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Comedian Jerry Lewis
Went to South Point Casino here in Vegas last night and saw Jerry Lewis live at The Showroom.
Fucking incredible.
I was kind of wondering what shape he would be in.
Well, he's 87 years old. He walked out dressed to the "9's" and looked great.
He's still sharp and funny as hell.
Once he had said hello to the crowd, he sat in a directors chair for the rest of the show. Understandable.
He told some jokes and then showed a lot of super cool old footage from his career. Including some hilarious live bits with him and Dean Martin from Vegas back when it was REALLY Vegas.
At the end he took Q&A from the audience and even sang a song.
It was a very neat experience just to be in the same room with the guy.
He told us that he was working burlesque theaters doing comedy in between the strippers when he was 14 years old. (his dad was also a performer in burlesque).
He teamed up with Dean Martin when he was 18 years old and they had that incredible run together for 10 years where they were the biggest stars in the world.
Here's an idea of just how popular they were back in the day...Justin Bieber WISHES he was this big:
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