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Message: [QUOTE="BroadwayVa, post: 2303013, member: 6118"] You are correct Jerry created many innovations --One was his persona next to Dean Martin I enjoy the YOUNG jerry lewis--as a team they have no peers. I sat in a theater in Manila in 1954 surrounded by Filipino's and was shocked when they laughed harder at Jerry than I did. As he aged, his comedy lost it's edge--some routines only work for young people. After the split with Dean he lost me completely as a fan not because of his comedy but his attitude and less than nice being. He was difficult and surly and in his later presentations that came across. I don't know if he was a KING of Comedy--the pairing of Martin and Lewis was Jerry's doing and for a few years none could touch them--Dean was the epitome of a Straight Man for Jerry--none others fit the bill. [/QUOTE]