tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post6810766130014148452..comments2024-02-25T10:27:34.057-05:00Comments on Media Funhouse: “Mean Jerry”: the underside of Deceased Artiste Jerry LewisMedia Funhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243301374887605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-62502840303158889882021-12-20T00:04:26.533-05:002021-12-20T00:04:26.533-05:00Jerry was being treated at a Houston hospital Nett...Jerry was being treated at a Houston hospital Nettie was his patient advocate. Because of the hospital environment and the presence of oxygen smoking was not allowed. Jerry blew up at Nettie and demanded she get him cigarettes. She did. Jerry then demanded an ashtray. Nettie produced a plastic ashtray. Jerry exploded. How dare she bring him a plastic ashtray? He needed a glass ashtray and proceeded to throw the plastic ashtray hitting Nettie in the head. Not a nice man.gt46tchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489863785888058456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-18384553407538571742021-04-03T14:18:02.597-04:002021-04-03T14:18:02.597-04:00Jerry Lewis.... Arrogant bastard!!!Jerry Lewis.... Arrogant bastard!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202051048799247876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-7666751655133848182018-01-19T21:19:02.618-05:002018-01-19T21:19:02.618-05:00A fascinating column. A friend of mine got a job f...A fascinating column. A friend of mine got a job for a brief period on Lewis's HARDLY WORKING, which was filming in South Florida where my friend was living briefly with his parents after he graduated from college. He said Lewis was simply nuts. <br /><br />I was in Lewis's presence once at the old B. Dalton's Bookstore on Fifth Avenue, where he was making an afternoon appearance. I barely caught a sight of Lewis as he was surrounded by a tightly-packed throng of older ladies. I gave up trying to see him and I just contented myself with listening to him as I browsed the book aisles. <br /><br />I liked Lewis as a kid--I was 8 or 9 around the time his DISORDERLY ORDERLY came out, and I liked THE FAMILY JEWELS mainly because I had a crush on the young girl in the movie--but he permanently palled on me by the time I was hitting 10 or 11, and I never liked him again. BOEING BOEING and DON'T RAISE THE BRIDGE, LOWER THE RIVER were simply tedious. I couldn't figure why the people in his movies put up with this asshole, much less why the female leads could fall for such an infantile headcase. (I could still enjoy the few movies of his I had liked when younger: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE PATSY, and YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG--made the year I was born--and I liked ARTISTS AND MODELS when I finally saw it as an adult. Those movies aside, I saw and see nothing about Jerry Lewis I could or can enjoy.)Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550868480663112358.post-41158935905485193432017-12-14T00:17:50.048-05:002017-12-14T00:17:50.048-05:00Ed,
Thank you for your AMAZING post on such a com...Ed,<br /><br />Thank you for your AMAZING post on such a complicated man. I wonder if you would be interested in reading my little essay on the complicated relationship between Dean and Jerry in light of Jerry's passing: https://www.facebook.com/notes/nicholas-arnold/dean-martin-jerry-lewis-and-how-friendship-breakups-are-hard-to-do/10155728857689106/<br /><br />You wrote much more in-depth about how complicated (and at times outright nasty) Jerry Lewis could be. I was too hesitant to do so in this note. Although, I hinted at it.<br /><br />If you ever find yourself up the Canadian way, I would love to personally invite you to the Dean and Jerry show that I am in that focuses on their complicated relationship. If any of the dates on my website ever work for you: imnicholasarnold.com<br /><br />All the best!<br />NickDarren Quincyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156211021962858436noreply@blogger.com