The interviewer actually does a great job. She really did her homework. One of the few interviews of this nature where Jerry actually respects the interviewer, and respectfully answered her questions. Thanks for capturing the rarely seen real side of Jerry.

No mention of his wife of 38 yrs and his 6 children. That speaks volumes. Nobody who ever interviewed him ever presses him on that and his treatment of them. He openly kept his 2nd wife while married to Patti. And that is just for starters. Nobody ever called him out. It is all about Jerry.

@bhggoilable

7 ай бұрын

Large and in charge like hef........

The interviewer fawns a lot and he loves it

A wonderfully done, great, in depth interview. FAR better than most. Jerry was, among other things, a very complicated perfectionist, ... and driven by a passion to be "the greatest" at comedy.

The gravity with which he discusses the 6 months it took to master the falling vases is noteworthy. One can certainly appreciate that level of dedication to one’s craft but his attitude suggests he was working on a cure for a deadly disease rather than pratfalls.

@ronaldmayle1823

3 жыл бұрын

True. The only thing that Jerry did, was hold Dean Martin back for 10 years. When they separated, you saw who the real talent was.

This interview is amazing. I loved Jerry but in later years I thought he was just full of himself. This shows him in such a different light. The intensity in his eyes, and what a true PRO he was. My love of Jerry is renewed

@shymeeee

3 жыл бұрын

Love and miss you, Jerry, wherever you are.

@chadhansen9504

3 жыл бұрын

He was full of himself and very angry.

@shymeeee

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadhansen9504 There's good and bad.

@SilverWealth_Draper_Mint

Жыл бұрын

Being full of yourself is beautiful. The people that put in the hard work, get to brag.

What jerrry didn't understand at the end of the interview, talking about signing autographs after the show.....yes, he gave what the ticket represents, but signing or not signing is where you seperate the nice, as compared to someone who gave only what was expected and didn't give beyond that. There are lots of performers that realize this and will autograph or take pictures on their own time. No one has to be nice, no one is forced to be nice, being nice comes naturally. Since you don't have to be nice, it's the person the person that is freely nice, is truely the measure of ones character.

@larrywarshauer1127

Жыл бұрын

his kids say he was a monster of a parent and his co stars say he was a serial womanizer, just another tragedy of a human who let fame and fortune think the rules of morality didn"t apply to him

I get him. He's protective of his own time and life so he has something left of himself and his life when he goes home. If that's asinine then he's asinine. He was great because he did his job but his private life is his own and he doesn't owe you that.

@carlosdanger947

3 жыл бұрын

He was an asshole and a terrible abusive father

I find this interview very raw; deep. He appears to be very thoughtful and gives honest answers.

Great interview! I think John Lennon said it best when he appeared on Jerry's Labor Day telethon: "We love you Jerry. We just wish you never grew up." IMHO he was the funniest man in the world in the 50's to early 60's and one of the greatest comedians of all time. To those that say he was an egomaniac all I can say is he was a complicated person. If he didn't have a huge ego he would've never been as successful. That's one of the prerequisites in making it to the top. Love Jerry - RIP

@Bandit1one

4 жыл бұрын

Ask his 5 sons what a great person he was when he cut them and all descendents out of his will. Lewis’ oldest son Gary Lewis, a musician known for his band Gary Lewis & the Playboys, blamed his father for his brother’s death, reportedly saying “Jerry Lewis is a mean and evil person. He was never loving and caring toward me or my brothers,”

@steve3602

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bandit1one I wasn't commenting on Jerry as a person. I think one can delineate between admiring someone as a performer as opposed to liking someone as a person.

@Bandit1one

4 жыл бұрын

@@steve3602 OJ Simpson and Bill Cosby used to be my favorite, but I will never watch anything their in again

@SilverWealth_Draper_Mint

Жыл бұрын

Lennon was an anti merican clown

Jerry says "at 25 he had a known IQ of 189." - I can believe that given his comedic genius and many achievements. he also had a tremendous memory and passion to always "do better".

@daniellebourgade8701

5 жыл бұрын

A QI bigger than Einstein ......???

@MatsThyWit

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't have a tremendous memory. He told stories in detail that made him appear to have a great memory. In reality if you watch multiple interviews you'll find he regularly contradicted his own stories, often claiming things happened one way and then later claiming it happened completely differently.

@deanathomopson6981

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatsThyWit Watch part 1 when he gives the origin of saying "Good night grandma" Lied right through his teeth and was caught.

@ronaldmayle1823

3 жыл бұрын

How smart do you have to be to make faces and fall down for a theater full of kids?

@quasimodem5260

Жыл бұрын

Better than Bill Gates …yeah right.

Jerry Lewis you were so funny and such a great way to get the people to see you to laugh with you it was a time for something great dont lose you sence of humor your love of a audiance I loved to watch you and your crew everyday!! Be great, be happy, be loved by the people may god keep you safe!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!

@Bandit1one

4 жыл бұрын

He's dead

I didn't know you were the architect of this Amazing insight into this not just Comic Genius but his insight into human behavior too. He was an amazing person, thank you for sharing this ✌

He is an artistic genius in every sense of the word. Seriously. The way he critiques things. Just amazing. So smart.

@tracym1208

5 жыл бұрын

Ya but such a prick

@bunnyhop3211

4 жыл бұрын

Find someone else to follow then love if it makes you unhappy and foul mouthed.

Here's a guy who was very complicated just like another Jersey Boy Frank Sinatra! They both did alot of good things e.g. in Las Vegas. But they both had a very dark side to them. I really didn't know that Irvington was so down on Jews. I knew several Jewish guys from there and I don't recall them ever talking about this. Irvington never was a classy place but now, it is really a hellhole!

189 IQ! No way, Nutty Professor!!!

Is this during his run in Damn Yankees? He scored a major hit in that, so he was relaxed and perfectly happy to discuss his own fabulosity at great length...but I knew cast members -- the little people--dancers and singers, seasoned Broadway professionals, no nonsense. They feared him like Hitler --and he frequently gave them good reason to.

@soapbxprod

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. We also have a stage interview uploaded.

He seems like he was the life of the party

He seems like an unhappy man.. but clearly smart.

@marym5037

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think that he looks unhappy, he looks like someone whom was traumatized at one point in his life and still tries to make the best out of his sorrow! Despite all of the nasty comments of people here on you tube, I really love this man. I feel a profound and genuine affection! I think that he was a teddy bear under that mask that he wore! Such a beautiful, talented, honest, upfront, and kind man

@HoppingMadMedia

4 жыл бұрын

I think he's just allowing himself to be real, for once, rather than "on." And sometimes real is tired and unenthusiastic.

@sarahholland2600

2 жыл бұрын

He has no warmth. Also looks like he has a short temper & doesn't suffer fools gladly: & he has the deadest eyes I've ever seen. His female co stars all have stories about inappropriate sexual incidents & threats ( see You Tube for their interviews).

@ivee5022

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahholland2600 He was the EXACT clone of my deceased mom & of course she did the deathbed apologies. BUT NOT TO MY OTHER SIBLINGS. maybe my abuse was worse? Yep, she molested me, broke all my bones, & they healed abnormally, seldom looked at me, nor call me by name, told siblings lies about me throughout my adult life, she gave me several STDs, (using anything, I guess), SH, I'm unable to bare children, when I had an exam/x-rays, all this was made clear, smothered by pillows at night, (I have lung issues), locked in dark closets, (still sleep in the day, I'm retired), she used baby rattlers at night causing me to scream, "SNAKES, SNAKES UNDER THE BED!" over & over. Everything done to me was on a regular. I was peeing in my bed till 7-9yrs old. I told my dad, as much as I could remember after being grown, about me & my siblings. He was USAF & overseas ALOT & he thought our black eyes, burns, broken limbs were from playing. He left her after he asked my siblings questions about it. My Dad always watched out for me & passed on my B'day. Thanks by the pure Grace of JESUS CHRIST, I don't walk, talk, nor act abnormally. I always live my FUN childhood, no matter where I move, by parents dropping their kids at my door or dating fun guys. You wanna know what's even more of a blessing? No matter where I move, shave my head, let my hair grow, diff colors & styles, I'm USAF, a kid (grown-up), knows my name, stays in touch, recalls how we used to have fun playing hoops, Red light Green Light, Hide & Seek, Tag, where we lived, how we met, etc etc. THAT, IN ITSELF, MAKES ME KNOW... she didn't win😇👍

Jerry I always saw you as someone that was sharp and funny and you were loved by your audiance and movies be happy be grateful you were loved whats better!!!!!

@Bandit1one

4 жыл бұрын

His 5 sons don't think much of him

Is that an evil Nun watching in the background?

@soapbxprod

5 жыл бұрын

A Jewish Nun! LOL

@cherylmatthews4066

4 жыл бұрын

thats a mirror, its showing the interviewer pmsl. x

@gravelyman

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, I thought that too

Thank you for being a helper, Mr. Lewis.❤

He shot daggers at the interviewer when she tried to get him to talk about “girls on the road.” For good reason. Did she really expect him to dive into that?

@DenevaUnchained

2 жыл бұрын

He did talk about it in Dean & Me: A Love Story ten years later, on his own terms and in the context of the period (for a lot of working male performers, it was almost expected). But I think this was also at a point in time when one young woman was suing to be acknowledged as his child (and working with Gary on DNA testing). It's a very fraught subject, but I do understand why the interviewer would at least touch on that here.

Spot on with the parties after the performance.... would be a drag

Strange how you get your questions answered. I was wondering what Jerry's I.Q. was, because he always appeared so smart to me. He answers it in this interview. Some may think he is exaggerating it, but I can really believe he had an I.Q. in the 180s, because it is just obvious to me he was extremely smart.

Actually Phillipp Roth touched on this Irvington thing in his book Portnoy's Complaint. He briefly mentions it when Alex Portnoy is in Irvington and tries to explain that it is old French and means "black gate" and was the entrance to the manor - and gets the brush off.

This interview is very humbling, he's honest..he's a millionaire at 19

Jerry wonderful interview

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for tuning in, Maggie, and for your kind comment. We do appreciate it very, very much... Warmest Regards, Luke Sacher (videographer of this interview) Praeses & Soapbox Productions Inc.

He looks so aggravated

To listen to him you would think he made some of the best movies ever made. What he did make was cute sort of funny movies. His ego was bigger than his accomplishments.

@pammy-bateman1327

6 жыл бұрын

August Dinovo that is your opinion; an opinion doesn't make it fact. His style of comedy is regarded by many, particularly those in the business, as genius.

@pamelahawley4844

3 жыл бұрын

Martin Scorsese on Jerry Lewis: 'It was like watching a virtuoso pianist at the keyboard' He was the anarchic funnyman who went from comedies with Dean Martin to inspired cinematic brilliance with The Nutty Professor. Martin Scorsese pays tribute to his King of Comedy star The Not-So-Nutty Professor In addition to his varied entertainment, philanthropic and family responsibilities, Jerry has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, where he taught a graduate course in film direction. The Total Film Maker, a book based on recordings of 480 hours of his classroom lectures, was published by Random House in 1971. And since the book hit the stands, it became mandatory reading in every university and film school in the United States, as well as Continental Europe. The Films of Jerry Lewis book is one of the most comprehensive studies of one man’s body of work in the motion picture industry. The “Real” Jerry Lewis Behind the pratfalls, the jokes and the public persona, Jerry Lewis is a devoted family man who always carries snapshots of his family in his pockets for luck. The entertainer has a daughter, Danielle, born in 1992, in addition to five sons - Gary, Ron, Scott, Chris and Anthony - and several grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. A frequent MDA Telethon highlight is a performance by Jerry's number-one son and his band -- Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- and the Telethon cameras regularly catch Sam and Danielle sitting in their customary front row seats. It’s also no coincidence that the official Jerry Lewis Web site, www.jerrylewiscomedy.com, is hosted by Jerry’s son, Chris. Jerry is famous for his love of children, and the immense popularity he enjoys among them is hardly surprising. “I get paid for doing what children are punished for,” he reasons. “In doing this, I can help them get rid of their hostility quotient.” Or, as one 14-year-old fan put it: “Jerry is just a nice big kid who makes us laugh. Kids love him because he’s really one of us.” Jerry summed it up himself when he said - in response to the countless well-wishers who wrote to commemorate his 76th birthday in March 2002: “76? You got the birth date right, but the age is wrong! I’m only 9 … remember? Always have been, always will be.” The motto that best expresses Jerry’s ongoing love affair with humanity is this: “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” --- Humanitarian Awards “Jerry Lewis is a man for all seasons, all people and all times. His name has, in the hearts of millions, become synonymous with peace, love, and brotherhood.” The late Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, then a congressman from Wisconsin, penned those words in 1977 in the conclusion of his nomination of Jerry for the Nobel Peace Prize. Never in the history of show business has an entertainer been so honored. In 1984, the government of France officially recognized that country's legendary admiration of Jerry Lewis by giving him its two most distinguished awards. First, Lewis was made a Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, and was extolled by French Minister of Culture Jack Lang for his “human qualities and generosity. You are a child’s friend, and a model for adults.” Later that same year, Jerry was inducted into the Legion of Honor by the decree of President Francois Mitterand. Legion membership honors individuals whose accomplishments demonstrate extraordinary public service. Back in the United States, on June 8, 1985, the Defense Department presented Jerry with its highest civilian award - the Medal for Distinguished Public Service. The citation that accompanies the engraved gold medal reads, in part: “His service has had a profound effect on the youth of our country, on men and women in uniform today and their children, and on those children who shall one day serve our country in its defense.” In 1956, Lewis began hosting an annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a role which he held for over 40 years. In 1977, he became the only comic ever nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and in 1985, he received a United States Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. In March 2006, the French Minister of Culture awarded Lewis the ‘Legion of Honor.’ Lewis received the National Association of Broadcaster's Distinguished Service Award in April 2015. Lewis was a life-long philanthropist, and raised over $2 billion for his Muscular Dystrophy Association's Charity, Jerry's Kids. He was honored by not just one, but two stars on the Hollywood. In December 1996, the American Medical Association presented its Lifetime Achievement Awards to Jerry and MDA “for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity.” Jerry was honored for his decades of dedication to MDA, becoming only the fifth person in AMA history to receive this award. As National Chairman of MDA, Jerry has devoted two-thirds of his lifetime to the effort to eradicate neuromuscular diseases. His unflagging, year-round work for this cause has endeared him to millions. Under Jerry’s leadership, the Association has been - and will continue to be - the recognized leader in the worldwide fight against these diseases. Legendary Entertainer One of the most successful performers in show business - with worldwide box office gross receipts of his films in excess of $800 million - Jerry Lewis has received global acclaim for his unique ability and style with both comedy and drama. Best known for his comedic genius, he's considered among the elite in the history of comedy. He has an exceptional feel for comic timing and possesses all the other unique qualities of a great clown. Critic Harriet Van Horne described Jerry’s screen persona as “a sort of witless genius,” while Hollywood director Leo McCarey called Lewis “the Pied Piper of the business, the heir to the mantle of Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd.” In 1991, Jerry received two impressive honors as the show business industry recognized his lifetime of achievement. On January 13, he received the Comic Life Achievement Award during cable television’s annual ACE Awards. The National Association of Broadcasters paid tribute to Jerry by inducting him into the Broadcast Hall of Fame on April 17. Jerry was inducted into the International Humor Hall of Fame in 1992. And on February 22, 1998, Jerry received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Comedy Hall of Fame. In 1999, legendary film director Martin Scorsese presented Jerry Lewis with a career Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival. Lewis was honored as “an extraordinary example of the total filmmaker: scriptwriter, director and protagonist of his films, therefore fully responsible for his work.” He kept giving and giving and giving to us. He loved so much. We are so grateful to him and his life.

Sounds like Jerry has a love-hate relationship with his fans. I wonder if he would have been that curt with a fan back in the 50s? Hard to listen to him at this part (beginning at 23:00) OUCH!

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

Laura Stone So true! As Nick Tosches, author of "Dino", said of him: "I love Jerry... all seven of him." :) A most mercurial person, as so many super talented people are- I think that he emulated Sinatra a lot... and who didn't in those days?

@lindashelley3635

7 жыл бұрын

Laura Stone I sort of understand what he's saying about the fans taking up his time, but on the other hand surely it would be much quicker just to sign an autograph and get away home than to take up precious minutes explaining why he WONT give the autograph. Especially if the fan gets stroppy about it and he ends up in an even more time-consuming row about the whole thing.

@pegcage

6 жыл бұрын

Concerning his interaction with his fans, I have an idea it was the way they approached him that would irk him. Like the lady who waited at the stage door for an hour, she should not have announced that to him like he owed her going immediately to the stage door so she could get his autograph. Fans can be obnoxious sometimes. As much as you may want a celeb's autograph, you should be discerning as to the right time and right way to ask. I imagine getting bombarded constantly while trying to have a private moment would grate on anyone. Celebrities are only human, after all. How would the rest of us handle it?

I'm so intimidated but how Jerry Lewis looks here.

For the good times!!!!

Jerry talks about being more intelligent than Einstein, his technical brilliance and all encompassing god-like love for mankind and his film crews while working two sticks of Juicy-Fruit like there's no tomorrow.

@lukeasacher

6 ай бұрын

Hard Licorice candy.

Amazing talent, but pontificating a bit I think

@19:30 So true. His dad was right.

Pure Genius

@AB-bv6uk

5 жыл бұрын

hardlines4 for real

Great interview...this was real. All of it.

@LenHummelChannel

8 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Capone I think so also: probably the most serious and thoughtful interview Jerry ever made. it is fascinating to hear and watch.

@soapbxprod

8 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Capone Thanks SO MUCH! We shot this interview for our 1996 A&E Biography of Jerry- here's the link to it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4p1k5WrYZCzhrA.html Luke Sacher Praeses & Soapbox Productions

@soapbxprod

8 жыл бұрын

+Len Hummel Thanks for tuning in- we shot this interview for our A&E Bio of Jerry- here is a link to it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4p1k5WrYZCzhrA.html We have lots and lots of rare Jerry footage on our channel page if you're interested... outtakes, newsreels, promos etc. Luke Sacher

Our brows, face, are similar ...except for chin

Truly a great interview. People call him arrogant...but at almost 90 today he has earned it. He is a show biz genius..no one can deny it. If you do ..you don't know show biz, if you get Jerry Lewis no explanation is needed ...if you don't get jerry no explanation will suffice. That's Jerry.

@johnjames4992

8 жыл бұрын

I deny it. Woody Allen is a genius. Jerry made a lot of shitty movies and failed at just about everything else.

@moderoy

6 жыл бұрын

Woody Allen is a genius, at raping his seven year old daughter. Thankfully Mr. Lewis did not posses that kind of genius.

@pegcage

6 жыл бұрын

And yet Allen says he learned a lot from Jerry, who was one of his heroes.

@chlandi2226

Жыл бұрын

@@moderoy no, just about enough to treat his own fAMILY LIKE Sxxxt!

Look we all know that Jerry's EGO, pomposity and self importance cannot be measured in light years, nor can his brilliance; it's a package deal. ;) May he live and be well another 90 plus years, one of the most important comic minds of the 20th century; God bless funny man.

8:20 I had an IQ of 189! ..... LMAO

The woman interviewing him is a good interviewer, many others would be put off by his underlying resentful energy and condescending look , he's very aloof and a bit defensive, he seems almost bored at having to do this.having said that hes a comedy genius and says lots of caring decent things, but I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of him.

Thanks for posting these videos. Fascinating stuff. I love Jerry, I'm a big fan of his films with Dean and his solo work. But I have to say..there is no getting around Jerry's ego and often times arrogant, smug condescending way And like I've said.. I love the guy. No question about his intelligence and what he did back in the 50's and 60s. Watching the interviews.. I was nervous Carole was going to ask him a question that he would get upset at. There is one early 80s interview with Jerry by a guy named Bill Boggs.. and there are few instances there were you could see how furious Jerry was at being asked things he didn't like.

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

Bill Boggs was the host of a local WNEW-TV show in NYC- I grew up with him... By the way, we shot this interview for Jerry's 1996 biography, narrated by Alan King. Jerry Lewis... The Last American Clown Carole is my mom! We have been making documentaries of and on together since 1985 or so- I came up the ranks in NYC as an Assistant Cameraman in NABET local 15, and would shoot and then edit for her when she'd get a new contract or grant. I'm dear friends with his son Anthony. Best Wishes to You and Yours- Luke Sacher Praeses & Soapbox Productions Inc. PS- my Grandfather was Abner Biberman- Tony Curtis' first drama coach. Group Theater member and Clifford Odets' roommate... Janet Leigh was like an aunt to me- Carole and I made her bio as well... she was the finest lady that ever walked this earth... Janet Leigh... a life in Hollywood

@westy40

9 жыл бұрын

***** Interesting about you growing up with Bill Boggs. Thanks for the info regarding you and your mom. I subscribe to your channel (which I love) so I know the fascinating history of you and your mom and the great documentaries that you guys have made and have been a part of. Thanks for all the great work

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

westy40 Well that is about the kindest thing that anyone could say, and I can't thank you enough, your words are truly appreciated. :)

@StevieStitches

9 жыл бұрын

Jerry Lewis: "When I would be my nonperforming self, I was thought of as being 'big-headed'. I was being 'egotistical'. I was a 'megalomaniac', when it really was just having not to be a performing monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. I'll be the performing monkey if you want. But you asked to meet the man, so I'll give you what you want. I have a brain." usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2002-08-29-jerry_x.htm

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

thecooooolcat Thanks so much for all of your insightful and kind comments!

189? LOL

"I walked out and you'd think it was the coming of the Christ."

Who is the immobile nun in the background

@loupasternak

10 ай бұрын

mother theresa , she was a big fan and asked to sit in

It's amazing this gal who gets this interview just doesn't understand what Jerry was telling her about his father..she just misses the boat...

@soapbxprod

8 жыл бұрын

We shot this interview for our A&E Bio of Jerry- here is a link to it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4p1k5WrYZCzhrA.html Carole Langer, the interviewer, produced and directed the Bio. I shot and edited it. Look us up on the iMDB. We have lots and lots of rare Jerry footage on our channel page if you're interested... outtakes, newsreels, promos etc. Luke Sacher

Jerry Lewis very funny man

JERRY LEWIS 16 DE MARZO DE 1926 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2017 91 AÑOS

15:15 A pre #MeToo comment..

Him chewing the gum just irks me

@soapbxprod

7 жыл бұрын

LOL! Actually little hard candies... his wife came in later in during the interview when I was reloading the camera and yelled "SPIT IT OUT!" Thanks for watching.

@caroltaylor9853

5 жыл бұрын

... Jerry Lewis smoked for oh I'm guessing over 40 years of his life, suffered a heart attack, quit smoking, endured pulmonary fibrosis and other medical difficulties.....I say let him have his gum or lozenges!

@carllange4297

5 жыл бұрын

It's ASMR

Those eyes, that voice....learning from the master:D

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

Isn't he wonderful! Shooting this interview was one of the best days of my career...

@Vamosdeshopping

9 жыл бұрын

You where there with him? Arggggg, I could faint. You lucky boy! :D

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks, Maria. I was more than there with him- I produced his 1996 Biography for A&E: Jerry Lewis... The Last American Clown It took an entire year to make- I was inside my Avid editing room with everything that Jerry ever did... I'm very good friends with his son Anthony, too.

@caroltaylor9853

5 жыл бұрын

@@soapbxprod ... I've watch that biography many times. It is one of my favorites. Jerry Lewis has always been my favorite and he always will be. He is absolutely the King of Comedy and a precious human being. RIP 💗

@ianwatson3315

3 жыл бұрын

He was an asshole, a wife and child beater.

His EGO is sooooo big, it's fun as hell to listen to him.

@soapbxprod

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Man! Your channel is a RIPPER GREAT! Thanks for your comments and ROCK ON!

The content chewing. Nervous

What was the interviewers name

@80s_kid.

7 ай бұрын

Her name was Carole Langer

@Willthethrill8-

7 ай бұрын

@80s_kid. thank you soon much it was killing me. Was joey her husband?

Love his record of "Great Balls Of Fire"!

@jerickzane

2 жыл бұрын

that's a different jerry

@catherineeckstein2705

Жыл бұрын

That’s Jerry Lee Lewis 🙄🙄🙄

Who's he trying to convince, us or himself? The interviewer is definitely feeding that huge ego...

@bitcomkid

5 жыл бұрын

He is so full of himself, and he has no reason to be.

@jorhay1

5 жыл бұрын

There’s an art to doing that.

What the heck was he eating?

Humility was not a part of his character!

@michaeliannucci8086

3 жыл бұрын

Humility doesn’t mean thinking Less of yourself; it means thinking of yourself, Less!!

It looks like there is a little NUN over his shoulder- My eyes keep going to that NUN.

To me, this was a very awkward interview, it sounded like she did a lot of fawning to keep him from ending the interview, it probably wasn't because of that, but she seemed to act very careful around him.

@lukeasacher

6 ай бұрын

We shot this interview for Jerry's A&E Biography. Here's the finished show. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4p1k5WrYZCzhrA.html

@80s_kid.

6 ай бұрын

Thank You For the Link, i'm watching it now. @@lukeasacher

People seem so interested in "real," but he evidently was a bad drinker,,as well as a cruel father and husband..Dr Jeckle for his appearances and notoriety, and Mr Hyde for his actual life??

Jerry says his IQ is 189?

@EVzipper48

7 жыл бұрын

Ya I mean that is SO incredibly ridiculous! I love Jerry but he is for all time the King of exaggeration.

@pegcage

6 жыл бұрын

I can believe it, because I have an I.Q. of 130 and I can tell you right now I am not anywhere near as smart as Jerry Lewis was.

@lindashelley3635

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Sharp Jerry SAYS a lot of things... I have watched a lot of interviews of him on You tube and in many of them he gives answers that are contradictory to those he gave at different times. So much so that I have come to take anything he says with a large pinch of salt. To me, this is a typical example; he makes the statement and the interviewer just accepts it as fact. Well, maybe it is, but I would like to know if he was ever tested by MENSA or any other educational body to give that exact IQ figure. I mean, it’s not an exam that most people would ever take unless they were some kind of academic. Obviously Jerry is a reasonably intelligent man, but this seems a strange claim for someone in show business to make.

@bbianchi8909

5 жыл бұрын

@@lindashelley3635 Apparently his IQ number changed over the years depending on which interview he brought it up in. He obviously wanted people to know he had a high IQ, maybe he did, but i doubt he ever got tested.

@m.q.macabre1825

5 жыл бұрын

@@bbianchi8909 There's more than one IQ test and therefore more than one IQ scale. Moreover, tests and scales have been updated and further developed over the years; and an updated, 2019 edition of a test will offer different results from an original edition from, say, the 1950s. So frankly, it's not UNREALISTIC that a guy in the 1940s taking an IQ test scored 189 while a more modern version of the same test might have that man at 145. In fact, that would be par for the course and so the discrepencies of themselves mean nothing.

Valium???

Why did the French idolise him?

@daniellebourgade8701

5 жыл бұрын

Because we are more intelligent than other people.....😄

@tracym1208

5 жыл бұрын

Because there frogs

@pamelahawley4844

3 жыл бұрын

because of all his contributions...Martin Scorsese on Jerry Lewis: 'It was like watching a virtuoso pianist at the keyboard' He was the anarchic funnyman who went from comedies with Dean Martin to inspired cinematic brilliance with The Nutty Professor. Martin Scorsese pays tribute to his King of Comedy star The Not-So-Nutty Professor In addition to his varied entertainment, philanthropic and family responsibilities, Jerry has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, where he taught a graduate course in film direction. The Total Film Maker, a book based on recordings of 480 hours of his classroom lectures, was published by Random House in 1971. And since the book hit the stands, it became mandatory reading in every university and film school in the United States, as well as Continental Europe. The Films of Jerry Lewis book is one of the most comprehensive studies of one man’s body of work in the motion picture industry. The “Real” Jerry Lewis Behind the pratfalls, the jokes and the public persona, Jerry Lewis is a devoted family man who always carries snapshots of his family in his pockets for luck. The entertainer has a daughter, Danielle, born in 1992, in addition to five sons - Gary, Ron, Scott, Chris and Anthony - and several grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. A frequent MDA Telethon highlight is a performance by Jerry's number-one son and his band -- Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- and the Telethon cameras regularly catch Sam and Danielle sitting in their customary front row seats. It’s also no coincidence that the official Jerry Lewis Web site, www.jerrylewiscomedy.com, is hosted by Jerry’s son, Chris. Jerry is famous for his love of children, and the immense popularity he enjoys among them is hardly surprising. “I get paid for doing what children are punished for,” he reasons. “In doing this, I can help them get rid of their hostility quotient.” Or, as one 14-year-old fan put it: “Jerry is just a nice big kid who makes us laugh. Kids love him because he’s really one of us.” Jerry summed it up himself when he said - in response to the countless well-wishers who wrote to commemorate his 76th birthday in March 2002: “76? You got the birth date right, but the age is wrong! I’m only 9 … remember? Always have been, always will be.” The motto that best expresses Jerry’s ongoing love affair with humanity is this: “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” --- Humanitarian Awards “Jerry Lewis is a man for all seasons, all people and all times. His name has, in the hearts of millions, become synonymous with peace, love, and brotherhood.” The late Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, then a congressman from Wisconsin, penned those words in 1977 in the conclusion of his nomination of Jerry for the Nobel Peace Prize. Never in the history of show business has an entertainer been so honored. In 1984, the government of France officially recognized that country's legendary admiration of Jerry Lewis by giving him its two most distinguished awards. First, Lewis was made a Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, and was extolled by French Minister of Culture Jack Lang for his “human qualities and generosity. You are a child’s friend, and a model for adults.” Later that same year, Jerry was inducted into the Legion of Honor by the decree of President Francois Mitterand. Legion membership honors individuals whose accomplishments demonstrate extraordinary public service. Back in the United States, on June 8, 1985, the Defense Department presented Jerry with its highest civilian award - the Medal for Distinguished Public Service. The citation that accompanies the engraved gold medal reads, in part: “His service has had a profound effect on the youth of our country, on men and women in uniform today and their children, and on those children who shall one day serve our country in its defense.” In 1956, Lewis began hosting an annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a role which he held for over 40 years. In 1977, he became the only comic ever nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and in 1985, he received a United States Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. In March 2006, the French Minister of Culture awarded Lewis the ‘Legion of Honor.’ Lewis received the National Association of Broadcaster's Distinguished Service Award in April 2015. Lewis was a life-long philanthropist, and raised over $2 billion for his Muscular Dystrophy Association's Charity, Jerry's Kids. He was honored by not just one, but two stars on the Hollywood. In December 1996, the American Medical Association presented its Lifetime Achievement Awards to Jerry and MDA “for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity.” Jerry was honored for his decades of dedication to MDA, becoming only the fifth person in AMA history to receive this award. As National Chairman of MDA, Jerry has devoted two-thirds of his lifetime to the effort to eradicate neuromuscular diseases. His unflagging, year-round work for this cause has endeared him to millions. Under Jerry’s leadership, the Association has been - and will continue to be - the recognized leader in the worldwide fight against these diseases. Legendary Entertainer One of the most successful performers in show business - with worldwide box office gross receipts of his films in excess of $800 million - Jerry Lewis has received global acclaim for his unique ability and style with both comedy and drama. Best known for his comedic genius, he's considered among the elite in the history of comedy. He has an exceptional feel for comic timing and possesses all the other unique qualities of a great clown. Critic Harriet Van Horne described Jerry’s screen persona as “a sort of witless genius,” while Hollywood director Leo McCarey called Lewis “the Pied Piper of the business, the heir to the mantle of Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd.” In 1991, Jerry received two impressive honors as the show business industry recognized his lifetime of achievement. On January 13, he received the Comic Life Achievement Award during cable television’s annual ACE Awards. The National Association of Broadcasters paid tribute to Jerry by inducting him into the Broadcast Hall of Fame on April 17. Jerry was inducted into the International Humor Hall of Fame in 1992. And on February 22, 1998, Jerry received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Comedy Hall of Fame. In 1999, legendary film director Martin Scorsese presented Jerry Lewis with a career Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival. Lewis was honored as “an extraordinary example of the total filmmaker: scriptwriter, director and protagonist of his films, therefore fully responsible for his work.” He kept giving and giving and giving to us. He loved so much. We are so grateful to him and his life.

Wonderful interview with an incredibly smart and talented - albeit complicated and arrogant - entertainer. I just wish he hadn’t been chewing nicotine gum or some kind of candy throughout... it became quite a distraction!

I get the feeling that Jerry probably became quickly bored with you in conversation unless you were kissing his ssA. If you weren't kissing his ssA, he probably had very little time to talk.

The way he is conducting himself,his personality. It strikes me that he is and has been into himself. He is very judgmental with people. (Look at me. Look what what I have. No one else is going to get any of it. A VIKING at its best.) I have been given things from my family members before they passed on. I have acquired and worked for will be passed on to the up coming generation of my family. While I am living, the things I have will be used and what is left over someone else can have. And I’ll be very generous. This guy is a joke the way he treated his family members period. I have no respect towards this stingy person. His kids should have went on their way when grown and cut ties altogether with him. He is very arrogant. CWA

If everything is true about what these two women are saying, doesn't that make everything Jerry says about treating his "crew" with respect a barefaced lie?

Wow, Jerry was really happy in this interview. He just kept smiling and laughing. How does he do it?

@soapbxprod

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for tuning in and leaving such a kind word- JERRY FOREVER! LA LA LA... Best Wishes, Luke Sacher (videographer of this interview)

@HoppingMadMedia

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't have to always be "on"

His own level of genius was not even good enough for him.

an itaian ronald reagan

Needed better dentures

Why is there a face behind Jerry over his left shoulder? Looks like a nun.

He is hard to read. But if I didn't know anything at all about him or his fame and was showed this video, I would assume that he was a sociopath.

What Jerry does different from most entertainers is that he is never entertaining.

8:30 Jerry claims he had an IQ of 189 Einstein had an IQ of 160

FOOL YOR SELF FOOL OTHERS BUT DO NOT TRY TOO FOOL ME !

He cracked me up as a kid. Nice guy. Good looking too. He was blessed.

JERRY LEWIS 16/03/26 20/08/17

funny

Love his strong character, brilliant entertainer

I think Jerry wanted to own a Hollywood studio, as a director he was a perpetual task master that burned a lot of bridges. Once he tried to finance his own films he went into bankruptcy and had to flee his Hollywood home for a much cheaper home in Las Vegas. He was very, very bitter after all those years in Hollywood. He knew he had to work himself out of bankruptcy, which meant he had to work in television. He went on all the talk shows, guest appearances on many series..he even tried to do his own talk show ala Johnny Carson, which failed miserably. Finally, Jerry got a break when someone unexpectedly dropped out of a part in Damn Yankees. Jerry stayed with that job 4 years and finally paid off all his debts and didn't have to work much anymore. Jerry was such an ass to EVERYBODY after that.

What did Jerry Lewis think of Ronald Reagan? What exactly were Jerry Lewis' political views? He's a relaxed, charismatic guy. I worked with him.

@DenevaUnchained

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he was a registered republican pre-southern strategy and, like a lot of them from this period, never officially made the switch but were known to vote democratic and devote their time to decidedly non-republican causes (public health, the right to vote, etc.). He knew Reagan when he was a working actor and visited him during his political career in California and... I think? the white house? I can't recall. He DESPISED Richard Nixon for a variety of reasons (including Gary's troubles after Vietnam) and was "unoffically" on the enemies list, similar to Dick Cavett -- i.e. his name wasn't documented as being an enemy specifically, but he and the MDA charity were targeted for tax audits and were the subject of a smear campaign initiated by Donald Segretti and his cohorts pre-Watergate.

If he isn't Bipolar I don't know who is!

@DenevaUnchained

2 жыл бұрын

YES. Reading interviews with co-workers and his own autobiographies, there are scenes that describe what a lot of us would recognize as sensory overload, auditory processing issues, light sensitivity, touch sensitivity, and the "down" periods of manic depressive disorder. He seems to have "evened out" A LOT in the last fifteen years of his life, which would indicate to me that he was finally getting some treatment somewhere but, perhaps in the spirit of his time, never spoke about it.

chewing gum durring an interview but yet he gives lessens on manners..

Feeding an ego a bit

@soapbxprod

8 жыл бұрын

+walkthisways Indeed! But it's JERRY and he deserved his ego to be fed- a true genius, in our opinion... Luke Sacher Shooter of this interview

@walkthisways

8 жыл бұрын

thats true!

@soapbxprod

8 жыл бұрын

+walkthisways My favorite two of his pictures are The Patsy and Who's Minding the Store... so much fun!

@EVzipper48

7 жыл бұрын

Ya but is that an ego that really NEEDS to be fed?!? Calling weight watchers! ;)

@caroltaylor9853

5 жыл бұрын

@@soapbxprod ... Who's Minding the Store, one of my favorites as well. Jerry Lewis was a precious human being and a National Treasure. He was the absolute King of Comedy, RIP 💗

Epitome of a wasted life desperately trying to give it a meaning

Whatever he is chewing on all thru the interview...its annoying.

@loupasternak

10 ай бұрын

dont watch then

@jodihertle5319

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, I never thought of that.

Not smart enough to know not to chew gum during an interview.

He's a prick in this interview. He had nothing going on but his telethon. His later life accomplishments led to this interview, if he had something new going we would have seen it. Nevertheless I love this man but this interview is terrible. The reporter tries to lead Jerry but Jerry won't go anywhere. He's not motivated. Camera angle is terrible.

By all reports he was an abusive, arrogant and vile human being, a male version of Lucille Ball.

creep

GET WISDOM. SUCH A LOST TRAITE

Jerry had many flaws as WE ALL DO! You hypocrites, who among you have the right to judge him? Jerry raised a billion dollars to fight Muscular Dystrophy and worked his tail off to make people laugh. Most of you sociopaths have no clue that there is always a frown behind the clown. See if you can understand what that truly means.

@vardellsfolly5200

4 жыл бұрын

Σοme have many flaws. Some have few. Some have many flaws and those are huge. Rejecting your family?! Disinheriting your own children? Cheating your wives and being proud for it!? And you excuse those!?

@bobbrooks8705

4 жыл бұрын

@@vardellsfolly5200: HYPOCRITE. Take the beam out of your own eye before you take the spec from your brothers eye.

@vardellsfolly5200

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobbrooks8705 Oh, i get it now. You are an imbecile. Why did you not tell me in the first place, moron?

Arrogance personified!

The more interviews I see the more the read, The more of a GREATER DISAPPOINTMENT HE BECOMES TO ME. If the internet had been around When he was younger an people knew the real him it would have damaged his then career. Poor Patty Lewis an Sons. Dumped an abandoned An having to live wondering why. One son Joseph couldn't live with it so he killed himself. Very selfish narcissistic man. It's a shame because it totally camouflages his talents. Maybe that's why he did the MDA THING. He had to do something nice to be able to stand himself. Sad Man. SAD LIFE.

Is this twisted old fruit still alive?

He disgusts me