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Happy Birthday Jerry Lewis!
march 16, 2015
Posted on 03/16/2015 7:18:47 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
say what one will about his sophomoric comedy (we all were so sophisticated that no one ever went to these films and laughed our butts off as kids), or that he could be an ass off screen (see
The Family Jewels where one of his characters is a circus clown who hates kids), there is no denying his entertainment longevity and success.
A good, honest read of his life and career is his autobiography Dean and Me (A Love Story)
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posted on
03/16/2015 8:33:05 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
To: SeekAndFind
MDA was taken over by nazis and they kicked Jerry out.
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posted on
03/16/2015 8:36:13 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: LittleBillyInfidel
making him an arrogant prick at timesYup. That he was. Not many comedians are happy go-lucky people at heart. That's where their comedy comes from, either anxiety or anger.
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posted on
03/16/2015 8:37:07 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
To: lowbridge
I enjoyed him and Martin’s movies as a kid, then as I became an adult I realized how both Dean and Jerry were dicks to those around them. Both were big Democrat supporters, although Dean supported Reagan.
Turns out that Lewis thought that even the Democrats were too conservative for him in the “60”s.
Like most great comedians, Jerry Lewis is a Socialist who never liked America. We moved to France like Chaplin before him and many other that followed after him.
I respect him for his charitable work, other than that he can kiss this red blooded American’s ass.
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posted on
03/16/2015 8:38:54 AM PDT
by
Yellowstone Joe
(God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy)
To: lowbridge
I meant to write that “HE”, not (we) moved to France like Chaplin before him and many other that followed after him.
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posted on
03/16/2015 8:41:14 AM PDT
by
Yellowstone Joe
(God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy)
To: tet68
Neither did I. He did not appear to be in good physical shape on his last couple of telethons.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis!
Now, about that clown movie...
To: lowbridge
Happy Birthday, Jerry:) He's still working:) Going to be in a film called The Trust.
http://deadline.com/2015/02/jerry-lewis-the-trust-nicolas-cage-elijah-wood-1201375459/ EXCLUSIVE: Jerry Lewis has signed on to join Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood and Sky Ferreira in The Trust, a drama thats shooting in Las Vegas with Ben and Alex Brewer directing. Cage and Wood play two corrupt cops who are stuck working the evidence room of the Las Vegas police department. When one discovers there is a vault full of drug money sealed in the back of a convenience store, both cops team up to pull a heist. Lewis will play the father of Cages crooked cop character.
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posted on
03/16/2015 9:15:27 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
Good to hear that he is healthy enough to be working.
To: lowbridge
Loved the movie “Scared Stiff” when I was a kid.
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posted on
03/16/2015 9:57:52 AM PDT
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Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Spent some time with the great Myron Cohen and his wife, he hated Lewis.
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posted on
03/16/2015 11:02:38 AM PDT
by
Shady
(We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
To: lowbridge
Jerry Lewis was in an episode of Law & Order...probably a few years ago, although I watched it again recently. He was Munch’s uncle and was picked up as a homeless person/murder suspect. He wasn’t that particular murderer, but he did wind up murdering someone else at the end of the program.
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posted on
03/16/2015 11:47:37 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: luvbach1
the exception that proves the rule...
i agree
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posted on
03/16/2015 2:44:48 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: fatnotlazy
i believe there was an off color comment... sleep deprivation and all... not made a big deal over, just let to go...
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posted on
03/16/2015 2:47:57 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: teeman8r
He was paid well for the telethon.
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posted on
03/16/2015 2:51:59 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: teeman8r
i always thought his comedy was sophomoric but his work with the telethon, lifeworthy.
...
He also is known for being an innovative filmmaker.
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posted on
03/16/2015 2:55:51 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: teeman8r
Thank you. I hadn’t watched the telethon in years and didn’t know Lewis was no longer active with the MDA.
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