Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery
by The historic Friars Club building, a five-story house constructed in 1909 in midtown Manhattan that became the clubhouse and “Friars Club Monastery” in 1957 with …
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Joan Rivers on her stand-up comedy contemporaries, then and now
Joan Rivers has made several headlines already this month while promoting her new book, “Diary of a Mad Diva.” In her latest interview, a sit-down …
That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall that airs today, and wouldn’t you know …
Friars Club names Larry King as its new Dean
The changing of the guard at the Friars Club is from old guard to older guard. Larry King, 80, is stepping up to replace 76-year-old …
A rare look behind the scenes at the unreleased Jerry Lewis Holocaust movie, “The Day The Clown Cried”
People who asked Jerry Lewis earlier this year if we’d ever get to see his infamous unreleased movie about a washed-up circus clown entertaining Jewish …
Jerry Lewis and The Man Problem: The Bullying of Women in Comedy
Jerry Lewis is at the Cannes Film Festival, so reporters had the bright idea to ask him if he has discovered any funny women in …
Milton Berle’s 1974 documentary, “Mad Mad World of Comedy”
Here’s something for your (TBT) Throwback Thursday files. Within the opening minute of Milton Berle’s Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (made and aired in 1974-1975), …
“Roasted!” Highlights from the Friars Club Roast of Jack Black
The Friars Club Roast of Jack Black brought down the grand ballroom Friday afternoon at the New York Hilton, as upward of 3,000 of New …
Friars Club to honor Jerry Lewis on his 86th birthday with public celebration
Is The Friars Club getting soft? Nah. Instead of doing a roast, the Friars has announced they’re going to be celebrating Jerry Lewis on his …
MDA Labor Day Telethon: Now with 100% less Jerry Lewis
If you’re old enough to remember a time before cable television, when your TV had about four stations on it, Jerry Lewis and “Jerry’s Kids” …