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It’s not Labor Day, it’s not all weekend long, and it’s no longer fronted by the late Jerry Lewis, but the Muscular Dystrophy Association is coming back to TV with its annual telethon. MDA is excited to announce the return of their legendary Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon with Kevin Hart …
That the French would love Jerry Lewis should surprise no one who saw him perform at his peak from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s. That Americans would mock the French for it is perhaps more surprising. For the great physicality, cartoonish faces and slapstick sound effects that Lewis used to …
Here’s the lede from my latest Humor In Hindsight column for Decider.com, reflecting on Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy, starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, and Sandra Bernhard, fast-forwarding the context from 1983 to 2017. Who among us hasn’t suffered from delusions of grandeur from time to time, indulging …
People really want to see that Holocaust clown movie that Jerry Lewis deemed so unsalvageable, he not only decided never to release it, but disputes reports that he has allowed the Library of Congress to someday show it after he dies. The latest chapter in the ongoing fan-fueled saga to …
Just as new words surfaced from Jerry Lewis reasserting his claim that nobody will ever see his infamous still-unreleased Holocaust film from 1972, a Jewish comedian from Britain has revealed startling new images and interviews with Lewis in a new documentary that aired on BBC, “The Story of The Day …
People are talking about a new Jerry Lewis interview today, but they’ve completely missed the actual news. I’ve learned over the years that asking anyone about their own lives and experiences is amazingly educational and oftentimes illuminating and inspiring — asking them for their opinions on current events, much less …
Enjoy this Throwback Thursday with a look back across a century of laughs and comedian-on-comedian ribbing as PBS premieres a new half-hour documentary on The Friars Club as part of the “Treasures of New York” series. The special debuts at 10 tonight on WLIW21, and 10 p.m. Friday on WNET-THIRTEEN. …
Dane Cook has a new manager now but a very old iconic mentor in his comedy life, although Cook has never been known as quite the troublemaker as Jerry Lewis has been over the decades. That’s not why Cook’s latest stand-up special, “Troublemaker,” which premieres on Comedy Central this Sunday …
French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, whose comedy frequently takes a dramatically anti-Semitic turn, was arrested once again by French officials — this week for allegedly condoning terrorists. Diedonne had written on Facebook, “je me sens Charlie Coulibaly,” combining the first name of the French satirical magazine where shooters killed at …
The Friars Club announced today that it’ll roast Terry Bradshaw for its first sports-themed Friars Club Roast on ESPN2. The Friars Club Roast of Terry Bradshaw will happen Jan. 29, 2015, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, and air as an hourlong Super Bowl Week special the following night …
