What does /tv/ think of Jerry Lewis?

>>81345967
GOAT physical performer. As a director everything good about him he stole from Tashlin

>>81346062
What are your favourite performances/films of his? Also, what do you think of his work with Dean?

I've seen three films he directed (The Nutty Professor, The Ladies' Man and The Family Jewels) and thought they were all great. A rare actor-turned-director with an actual interesting an unique visual style and sense of cinematic space.

His pantomime is amazing

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfRWbynDGu8

How old are you OP? Nobody ever brings him up here

>>81346388
22, you?

>>81345967
>OH PRETTTYYY LADDYYY

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>>81346671
26

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>>81345967
Grumpy old asshole. Can't wait til he dies and we all get to make fun of The Day the Clown Cried.

i dont get him
never found his flicks interesting or funny eiher

>>81346388
>guy acts retarded for a couple minutes
yeah so amazing

First time I see him being mentioned here. This thread is relevant to my interests.

>>81345967
his cheeseball telethons and creepy offscreen persona will be forgotten and his movies will live on as classics

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Here's a 720p HD Amazon WEBRip of Jerry's directorial debut, if anyone's interested: https://mega.nz/#!cJtQyZxA!kxHqabIAYVYJKZDTDmTcNlt4_0MZLGi3NGEGO38FO4Q

>>81347611
>creepy offscreen persona

Explain.

>>81347660
here's Martin Short mocking it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxqqs_2LdPo

>>81347750
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESWnzLGcH4

>>81347660
He was pretty much Buddy Love from The Nutty Professor plus he had a giant chip on his shoulder regarding being taken seriously in Hollywood.

Harry Shearer wrote a pretty famous piece on Jerry Lewis for the May/June 1979 Film Comment called "Telethon"

Is he a jerk or something?

>>81346899
now you know how your friends and family feel

>>81345967
Comedic genius, used to catch his movies on Saturday afternoons growing up, afraid to revisit as an adult in case I spoil it for myself

>>81348238
Harry Shearer also lies about having seen The Day the Clown cried.

>>81349120
no that's Steve Martin

>>81349324
I've heard that "steve martin is a piece of shit" stuff before from some family members. Never understood why. What did he do?

>>81349419
No, he's saying Steve Martin was in the movie "the Jerk."

>>81349419
it was a joke

¬__¬

Steve is a gentleman and a scholar. Chevy Chase is the scumbag. Lewis is just regular old man cranky. He recently trolled a Rolling Stone interviewer which is definitely worth seeking out. It's cringe kino. he keeps giving the interviewer one word answers for every question.

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>>81349419
>>81349543
forgot pic

>>81345967
Great balls of fire and Highschool confidential are my favourite songs.

He was the true king of rock and roll, Elvis was just a crooner

>>81345967

All the jokes aside, the man was an absolute genius. What of the greatest comedy performers of all time.

>>81345967
fuck him for not releasing The Day the Clown cried

this movie belongs to the people.

>>81347655

what other links are you hoarding, movie man?

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>>81345967
love him

>>81347750
>that laugh track
>those reviews

I thought Tim and Eric invented this stuff?

>>81347820
>watch shit pantomime on youtube
>watch two anons get butthurt over it in real time
>another youtube video shows up where an actor from the next era makes fun of the shit pantomime

>all in the same thread

FUCKING INTERNET
THIS IS CULTURE AT LIGHT SPEED

>>81349324
>>81349419
>>81349489

kek

>>81346683
This

Loved him in The King of Comedy

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I think he wants you.

>>81345967
Why?