Jerry Lewis and Quotes

Jerry Lewis is a special character! I am actually a big fan of Jerry Lewis and his awesome movies of the past six decades. I will miss Jerry, his laughs, humor and movies. In fact, at +90, Jerry Lewis still continued to impress fans on screen. Will there be any Jerry Lewis again in the next 100 years ? I doubt so, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin's talent cant be copied.. not even by China. Jerry is not only an American actor but also a comedian, singer, film producer, film director, screenwriter and humanitarian.

This blog would probably not be enough to write about Jerry Lewis accomplishments and the numerous amazing things that he did throughout his career. One of the most impressive humanitarian acts was ''The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. The Telethon was annually held each night before Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The show was founded and hosted by actor and comedian Jerry Lewis, who hosted the broadcast from its 1966 inception until 2010. The charity raised around two billion dollars in 40 years of its activity. The memorable reunion between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis went in the history books.

Jerry Lewis is a proud father of seven children,

With Patti PalmerGary Lewis (born July 31, 1945); known for his 1960s pop group Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Ronald Steven "Ronnie" Lewis (born December 1949 [adopted])
Scott Anthony Lewis[35] (born February 22, 1956)
Christopher Lewis (born October 1957)
Anthony Lewis (born October 1959)
Joseph Lewis (born January 1964, died October 24, 2009 [from a narcotics])

With SanDee Pitnick
Danielle Sara Lewis (adopted March 1992)

Some of Jerry Lewis movie scenes

One of the funnies movies from Jerry Lewis was '' The Orderly Disorderly '' back in 1964. The movie made millions of people laugh.

The Geisha Boy was filmed in 1958 with a young Japanese actress Nobu McCarthy. Sadly, Nobu passed away in 2002 performing on a stage in Brazil. One of the actors is the famous Japanese American movie star Sessue Hayakawa. The movie gives a glimpse of how life used to be in Japan back than. 

Another master piece of Jerry Lewis is the movie '' The Nutty Professor ''. The film is a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Jerry Lewis Political views

Lewis kept a low political profile for many years, having taken advice given to him by his friend, President John F. Kennedy, who told him "Don't get into anything political. Don’t do that because they will usurp your energy". Lewis also once stated that political speeches "did not belong" at the Oscars.

In a 2004 interview, Lewis was asked what he was least proud of, to which he answered politics—not his, but the world’s. He lamented citizens' lack of pride in their country, stating, "President Bush is my president. I will not say anything negative about the president of the United States. I don't do that. And I don't allow my children to do that. Likewise when I come to England don't you do any jokes about 'Mum' to me. That is the Queen of England, you moron".

In a December 2015 interview on EWTN's World Over with Raymond Arroyo, Lewis expressed opposition to the United States letting in Syrian refugees, saying “No one has worked harder for the human condition than I have, but they’re not part of the human condition if 11 guys in that group of 10,000 are ISIS. How can I take that chance?”. In the same interview, he criticized president Barack Obama for not being prepared for ISIS, while expressing support for Donald Trump, saying he would make a good president because he was a "showman". He also added that he admired Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Jerry Lewis famous quotes

''Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us.''

''Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!''

''I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.''

''I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.''

''If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans.''

Jerry Lewis today

Jerry Lewis will still remain a great movie star in our hearts and memories. His passing was a great pain for all Jerry Lewis fans around the world. For me at least, it's been a shock knowing that Jerry is no more here with us. The actor expressed shortly before his passing in several TV shows that he will always be on stage and work tirelessly to entertain the public brilliantly as he always did.

Interview with Jerry Lewis