Whatsallthis wrote:
Jerry Lewis is a very unique case. He's been ridiculed and vilified despite his tremendous efforts for charity (many have more than just insinuated it is purely for his own self-serving interests). His film career is somewhat tarnished by his glorification by film critics and historians in France, widening a schism between French and U.S. popular culture pundits. Here in the U.S. he's generally regarded as a buffoon who doesn't know when a gag should end and when one is overplayed.


Never been a Jerry Lewis fan. One thing that irks me about him is how he stubbornly refuses to tell everyone about the story of why he wound up starting his telethon. Seems like he's going to take that to the grave with him. I think if he's looking for money he could at least satiate that curiosity.