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DVD review of The King of Comedy (1982), starring Jerry Lewis, Robert Deniro Jerry Lewis‘ The King of Comedy is not the typical Jerry Lewis movie. It’s not a comedy, it’s not for the children. It’s a very dark comedy (although rated PG). The King of Comedy looks at the...
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August 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Editorial Reviews of Jerry Lewis’ The Ladies Man (1961), courtesy of Amazon.com Jerry Lewis conjured up one of his simplest concepts for this 1961 hit, but it required a lot of scaffolding. The Ladies Man puts love-scarred Jerry (who has sworn off women) in an all-girl boarding house, infuriated by...
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August 3, 2016 admin
Comedy
The Disorderly Orderly (1964) starring Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Karen Sharp, Del Moore In The Disorderly Orderly, Jerry Lewis plays the part of Jerome Littlefield, a would-be medical student who has dropped out of school due to his extreme case of sympathy pains—whenever a patient discusses his or her symptoms, Jerome...
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August 2, 2016 admin
Comedy
Editorial review of Funny Bones, courtesy of Amazon.com Funny Bones, directed by Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song), is a weird but intriguing comedy with a particularly dark edge. Oliver Platt plays a would-be comedian, the son of a major comedy star (Jerry Lewis); Dad’s reputation even overshadows his...
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August 2, 2016 admin
Comedy
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950), starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn The team of Martin & Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, of course) return to the screen in the sequel to their first film, My Friend Irma.This time, the ditzy blonde Irma (Marie Wilson) leads...
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July 31, 2016 admin
Comedy
Scared Stiff (1953) starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizbeth Scott, Carmen Miranda Scared Stiff is a remake of the Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard comedy, The Ghost Breakers, with Dean Martin as Larry Todd, a singer who is falsely accused of murder (“You murdered a perfect stranger?” “Nobody’s perfect.”)....
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July 31, 2016 admin
Comedy
Synopsis of Money from Home (1953) starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley Synopsis of Money from Home In Money from Home, Gambler Honey Talk Nelson needs money to pay off his losses – quickly. He enlists the aid of his cousin Virgil, a veterinary assistant, to fix...
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July 29, 2016 admin
Comedy
Sailor Beware (1952) starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The description from Amazon.com reads: “Chasing pretty girls, blowing up a liferaft inside a submarine, virtually every sailor gag ever thought of, and a bunch of songs fill out this Martin and Lewis outing as a pair of sailors.” That...
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July 21, 2016 admin
Comedy
Cracking Up (1983) starring Jerry Lewis Editorial review of Cracking Up courtesy of Amazon.com Cracking Up is a crazy quilt of sight gags, one-liners, caricatures, slapstick and quirky vocal mannerisms. In short, it’s marvelous mayhem of the kind which has gained Jerry Lewis admirers the world over. Lewis plays...
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July 20, 2016 admin
Comedy
The Gay Continental lyrics – as sung by Jerry Lewis in The Caddy (Editor’s note: at the time, the word “gay” meant happy or care-free) Where am I from? Gentlemen, from Miami to London, from London to Boston, I’m known as the Gay Continental. Continent-continent-continental, and I got this...
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July 19, 2016 admin
Song Lyrics
