Fireballer 2,369 Posted August 20, 2017 Dead at 91. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,588 Posted August 20, 2017 RIP. He did good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,542 Posted August 20, 2017 Too bad jerryskids didn't post this news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drizzay 644 Posted August 20, 2017 To that great ball of fire in the sky! Yes, i know its not jerry lee lewis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,169 Posted August 20, 2017 Too bad jerryskids didn't post this news. Also RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted August 20, 2017 Shoulda thrown him a telethon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 830 Posted August 20, 2017 I'm sure Dean Martin greeted him with a drink Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,285 Posted August 20, 2017 Seemed to be one of the good guys. I'll take 91 though. Long as I'm not crapping myself when I go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,079 Posted August 20, 2017 Seemed to be one of the good guys. I'll take 91 though. Long as I'm not crapping myself when I go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alias Detective 1,179 Posted August 21, 2017 I thought he's been dead for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted August 21, 2017 RIP. He did good. sounds like something Dino would say Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted August 21, 2017 As a kid he was my favorite comedian......seemed like a great guy too. Thanks man for all the laughs!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted August 21, 2017 As a kid he was my favorite comedian......seemed like a great guy too. Thanks man for all the laughs!!! My dad used to say he couldn't stand the slapstick. But I really found it amusing. Still do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted August 21, 2017 Pre-cable his telethons were can't miss t.v. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted August 21, 2017 Yeah, they should have removed him from telethons years before. A lot of people only know and mostly disliked him from that. One has to wonder toward the end there if those annual acts of self-flagellation were more about clinging on to relevance more than anything else. Pretty sure he was the basis for Krusty the Clown - seriously. The smoking, the loosened tie, the unfunny slap-stick, etc. I didn't like him as an actor. I want to be generous and say the smarminess was a product of the times, but others (say, Don Knotts) managed to do likable characters at the same time. I'll have to review his stuff for exceptions. He was best with Deano. I know a lot of comedians respected 'The Doll House'. Might even have been remade. I head he was kind of a SOB there toward the end. Still, no doubting he did more good than harm. His humour wasn't mean or divisive. Most of us could only hope for so much to be said about us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 815 Posted August 21, 2017 I love old time comedy from Buster Keaton to Groucho Marx. The great comedians are funny to any era. Louis was funny to entertainment starved people in the 1950's... nobody has thought his movies were funny ever since. There's a fine line in comedy between funny and stupid and Louis was on the wrong end of that equation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nzoner 936 Posted August 22, 2017 I love old time comedy from Buster Keaton to Groucho Marx. The great comedians are funny to any era. I'm assuming you've seen this but if not what a great movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,285 Posted September 22, 2017 Guy was kind of a d!ck. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/m/f9553294-9c1d-3ef5-93e2-70b873385c97/jerry-lewis-%E2%80%98intentionally%E2%80%99.html Has a daighter clearly his and he won't even acknowledge her? Wow. That's pretty harsh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
