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Jerry Lewis Dead at 91

Posted on 08/20/2017 10:54:39 AM PDT by SamAdams76

Can't beat Wikipedia.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hollywood; jerrylewis; obituary
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To: PAR35

George Burns lived to be 100 and he smoked 15 cigars a day.


61 posted on 08/20/2017 11:24:51 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: SamAdams76
Anyone that can survive stunning doses of Prednisone and joke about it is okay in my book.

Disorderly Orderly was a fav of mine. When young. He was an orderly that assumed the symptoms of his patients.

62 posted on 08/20/2017 11:25:05 AM PDT by donozark (JAMES COMEY: Democrat Presidential candidate 2020.)
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To: SamAdams76

Lewis gave an enjoyable interview in Dec. 2015 where he praised Trump and criticized Obama.

“Comedic legend Jerry Lewis recently sat down for an interview with the Catholic EWTV outlet. The riveting interview, which aired Thursday, concluded with current events, including Obama, Trump, ISIS and even the refugee crisis. Lewis did not hold back, bashing Obama as a failed leader, smacking down the idea of importing more Syrians, and praising GOP front-runner Donald Trump for his “showmanship.”

http://www.dailywire.com/news/2089/watch-comedic-icon-jerry-lewis-slams-obama-talks-amanda-prestigiacomo

RIP


63 posted on 08/20/2017 11:25:24 AM PDT by map
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To: Impala64ssa

Always liked that song.


64 posted on 08/20/2017 11:27:27 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: SamAdams76

We’ll meet Again...
Gonna find that song today.


65 posted on 08/20/2017 11:27:58 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: OttawaFreeper
Yeah, same here! The Labor Day telethons was always a sober reminder that the new school year was just around the corner. Back in the 1970s, we only had about six or seven stations to watch including two or three on the UHF band that required much manipulation of the rabbit ear antenna to bring in. Eventually the rabbit ears broke off and my father replaced them with a standard coat hanger - which amazingly seemed to work even better than the original rabbit ears.

Back then, TV was something to do at night. During the day, we'd be pretty much outdoors riding our bicycles and playing pickup ball games the whole time.

66 posted on 08/20/2017 11:28:11 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: ssapro

> Hey Ladyyyyyyyy! Always cracked me up. RIP Mr. Lewis. <

Yes. Last year I attended a Hillary rally. Inspired by Mr. Lewis, I yelled “Hey Ladyyyyyyyy!” every time Hillary tried to speak. Security was not amused.


67 posted on 08/20/2017 11:29:25 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: SamAdams76

I watched “Silver Streak” on Netflix Friday night, a slapstick movie from 1976 that I remember seeing as a teenager. Pretty much everybody that was in that movie is now dead, even Jill Clayburgh, who was extremely attractive in that movie - especially when you are a 14 year old going through puberty. Seeing it again 40 years later, the movie struck me as dopey...

Not to deflect the thread from Jerry, but I recently also tried to watch “Silver Streak” for the first time - and couldn’t make it more than a half hour into it.

As for Jerry - well, God bless him. I bet he made more people laugh than 99% of the people who ever lived, and he did worked for decades to get rid of a terrible disease. Pretty good legacy, if you ask me. I’m glad he lived as long as he did, and I’m sad he’s no longer with us.


68 posted on 08/20/2017 11:29:45 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: SamAdams76

RIP Jerry, thanks for the laughs.


69 posted on 08/20/2017 11:31:09 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: SamAdams76

A great American, a great man slipped away from this earthly life today...may God Almighty bless and keep him for all eternity. RIP....Jerry Lewis, we all loved you.


70 posted on 08/20/2017 11:31:15 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Pravious

Not to deflect the thread from Jerry, but I recently also tried to watch “Silver Streak” for the first time...

Oops. Lost a few words there. I meant to say for the first time SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, not for the first time!


71 posted on 08/20/2017 11:31:18 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: SamAdams76

For many years, since I was a little girl, this comedic genius brought a lot of joy and laughter into the lives of my family and I.

I would watch my introverted (though caring) daddy, laugh so hard at Jerry’s zany antics that he would have tears rolling down his cheeks.

I honestly loved watching him as much or more than Jerry himself.

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Jerry Lewis the man for his love and concern for kids with disabilities since I myself was born with a rare, muscle wasting disease that’s in the dystrophy family.

Having said that, however, Jerry Lewis was a man too full of himself at times.

His condescending attitude in many interviews that I have seen of him are cringe-worthy.

Being Jewish, he was bullied badly while growing up, and after becoming so highly successful after such degradation may have contributed to his overcompensating (and over inflating) his self worth.

In any case, he was a national treasure in my mind and it’s very sad to see these great talents that God has given this nation leave us.


72 posted on 08/20/2017 11:32:17 AM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: SamAdams76
Thanks for the laughs, funny man. Rest in Peace. Ya done good.


73 posted on 08/20/2017 11:34:25 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: SamAdams76
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74 posted on 08/20/2017 11:34:44 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: PAR35

He would have died sooner.


75 posted on 08/20/2017 11:35:25 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: SamAdams76
Deaths of well known people seems to happen in 3s.

First Dick Gregory, then Jerry Lewis. Who's next?

76 posted on 08/20/2017 11:35:56 AM PDT by AU72
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To: JonPreston

It was actually the other way around. Lewis was a smart, shrewd guy. Playing the fool is what made their act a hit and allowed Martin to become a popular singer.


77 posted on 08/20/2017 11:37:31 AM PDT by nickedknack ("Your time is up!")
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To: SamAdams76

Matt Drudge, who can’t be bothered with non-news like Wasserman-Schultz’s involvement with a pakastani spy ring funnelling sensitive Congressional data to places unknown, is right on it when a celebrity dies.


78 posted on 08/20/2017 11:39:01 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SamAdams76

There’s a laaaaaaaaaady who’s sure that Jerry is climbing the stairway to heaven.


79 posted on 08/20/2017 11:39:51 AM PDT by Darth Republican
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To: SamAdams76

R.I.P. - 91 is a pretty good run, liked him in that movie called The King of Comedy where he played a Johnny Carson type character.


80 posted on 08/20/2017 11:40:14 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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