMagnet-m2t]

Jerry Lewis hasn't spoke out about anything since 2017.

[@ocdtechtalk]

14hrs of background 30 seconds of nothing promised... CLICK BAIT

[@joewger]

Lewis was a selfish, egotistical, spoiled narcissist , bad parent, and an act in a public disguise hamming it up.

[@reuben854]

My best friend was a regional director of Muscular Dystrophy and worked on several Telethons with Jerry Lewis. My friend had many stories of Jerry's huge ego and his antagonism toward the workers on the Telethon. To me Jerry was too silly to be funny, and was an ass in person.

[@BrianG-x4u]

I thought his movie Hardly Working was pretty terrible.

[@MrMustangMan]

yep

[@Nolongerangry]

Dean Martin wrote the jokes and Jerry Lewis took all of the credit.

[@ADA8245-w1v]

Lewis has always been an angry person....sorry no respect for him so when he whines about others I see clearly it is nothing less than misdirection. Jerry, I never found you funny. More like a clown whose offerred very little to society. Good job wasting our nations time and your life.

[@SMART-e1k]

Loved watching Jerry when i was a Kid. My mum told me that Jerry's not the person he makes out to be. I didnt take much of that while laughing at gis movies, Then Jerry started visiting Melbourne Australia a number of times, and Never paid for anything here. His hotel bills, food, outings. Nothing. When this on was the tv news headlines, No TV Station bothered to announce his death at all on any tv, radio or newspapers. We couldnt give a sruff about him and his arrogance. Celebrities of today follow the scum celebrities of yesteryear

[@randybaldwin5427]

Was in Jerry's presence once and he was not a nice man at all, rude and self-absorbed. It was such a disappointment.

[@michaelsix9684]

The Nutty Professor is still a classic

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

For a small child

[@davidmdyer838]

Why did they show a clip of "Some Like it Hot"?

[@MrMustangMan]

because youtubers now-a-days just throw a bunch of mish mash together with a provoking title to get clicks and views.....

[@docalexander2853]

He was never the quality of Dean Martin. I was wrong when I thought Dean would not do as good by himself. But I was young and stupid. Now I am old and stupid.

[@johnkaufman5474]

Don McGuire, not Jerry Lewis, directed The Delicate Delinquent (1957)..

[@SurfingWithAliens]

Jerry has never gotten over being rejected from the rat pack, LOL. I don't really care about their personal lives It ruins their shows and movies to want to peek into their lives. Best just to watch their material. Both were successful.

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Dean Martin was a habitual drunk. He would have a drink poured before going to bed so he could get started as soon as he woke up in the morning. He loved his alcohol more than family. Its such a disgrace that city council put signs up here in Steubenville, Ohio to honor him.

[@sal4856]

Dean Martin total talent dwarfed the slap stick comedian

[@rla1000]

Jerry Lewis was a poor excuse for "comedy." Always thought he was a jerk. His idea of humor was a bunch of screaming and screeching. He was an extremely poor actor. His telethons were insufferable. And despite claiming he didn't get paid for them, he was. Later to come find out he was a mean SOB as well. If I had more time I'd say more.

[@pjkoths]

Jerry died seven years ago and this is very old news - You are welcome for this comment it will jack-up your KZbin paycheck.

[@MrMustangMan]

youtubers now-a-days just throw a bunch of mish mash together with a provoking title to get clicks and views.....

[@kathymarik1932]

I’m sorry, but I never liked him

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

Don't be sorry, there was a good reason.

[@rollinntumblin]

Jerry Lewis made people laugh. And then he didn't. His slapstick comedy became outdated. He wasn't funny anymore.

[@JeanLouisSlezak]

Just like abbot and Costello, laurel and hardy .

[@HomeOfMacWoeffie]

I loved that duo but to be honest I liked Dean more...even his son had the same charisma but died way to soon...

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

I don't like anyone that is cruel to their children. Can't understand it. Jerry was a cruel man - - - to just about everyone.

[@SandViolet]

"They also found success in movies, each project seemed to take them higher, moving them to a place they couldn't be overlooked." What a boring, inaccurate way of saying that Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the #1 box office attraction in movies from the early to mid '50s! In '51 they were #2 (second to John Wayne) in the top ten box office list. In '52 they were #1, in '53 #2 (second to Gary Cooper), in '54 #2 (second to John Wayne), in '55 #7 and in '56 #6. In '57, a year later, Jerry was again in the top ten box office list but this time alone and he remained on the list until '63. Dean Martin made the list twice, in '67 and '68.

[@blankblank4130]

I don't think he was in the rat pack.

[@oldboldpilot36]

Very unfunny man. Vindictive, malicious and petty

[@lew832]

Thank you. I thought I was the only one who thought that.

[@davidfyandlejr]

This only makes the talebearer smaller in our eyes. Jerry and Dean have both reportedly cracked on each other. Unless I hear it from them, guess what?!!!

[@EMScott-le7vu]

A comedian can be a clown,.. being a comedian takes more than slapstick comedy. There's a difference between a show and an audience.

[@Fred-wy4ix]

One thing that they didn't do, at least I didn't see it on stage,was let their differences be seen on stage. They made a lo😮t of us laugh and that is the way, the only way, that I will. remember and recall them

[@mts982]

john ritters' antics reminds me of jerry lewis'.

[@SurfingWithAliens]

I found him more like Robin Williams. Ritter was never that outrageous.

[@mts982]

@@SurfingWithAliens totally disagree

[@SurfingWithAliens]

@@mts982 Nothing wrong with disagreeing. Ritter was just never as wacky as Lewis or Williams. Was a great comedian actor though. I always liked Ritter.

[@lew832]

@@SurfingWithAliens Robin Williams was a fast ad libbing Comedian, and nothing like Jerry Lewis.

[@SurfingWithAliens]

@@lew832 According to WIKI you are wrong. quote, " Lewis was known especially for his distinctive voice, facial expressions, pratfalls, and physical stunts. His improvisations and ad-libbing, especially in nightclubs and early television were revolutionary among performers. It was "marked by a raw, edgy energy that would distinguish him within the comedy landscape.

[@davidalva8565]

Yeah and when he got older he didn’t even tell a joke he just would say Waaahoooo. Stupid. I never liked him.