Posted on 08/20/2017 12:32:47 PM PDT by Jim W N
Lewis had little success in his later career because he wasn’t willing to diversify the roles he could play.
Serious actors have an all-round reputation.
That moron raised a fortune for sick children.What have you done?
I loved his movies in the 60’s.
I guess the French liked him. I thought he was funny when I was a kid in the 50s. Later, not so much.
Some French “comedies” like Mr Hulots Holiday are completely laughless to me. Other’s like The Dinner Game or Amelie are top notch. To me Lewis’ later stuff fits in the laughless Hulot category. It’s the sort of thing where people are laughing their heads off around you while you sit and stare uncomfortably like you just got dropped into the middle of a nut ward.
He was my all-time absolute favorite comedian - never missed a chance to see his crazy antics at my local theater in the 60’s.
I'd always thought that Jim Carrey was plagiarizing the Lewis schtick right down to the haircut. And making a truly bad job of it.
Still enjoyed Jerry, even if he was over-the-top even for an eight-year-old at times.
RIP
“where he first debuted his comedy routine back in 1949.”
He debuted his comedy routine in the new york catskills many years earlier than that.
It was funny though if you tuned in around 2AM when Jerry just wasn't giving a crap anymore, his tie pulled loose, his oily hair becoming unglued.
Whodathunk?
Not everyone loves slapstick. My wife hates it. I love it.
Lewis was terrifically funny, one of the best (with the Three Stooges and Abbot and Costello) at slapstick.
But Lewis was a very talented musician as well. I saw a documentary about him made recently, and he was directing a big orchestra in the studio and he knew exactly where every note should be and what every emotion should be. You could tell the pros really respected him.
I’m sure he was very hard to work with-—most geniuses are-—but he influenced everyone from Jackie Chan to Ryan Gosling in “The Good Guys.” We should all bring so much joy to our fellow humans.
The Left wants to stifle his freedom of speech even after he has shuffled off of thid mortal coil.
He will be long remembered after his critics have been forgotten.
There was a darkness and abrasiveness to a lot of it I think because he was more interested in being experimental and laying his life bare onscreen than getting big laughs.
So true! I'm already forgetting his critics. :-)
Jerry Lewis went out and did his thing following family tradition so to speak since his father and son were both entertainers.
Its amazing how political this article is and should remind us that the ‘cultural revolutionaries’ out there target everyone in the end, even this legend of comedy.
Great documentary here: “The Method to the Madness.”
He suffered constant, excruciating back pain due to falls he took doing comedic stunts.
Some people couldn’t stand him. I love slapstick, and thought he was a genius. Watch “The Method to the Madness” just to see all the clips of people who directly stole from his routines-—a tribute, in my book.
Rob Reiner told on himself about sexist behavior when he was a young boy.
His dad, Carl, produced the “Dick Van Dyke Show” and little Robbie hung on the set.
Rob pinched Mary Tyler Moore in the backside and explained that his dad told him you’re not supposed to do that.
Reiner did it, he’s guilty of sexism. Let the mob rule, comrades.
“I couldn’t stand him.”
Neither could I.
The French loved him, and looked upon him as a god. That alone speaks volumes.
Maybe his holocaust comedy will be released now, “The Day the Clown Cried”?
Scene: grim barracks, raise lights, voice over:
“We all thought it would be just another evening at Auschwitz-Birkenau, but then the clown with his painted face and red rubber nose appeared with balloon animals ... “
Cause of death at 91 listed officially as "natural causes".
Leni
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