Today is Jerry Lewis’ birthday! The 87 year old comedian has been a lifelong favorite and, if not exactly an influence, he’s someone whose unrestrained insanity and willingness to go deep for the joke or the gag has been a guiding light for me.… Read the rest
Jerry Lewis
A shout out to Jerry on his 43th annual show!
To know me is to know that I have an unhealthy appreciation–some would say obsession–with Jerry Lewis. He’s the comedian I connected with when I was a kid and for whatever reason, his comedy has never lost its effect on me.… Read the rest
In July, I posted a “scene” from Hitler’s Bellhop, my What If…? take on a Jerry Lewis-produced movie about Adolph Hitler. This was the essay I wrote to accompany the supposed script fragments of Jerry’s rediscovered un-produced epic:
HITLER’S BELLHOP: The Lost Screenplay
© Paul Kupperberg
Late one evening in 1967, Jerry Lewis sat in the private projection room of his Beverly Hills home, screening for perhaps the one hundredth time, Charlie Chaplain’s classic The Great Dictator.… Read the rest
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