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:

I love Jerry Lewis, for how long is he playing there?

I loved all his movies, he's not doing the telethons anymore is he?
Haven't heard anything from him in a while, Thanx Robbie!!!!!

rofl bieber is a million times more popular than aarp lewis could ever dream

wow i'm surprised he's performing, he gave up doing his MD Telethon because of some serious disease he has.

i grew up watching the Johnny Carson show with my dad with all these legends of showbiz and it depresses me that most of them are dead.

Don Rickles is still going strong and performing - the boom in casinos across North America has been great for these old timers.

When I was 12 Jerry Lewis was on a plane I was on, I was excited to see a famous celeb and ran up to him when we landed to say 'Mr. Lewis I'm a big fan' - he totally brushed me off. :Oh crap

um ...... Lewis is 87 and his career has spanned 8 decades. He was a monster of a movie star teamed up with Dean Martin in a bunch of films.

Bieber most likely will be gone and forgotten in 5 years like most teen idols are - Michael Jackson was a rare exception. Maybe Bieber will too but I doubt it.

Bro, you have no idea how big of a star Jerry Lewis was in his time. Bieber isn't even close.
Did you not watch that film clip of the streets of New York full of screaming girls I put in my post?

My point was that most folks don't realize how huge of a star he was in his heyday.

He was a "rockstar" before rock stars even existed.

I wasn't trying to attack your musical hero or anything, just pointing out that a clown like Bieber has never and will never attain the success that Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin had when they were in their mid-20's.

They were the biggest box office stars in the world at a time when that really meant something.

It was just for one night.

I gotta say it was an amazing experience. And the footage he showed from his prime was incredible.

The French seem to like him.

in the 80's, now he is a little forgotten.

The paper here in Vegas interviewed him a few days ago before the show:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns...nd-jerry-lewis

Unfortunately it's very hard to buy the old Jerry Lewis / Dean Martin films online through iTunes. I used to love those films. Hopefully they get released one day.

Jerry Lewis was definitely a rock star before rock stars existed, so was Dean Martin for that matter. Dean Martin produced many albums that were hits long after release and subject to re-release after re-release.

His generation wrote the book Bieber's generation cannot even read.

Good for Jerry. Glad his health issues have subsided.

With 12 year old girls maybe.
Man, Jerry Lewis has done more for charities, specifically on the Labor Day telethons for Muscular Dystrophy, than that Beiber twerp ever will...if he even man's up to attempt such a thing.
Not to mention all of the things Robbie has pointed out about his amazing career.

fag. :1orglaugh

what a legend, ill watch tonight one of his movies, haven't done so in a while

Jerry's still the King of Comedy!

Oh, i wanna watch some of his movies.

Bieber is only popular with pre-teens and is already being called a has been and is a total embarressment.

He is a funny guy!!!!!

Dunno, being able to retire aged 19 isn't *that* embarrassing.

Loved him when I was a kid. Him and Lou Costello.

That had to be a great experience and who knows how much longer he has.

The highlight of his career was in 2009. Make sure you don't miss the 1:50 minute mark (he looks repulsed actually), then the dry humping of an audience member at 2:55 and then the climax at 4:07

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

The legend lives on. One of the greats, and a childhood icon.

:D

Bieber will NOT last.. As you mentioned, 5 years.. max! After that he will be nothing and completely forgotten. This I can guarantee.