Jerry Lewis has died

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/movies/jerry-lewis-dead-celebrated-comedian-and-filmmaker.html

by stewbrew • 9 years ago

79 17 9 years ago

Pica_soO• 9 years ago

In 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

RIP.

protomyth• 9 years ago

Martin & 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• 9 years ago

I was born in 1966 and loved watching his movies on TV as a kid.

Aron2• 9 years ago

I spent the first ten years of my life thinking he was the same guy as Jerry Lee Lewis.

user982• 9 years ago

I am only just now finding out that he wasn't.

asveikau• 9 years ago

I 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 ...

Aron2• 9 years ago

Hey nice laaaady! Bring me some more smushed peas. Mine fell out.

canada_dry• 9 years ago

Sadly 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• 9 years ago

I have to say as a preemptive response, it kind of brought it to attention. Thou Seems no negative responses

psyc• 9 years ago

Jerry 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• 9 years ago

I just saw him in this documentary 8 hrs ago, Dying Laughing (2016) [0]

[0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068712/

SkyMarshal• 9 years ago

As someone who doesn't follow entertainment & pop culture closely, how is this related to HN?

narag• 9 years ago

Jerry 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• 9 years ago

One 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• 9 years ago

Gilbert 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• 9 years ago

Is he speaking in that Gilbert Gottfried voice the whole podcast long?

dano• 9 years ago

Jerry's boat anchored in San Diego

https://goo.gl/photos/UWyNtbTjYP1jxHdv7

Jerry Lewis has died

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