Jerry Lewis at Sharon
 

Interested how the show went for Jerry Lewis last night at The Sharon. I would have gone...but the other person living in this house is not a slapstick/Jerry Lewis fan. I checked the box office site last night and saw there were still about 1/3-1/4 seats unsold.

1. For those that went = review?
2. If a show as this is not sold out...does the Sharon mgt try to fill seats, esp the front, with freebees to employees etc.

If you get a copy of this morning's Sun Newspaper there is a story about the show and a couple of photos. It sounded like it was a trip down memory lane with Jerry telling stories while showing videos from the past.

Remember
 

I remember years ago I watched Jerry Lewis being interviewed on a show and I think it was David Frost interviewing.. What I found interesting is that he [Jerry] had a large organization that he managed and he felt it was easy to manage an employee who was not that smart and knew it while it is difficult to almost impossible to manage an employee who was not that smart but thought he/she was. Sounds pretty simple but this put it in simple management terms.
Another point was that we always thought of him being just a comic, [Browns Hotel in the Catskills] while in fact as he grew he ended up with a very large organization that required his managing what would be considered a sizable business. He had business relationships with the Movie industry, night clubs, book publishing, charity, speaking engagements, etc. This kind of gives a different view of him?:wave:

I thought about going but decided to watch paint dry instead.

Some people's un-happiness shines as brightly as does the happiness of others.

I have to say I have never found Jerry Lewis funny at all. His so called jokes were always " Corney " at best. Bob Hope the same way..I saw Bob Hope twice while in the military Bob Hope had a nickname " Q Card Hope " .

Bob Hope had a stooge at the bottom of the stage flipping " Q " cards of his so called jokes . Some comedian...Not. He did provide however entertainment with his USO Tours which were terrific especially the Ladies that toured with him.

Which is more than what John Wayne did.

The French love Jerry Lewis. I guess that says it all.

He was excellent in King Of Comedy. Other than that I thought his best work was with Dean Martin.

While you were in the military, what entertainer would you have preferred to see? Did that entertainer perform USO shows, or would you rather not have seen any entertainers?

When I was in the Korean DMZ, Bob Hope performed at my camp. It was on a day that was about 20 degrees and wind blowing bad, yet he put on his show. I was unable to go because I had to keep the airfield open for his 3 chinook helicopters. Everyone said it was great and I now wish I had gone.

As I mentioned I saw B. Hope twice once in Binh Thuy, Mekong Delta, the other time Mildenhall,England. I'm not knocking his USO shows they were fine especially the female entourage ...what I am saying is as a comedian or stand up comic he was terrible ...I witnessed his stooge on the floor and B.Hope reading off the " Q " cards. Draw your own conclusions. I'm merely telling the facts. Bob Hope USO shows were terrific, the shows...he gave up his time. Which is more than a lot of celebrities did.

John Wayne for all the hoop la la about him.....AWOL big time read his BIO sometime.

OK, sit back for a couple of hours. A Martin Scorsese film with Jerry Lewis and Robert De Niro....

https://youtu.be/oJ2Lc0txkbk

we saw jerry last nite,it was a good show,very well done.he is the last of the great comics,we had a very nice feeling after the show.he brought back many funny moments in his lifetime.

The Catskills
 

Anyone who lived in the Catskill's understands the Jerry Lewis type of humor. Most of the old comedians started in the Catskill's and the hotels, Jerry was at the Brown's Hotel, there was also the Evans. Grossingers, The Concord,
and many many more. They had a sort of "corny humor" that was unique to the Catskill's. Joey Bishop, Jackie Mason, etc were some of the others that were Borsche Belt comedians. It was unique comedy to the Catskills and anyone from New York City in the 1940 to 1960's would remember this. There was Monticello, Liberty, Fallsburg, Hurleyville, Woodburne Lock Sheldrake, as some of the Towns and Villages where the Hotels were. A number of the comedians, bands entertainer's of those days started in the Catskills. I am sure a lot of people from New York remember this great period of the Catskills. Jerry Lewis was always associated with the Brown's Hotel.:wave:

Maybe...just maybe Jerry Lewis would have been worth $200 a ticket in his prime (30 years ago) but today that would be a far stretch!!

I watched the movie last night. Do you remember the ending? Was the ending all in his imagination [De Niro's]?