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Jerry Lewis has died
- Pica_soO 9y agoIn death, we shed who we where in live- it becomes somewhat unimportant, what matters now lives on as our family and the thoughts we put into other peoples heads - our legacy. I will always fondly remember the anarchic errand boy, mocking the grandeur of some peacocks at meetings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4v8UdkTx30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4v8UdkTx30 RIP.
- protomyth 9y agoMartin & Lewis’s popularity is hard to imagine today. I doubt any current artist even approaches what they had. His amazing longevity can be seen in how people were introduced to him. I was born in 70, and primarily remember him as the telethon guy, but for my parents he was a movie star, and older folks remember the act.
- melling 9y agoI was born in 1966 and loved watching his movies on TV as a kid.
- Aron 9y agoI spent the first ten years of my life thinking he was the same guy as Jerry Lee Lewis.
- user982 9y agoI am only just now finding out that he wasn't.
- asveikau 9y agoI read that "first ten years" part and find it remarkable you were able to focus on that in the early parts - eg. the first year drooling all over yourself, spitting up, but still confusing Jerry and Jerry Lee ...
- Aron 9y agoHey nice laaaady! Bring me some more smushed peas. Mine fell out.
- canada_dry 9y agoSadly those writing about his 60+ year legacy of publicly doing good and making people laugh, feel it necessary to point out that he wasn't always politically correct... yet fail to reiterate the obvious: he grew up in a time when handicapped people were openly mocked and no 'A' list stars were putting much effort into raising money to support their cause. As a kid I watched the telethon year after year and thought he was a hero.
- zaphirplane 9y agoI have to say as a preemptive response, it kind of brought it to attention. Thou Seems no negative responses
- psyc 9y agoJerry Lewis and Dean Martin were so phenomenally popular and accomplished individually, that I sometimes soft-forget that Lewis and Martin were the Lewis and Martin in Lewis & Martin. And the only thing that makes me feel older than seeing this thread, 8 hours old, with only six comments, is my joints.
- sitkack 9y agoI just saw him in this documentary 8 hrs ago, Dying Laughing (2016) [0] [0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068712/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068712/
- SkyMarshal 9y agoAs someone who doesn't follow entertainment & pop culture closely, how is this related to HN?
- narag 9y agoJerry Lewis was the first nerdy (anti)hero in movies that I saw. I remember very little of his films, I was very young when spanish TV used to air them, but I can say his usual character was funny and likeable.
- acqq 9y agoOne of more arguments: "as a filmmaker of great personal force and technical skill, he made many contributions to the industry, including the invention in 1960 of a device — the video assist, which allowed directors to review their work immediately on the set — still in common use."
- meee 9y agoGilbert Gottfried has a podcast where he interviews older Hollywood types and Jerry comes up quite a bit. I'm sure they will do a memorial episode soon if anyone wants to hear firsthand stories.
- 1337biz 9y agoIs he speaking in that Gilbert Gottfried voice the whole podcast long?
- dano 9y agoJerry's boat anchored in San Diego https://goo.gl/photos/UWyNtbTjYP1jxHdv7 https://goo.gl/photos/UWyNtbTjYP1jxHdv7