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Footage of Controversial, Unreleased 1970s Jerry Lewis Film Turns Up on YouTube
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| 08.12.13
Posted on 08/13/2013 7:50:57 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Darksheare
I would consider it a greater compliment to be found funny in the U.K.
Never known a Brit who was not absolutely off his rocker at some level.
To: Buckeye McFrog
It’s the wrong Jerry Lewis, but still..
The film itself is listed out there with such rare bad cinema as the Star Wars Christmas Special.
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posted on
08/13/2013 8:18:19 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: Coldwater Creek
Careful it is only Tuesday, too early to start zoning out :)
To: dead
Maybe if you are a Jewish comic there is some sort of catharsis you experience when using Hitler as your subject matter. Mel Brooks, Seinfeld, Lewis, they all seem to do it. Have to say, I just don’t get it.
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/13/2013 8:22:44 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Just reading the description makes it sound like the most depressing movie since On The Beach.
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posted on
08/13/2013 8:37:31 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“Maybe if you are a Jewish comic there is some sort of catharsis you experience when using Hitler as your subject matter. Mel Brooks, Seinfeld, Lewis, they all seem to do it. Have to say, I just dont get it.”
Derision to the point of irrelevance is one form of revenge.
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posted on
08/13/2013 9:00:36 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: catnipman; discostu; wideawake
Lewis was a brilliant physical comedian and gifted and innovative film director. The cheap jokes at his expense are baffling.
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posted on
08/13/2013 9:29:29 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Hey, if a thread about a guy who began his career as a Borscht Belt comic don’t give us license to let the cheap jokes fly.....
To: KarlInOhio
Sophies Choice was a bigger downer to me.
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posted on
08/13/2013 12:57:02 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Admit it! We are almost ready to be called a police state!)
To: Borges
The cheap jokes at his expense are baffling. So, not necessary to have a sense of humour to appreciate Jerry Lewis
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posted on
08/13/2013 3:34:31 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: Perdogg; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA
Perhaps this a secret plot by Lewis to drum up interest for an eventual release?
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posted on
08/13/2013 4:39:58 PM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: Impy; Perdogg; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale
“Perhaps this a secret plot by Lewis to drum up interest for an eventual release?”
My first thought, actually. The guy’s 87...what’s he got to lose?
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posted on
08/13/2013 4:46:34 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Time to musk up.)
To: Perdogg
Spare me! I can’t stand Jerry Lewis!!!
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posted on
08/13/2013 4:47:41 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
If you are unfamiliar with it....the details of this film are mind-blowingly surreal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried Wow! Thanks for the link.
Talk about inappropriate casting...
To: Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Perdogg. “The Day the Clown Died” would make a good title for a documentary about the eventual death of Jimmy Carter.
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posted on
08/14/2013 3:40:00 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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posted on
08/14/2013 3:41:20 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/14/2013 4:31:27 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Maybe if you are a Jewish comic there is some sort of catharsis you experience when using Hitler as your subject matter. Mel Brooks, Seinfeld, Lewis, they all seem to do it. Have to say, I just dont get it. Saw an interviw with Brooks where he talks about that - you make your enemies less scary/break any power they have over you by mocking them. Hitler was the biggest single enemy the Jewish people have ever had, and so he's a natural target for them to tear down.
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posted on
08/14/2013 4:35:31 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
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