Martin and Lewis FULL SHOW at Copacabana

Martin and Lewis at the Copacabana, last show in 1954
FULL SHOW

[@KevinWhite-zb5os]

I fell in love with this duo when I was five. The movie was "Money From Home". I've waited 54 years to see this. Thank you.

[@kellycaviness4850]

They were just beautiful together! Oh how I wish we could see their last show

[@KevinWhite-zb5os]

This WAS their last show.@@kellycaviness4850

[@jeanb3489]

2021 Martin and Lewis are still kings of comedy and hilarious as ever🥰🥰 The world needs comedy like this🤗🤗

[@xlr8r2010]

I wish I had a time machine...would have loved to see Martin & Lewis live.

[@margaretschaffner9133]

why? Isn't there enough entertainment in the world? As though if you even had the chance you would? It's called HoLyWoRld manipulation .. I see nothing in these two that really cared about their audience. Incredibly self involved. They got payed well, and you going to see them did that. Humans

[@xlr8r2010]

@@margaretschaffner9133 They did care about their fans....why would you assume they didn't? There are a lot of great interviews of them on KZbin....they were good people. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZfKdpdobreYbKc

[@KevinWhite-zb5os]

Go away troll.@@margaretschaffner9133

[@keriunknown]

​@@margaretschaffner9133 I don't think they'll reply to you, nor you will to me.

[@reevie3463]

@@margaretschaffner9133I would’ve loved to see them live too! Also that’d be quite hard to always involve the audience in an act because everyone in the audience is different, so they won’t know what to do with certain people from the audience because of their different personalities.

[@suejuede525]

I'm 76. I cried when Dean died. Loved him since I was 3 yrs. Old. RIP Dean your still the king of cool ❤🙏🏼

[@kake2000]

This clip shows perfectly, what the big deal about Martin and Lewis was and why it could never translate to any movie they've made. Their act was one for the clubs and could never have worked in a film. They were the best at their time and this clip proves how much fun they had doing their thing. Pure magic!

[@susantunbridge4612]

Because in film, Jerry controlled everything, including the writing, until Dean had had enough. They had some epic fights.

[@Djm8520]

Oh, but they did work on film. They made 16 movies in 8 years. Their films, in adjusted dollars, grossed over 2 BILLION dollars. They were in the top ten of box office stars in 6 of those 8 years and in 1952, they were number one.

[@kake2000]

@@Djm8520 I know they made loads of films together. What I'm saying is: they, as a team, worked way better in the clubs than in scripted movies.

[@Djm8520]

@@kake2000 That’s not what you said. You said “it could never work in films.”

[@kake2000]

@@Djm8520 Nope. I said "That's why it could never translate to any movie they've made". You know how to read, don't you?

[@alskndlaskndal]

This is amazing! Their shows were legendary. And the Copa was the hottest club around. Watching this is almost like being there.

[@karen4328]

Heavens they were beautiful to watch, both sooo gorgeous and funny, complete package.

[@ChrisHimmelMusic]

60 years later, and it's just as magical as it was then. That's how you know they were good.

[@martinlewis2279]

Amen. So true.

[@margaretschaffner9133]

Not for me, I guess that's why we can all comment what we want. It's better to not have a reply.

[@angelafallin3940]

I've always wondered what it would have been like to be there at one of their early shows and this is as close as I could ever get. Thanks for sharing.

[@brucekalter4206]

Wow... What a gem to have this (even with the less-than-stellar sound quality). And that finale is INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you for preserving & posting this!!!

[@Tonabillity]

Fascinating glimpse of those good ol’ “No Negroes Allowed” days 🤔🙄

[@SenorZorrozzz]

So great to have this film. Too bad more acts weren’t filmed in the theaters and clubs that they performed in.

[@AllenPinchloaf]

Martin sings so good here.even with the poor audio recording he sounds great!

[@raymeedc]

Not to mention the disrespectful drunk audience members loudly jabbering through Dean’s performances.

[@jv-ep2tc]

according to his book, Jerry felt as if he had caught lightning in a bottle when he first connected with Dean on stage. Ultimately, this Copa show became the hottest ticket in town and there are plenty of clips showing them leaning out the window to Beatle-esque screaming fans. He was an original who brought comedy to a new level either with broad physical gesture or subtle tossed off phrases [hello, stale ones]. He loomed large in my childhood and his passing has given me the sick feeling that the world is changing too quickly. RIP Jerry and say hi to Dean for me.

[@lindashelley3635]

j v I agree that Jerry's slapstick style of comedy was indeed very physical (all those pratfalls which unfortunately caused him a great deal of pain and suffering later in his life), but I have to say that subtlety is not a word I would ever associate with his brand of humour. I myself much prefer Deans often very clever use of wordplay, his hilarious ad-libs when something went wrong in a sketch, or simply his facial expressions when reacting to other comedians jokes.

[@jv-ep2tc]

@@lindashelley3635 it flew over your head then. i used the word "subtle" when describing a small moment. he did have them. pay attention.

[@jeanb3489]

"If we've offended you we thank you" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow thats perfect 👌

[@fclaudionavarro]

God! Amazing experience...it's like you are sitted with the crowd the all show. Pure Gold...Dean and Lewis...Geniuses.

[@octopibingo]

That's a lot of talent in under two hours.

[@CLEVELANDJOHNNYDRUMS]

Undeniably the two most versatile entertainers of their day. Great together and separately . Jerry Lewis is Brilliant and Dean was Spectacular.

[@jojoUK120]

Bill Patrick Jones... you’ve got to know your audience.

[@francineducrot3669]

and vice versa!

[@jerrylewisthekid5479]

Jerry is a GENIUS!

[@kellycaviness4850]

@@jerrylewisthekid5479 Absolutely!

[@loungelizard5000]

Say what you want about their movies, TV appearances or individual carreers. They were TRULY the KINGS of the nightclub circuit. THANK YOU so much for sharing !!! A GEM to see and ENJOY.

[@beatlesfantoo]

I would've liked to have seen this in person! Thanks for posting!

[@kellycaviness4850]

They were just beautiful! Fabulous. Nobody before them or since them did what they did. They made you care about them and their partnership. They were stunning.

[@kristeninthedirtysouth]

After reading "Dean and Me", clips like this are even more fascinating and interesting to watch, knowing all the details of what was going on behind the scenes.

[@toniwilson1579]

Is it a good book? Just ordered Deana Martin on her dad today. Would you recommend Dean and me too?

[@warrenginmartini]

@@toniwilson1579 It's a great book, I'm currently reading it. 'Dr. Jerry And Mr. Lewis' (1982) is also very interesting and very helpful to understand their beginning (100 pages before 1946). 'Dean And Me' (2005) is mostly 1946 and after. 'Martini Man', 'Everybody Loves Somebody, Especially Himself' (written by Arthur Marx, Marx Brothers' nephew) and Dino are great books too.

[@artlewis4216]

The definitive if cynical bio is Dino by Nick Tosches.

[@simocontugi4237]

Great entartainers and Dean sings with his wonderful voice!

[@3.2Carrera]

Gold standard for live performance here. Must see for anyone looking to get into entertainment.

[@elbruces]

Martin & Lewis was a great blend of singing & sketch comedy. Quite possibly they originated that combination as an art form. What I find interesting is the technical limitation of doing an entire show wile sharing only one microphone. There's some ingeniousness going on imposed by that limitation.

[@martinlewis2279]

One of my favorite shows of all time. Pure gold.

[@robertc391]

They were great together and apart. I remember them on the Colgate Comedy Hour in the early 50's. I was a little boy at the time. They made me laugh. All the entertainers that appeared on the Comedy Hour were good, from the old school. They were there to entertain, how we need them today.

[@whoosh1965]

Timeless Classic ,thank you for posting it.

[@TheRelger]

"Here's a song I sang when I was in London" I love Paris. This was after they got bad reviews in Britain.

[@Superbaldyboy]

This is not their last show, but thanks for posting. They were incredible as a team.

[@jancorn3451]

How I wish I had seen them sing Every Streets a Boulevard Live!

[@walterganieany2447]

10 years before I was born, but still 2 of my favorites!

[@manuelkong10]

8 years before me

[@theunknown4570]

Growing up in the 80s. Often speak about some of the greats and how people had to have been there to witness it my meds and such was the case with these two back in this time. Phenomenal attraction

[@MerkinMuffly]

When they were kings.

[@pokes101]

This was the last show of their engagement at the Copa that year, not their last show ever.

[@maestroofamore8948]

Thanks. I'd been wondering that.

[@lasinkachapman2304]

Ok,thanks. I thought it was the last of their show.

[@daviddoyle4516]

Miss this guys,,,,,when we could say "Life Is Good"

[@Imw101]

So THAT'S where Robin Williams got his act from ...

[@iVenge]

Yes. But Williams was much more focused, and his references more cerebral. Each suited their time perfectly.

[@jeromykriege9649]

Jim Carey also

[@kellycaviness4850]

It all came from Jerry. He paved the way for so many.

[@TheAMVDJ]

The drums when they make a joke lmao!! That was a real thing!!

[@jvcomedy]

This is a great video! Thanks for posting. I was always a huge fan of Jerry Lewis growing up, but as an adult found out that he was one of the biggest jerks in show business. Was heartbroken to hear it from reliable sources and first hand accounts.

[@organicmilk5]

“So everyone’s drunk huh?” 😂😂

[@suejuede525]

They both were successful after the split.... I can understand Dean wanting to go solo. His talent was being suppressed.

[@Sonialachingona]

Very classy Dean and Jerry they had fun with each other.

[@djdonjon]

Awesome show to say the least. I thought this was July of ‘56? Thx for posting! 🎤

[@TotalSinging]

to think Jerry was only 28 here and was already in showbiz 10 years.

[@bkenglandUTube]

What this clip shows is the difference between how live shows could differ from what Middle America heard on the radio, or saw on TV or the movies from the same act. With quips about "checking the rubbers" and kissing the girl back, well, if you aren't able to see clips like this, you might think Americans were generally very repressed during the 1950s. I'd like to see similar clips from earlier in the Martin and Lewis run, but I'm guessing this is as close as I'm likely to get (sigh). Recommended read, by the way: Dino by Nick Tosches.

[@steph13326ify]

Yes, i wish there were more recordings of their live shows. Their Colgate comedy hours were chock full of a homoerotic humor that was so ahead of its time, that I've got to assume their live acts were at least ten times wilder.

[@reevie3463]

32:30 The apricot part made me cry laugh! 😂❤ they’re seriously the best!! Love them so much! 😂❤

[@amsedelm]

Great great great! Thanks for posting.

[@walterganieany2447]

Working with the band.....priceless!!!

[@kevinbirge2130]

Dean doing I Love Paris. Just stunning.

[@redhotnblue9954]

Incredible act still fresh!

[@jerrylewisthekid5479]

Dean strokes Jerry's face at the end of the show and Jerry's smile in response. Here they should have already "hated each other" but I don't see any hatred. Dean was still tender and affectionate with Jerry, their mutual love was still all in that last caress. I still do NOT believe the feud was real.

[@mjcruiser4238]

We need a a Peter Jackson restoration if this!

[@xkuligx32]

RIP Jerry Lewis, thanks for a million laughs.

[@loungelizard5000]

LOVE it !!! Thanx for sharing !!!

[@MarkGrago]

R.I.P., Jerry and Dean...

[@dennisalters702]

This was a hard working act making it look easy. It was intricate utilizing multiple talents in precision and knowing how to recover a fumble with great humor. Timing down to the music arrangements that were impeccable. For that era they were ultra sophisticated and they each grew with the times. Would have been nice if they could have done reunions with new material. Look at the parody inserted “From Here to Eternity” a well timed topical sketch for the times that worked like a good SNL sketch as the others

[@dennisalters702]

Wow! That puts to rest the false statements that Dean didn’t have a powerful voice. He could belt it out with the best of them when he chose to.

[@americanwoman445]

Dean was not a showboater ..very humble man.

[@dennisalters702]

@@americanwoman445 big fan

[@Exoixx]

Interesting to see some of the bits Dean later did with the Rat Pack and how differently they played with Jerry delivering the punch lines instead of Dean.

[@lindashelley3635]

That's true, to me the jokes were somehow funnier when Dean did them because he had a different style of delivery. I feel he was a better fit when working with Frank and, especially, Sammy because the humour wasn't so in-your-face. As I say, that's just my personal opinion and I'm sure there are many who will disagree with me, which is fair enough. As the expression goes; to each his own.

[@marym5037]

Well Sammy was crazy as well! When Sammy and Jerry did a sketch together it was pure craziness!!!

[@MegaEmerson1974]

It was just only a dream !!

[@andymassingham]

4:55 "God damn" lol

[@superduper3728]

All the Mafioso leaders people got the best front row seats. You can see em' right there sitten' & smoking.

[@kellycaviness4850]

The way Dean caresses Jerry's face at the end 😊these two really did love each other

[@millertheory7935]

10:44. When his voice changes.

[@nicklandable]

RIP Jerry Lewis, May God bless you.

[@tracyannburns4085]

Jerry Lewis is so funny. Man I wish I was born then

[@m.j.c.6969]

If you were "born then" you wouldn't be an adult until 1972!

[@suejuede525]

Boy. That Deano had it in spades 👍♥️

[@soninoscardelletti2844]

FANTASTIC! GOD BLESS

[@ThePointintheheart]

Wonder how it would be today for Jerry to perform at the Copa today?? Perhaps as a tribute to Dean?

[@jondunmore4268]

Their last show was in July 1956, not 1954. Is this the real 1956 appearance?

[@raymondalvin3645]

As good as it gets - but I'm sure Dean was not meant to be straight man for long. Some feel he was the funnier of the two.

[@americanwoman445]

Dean was a natural...it came easy for him. Jerry not so much.

[@richarddavid8519]

Dean Martin said the best two things that happened to him was: 1) meeting Jerry Lewis and 2) Leaving Jerry Lewis.

[@MrsDinoPaulCrocettii1917]

That's not what Dean said ! He said ( #1 the best thing that ever happened to me was meeting Jerry Lewis #2 meeting my wife Jeanne. Dean never said a bad word about Jerry

[@morwennatrevena9398]

"how would you like to switch?" "that might be nice 😏"

[@callmeshort09]

Last show of the year 1954, yes I know they broke up in 56

[@walterganieany2447]

+lennonforever40 You're NOT your asswipe! :-)

[@MyREDTAIL]

Love their Movies growing up.? And even after they broke up.? Deans Movies with the Duke,? and Jerry's Comedy Movies, also.? Jerry is 90 Yrs Old & still going strong.?

[@toniwilson1579]

+MyREDTAIL ... Jerry was going strong till 4 months ago when he die at age 91on August 20, 2017. Loved everything these 2 did together and by themselves. They both did great by themselves and together and now they are together again.

[@billlaspin1277]

Reminiscent of what was to come with the Rat Pak shows

[@jamesjohnpadula]

legends--great careers

[@roxcharlie]

the last show in the martin lewis movie is nothing like this, wonder why they didn't watch this and re enact it

[@simocontugi4237]

Thank you for sharing!

[@michaell3660]

Dean Martin, pure elegance, class, and a voice as smooth as silk. Jerry’s talent in my opinion was best behind the scenes, writing , directing. His slapstick humor of ridiculous faces, mugging for the camera, pratfalls is more shock humor than a thinking persons comedy. We see he was a great humanitarian to everyone who could see it and praise him for it. Behind the scenes he was a bitter, spiteful vicious father, who would disown his children on a whim. I could watch hours of his work, and not crack as much as a giggle . His last film, Max Rose was a dramatic masterpiece. He was spot on in his performance of a husband who believed he was wronged by his late wife, only to find out he wasn’t. Watching the movie and knowing what we know about his private life, I wonder if it was an epiphany of sorts . Ostracizing his children for no reason but his own imagination and blind hate.

[@lindashelley3635]

Michael L. Edmonds I think maybe because his kind of childish slapstick humour became more difficult to sustain as he grew older. What is seen as funny in the antics of a skinny young kid simply becomes awkward and even embarrassing behaviour in a grown man of fifty or sixty. Plus, of course, audience tastes simply changed over the years and Jerry’s brand of humour just went out of style for a lot of people. I feel that as time went on the main thing that really kept him in the public eye, at least in America, were his annual telethons (which were really just not known about outside of the States)

[@antoniod]

Maybe we can get an idea what the big deal about M&L really was.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Jerry Lewis (de nacimiento Joseph o Jerome Levitch,​ Newark, Nueva Jersey; 16 de marzo de 1926-Las Vegas, Nevada; 20 de agosto de 2017) fue un comediante, actor, cantante, director y humanitario estadounidense. 97 años 91 años 06 años Signo Zodiacal : Piscis ♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟♓♓🐟🐟

[@stevemelnicola]

From the beginning M and L was about the incredibly cool nightclub singer being interrupted by various idiots. Incredible live and on tv live. Movies hit and miss.

[@karb58benefits]

I got hit with an appricot. They were by far the best

[@Day0One]

This was the best-!!! very, very-funny-!

[@martinlewis2279]

The best comedy act I have ever seen. Martina and Lewis at their best. This is one of my all time favorites. Also, at 21:26 What did Jerry say?

[@lindashelley3635]

Well, I've played it back several times and as near as I can tell Jerry is singing ' chicken fried rice, corn pone, black eyed peas and everything nice' Now, as a Brit, I have to admit that the line is puzzling to me, but I THINK they might be Southern style meals. I have heard of black eyed peas, but I have no idea what corn pone is. But then again, I don't suppose anyone living south of the Mason Dixon Line have ever heard of such London delicacies as pie and mash (which is delicious) or jellied eels (which... well, isn't 😝)

[@martinlewis2279]

Same here, I have played it over a few times and I am afraid to even guess at what Jerry is saying, since they were allowed to talk dirty and make dirty jokes so who knows? But thank you for helping me figure this out :) and yes I do know what pie and mash is and it is very delicious, unlike jellied eels.

[@jasonmeza9500]

Is this the only live footage of martin and lewis performing in a club?

[@americanwoman445]

It was the little off scripted,snide jokes that made them funny....two New Yorkers with the sarcastic sense of humour... There's nothing like it in the world

[@pegcage]

Notice: no profanity. So refreshing.

[@XxXxTwofirstnames69420xXxXx]

There was a little not much tho

[@The11Jade]

Yes, when Dean is singing It's Almost Like Being in Love... 'with a smile on my face, for the whole 'god damn race'. :)

[@iVenge]

Micah Carey: It was an '"adult" show, to be sure. References to rubbers, homosexuality, other sexual innuendo.

[@lindashelley3635]

iVenge Don’t forget this was a nightclub performance in front of a more sophisticated audience. People expected it to be more risqué than what they saw on TV. Comedians (unless of course they are known to be ‘children’s’ entertainers) have always been more ‘blue’ in front of a live adult audience than they are on radio or TV, which by definition of being broadcast into peoples homes will obviously be heard by a family audience.

[@DexterHaven]

15:01 Jerry would got on to have the same women Dean mentions as his fiancé in ""3 on a Couch" -- Janet Leigh. 12 years after this!

[@psychedelicshacksnycshelte2171]

Omg. GOATS!

[@Robert4770]

The greatest nightclub of them all

[@al.jasondoe7292]

The Best...

[@Dino_LIVE_]

What song is at 26:40?

[@dennisalters702]

Tony Bennett’s hit “Rags to Riches”

[@tombradford7035]

Almost a passive smoker just watching this - wow.

[@BadAndy]

How did you get this???

[@clairekeesey1285]

what percent of the audience caught lewis's bit at 16:35

[@mkruger3852]

what??

[@bucknut117]

yeah, somebody must have taken this video with their cell phone before color, lol. I'm kidding before you decide to yell at me.

[@samson5791]

Is that Marylin Monroe in the front left In attendance?

[@jeff3638]

Rickles must have studied Jerry...rude cuts😅

[@MrBrutal33]

This is what people were lining up to see? Obviously much more easily pleased in the past!

[@somekindaguy100]

Different times champ ,plenty of current dribble out there now.kardashians are very popular at the moment and have zero I repeat zero except looking good 🤔 and being painful ,go figure

[@americanwoman445]

You don't understand New York humour. .

[@rickyrydell]

This was 1956, not 1954.

[@just_ben1951]

How do you know?

[@kellycaviness4850]

It's 1954

[@rickyrydell]

@@kellycaviness4850 Martin and Lewis performed their final show together, ending a 10 year partnership at the Copacabana on July 24, 1956.

[@somekindaguy100]

​@@rickyrydellThis is the last show of the season of 1954 not the last show Ever in 1956

[@DragonS1ayer141v2]

4:09 dino sings

[@cr-cn4ky]

Who's here after watching the irishman?

[@OSEGREDODESHERAZADE]

I aaaaaammmmm!!!! For sure!!!!

[@cr-cn4ky]

@@OSEGREDODESHERAZADE I'm on a binge searching for documentaries and real footage of the different characters in the movie 😂

[@OSEGREDODESHERAZADE]

@@cr-cn4ky well, I watch Jerry Lewis everyday... I am a big fan!!! Just love him!!!