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Levich, debuted at 5, but enjoyed limited success. that all changed in 1946. when teamed up with a crooner from stub enville, ohio. >> down boy. >> dean martin was 28, jerry was 20. together, the comedy team of martin and lewis quickly became hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. >> i like it. >> i thought so >> having conquered new york they went to hollywood, first picture for paramount, 1949, my friend irma was box office gold and led to a string of 16 martin

>> well, jerry lewis in the lett 40s, throughout the 1950s was probably the most famous comedian in the world. maybe the most pop flar his comedy team, martin and lewis. they were the closest thing comedy ever will to beatlemania. the famous newsreel images of playing the paramount, girls screaming, clutching at their clothes, peeking out the window of the hotel room, and a bonanza, the first comedians major in television. and huge stars and major headliners in big nightclubs across the country....

In a career spanning over half of the century jerry lewis became americas king of comedy. [video] >> born in 1926 to two entertainers he made his stage debut at the tender age of five years old. and enjoying only limited success. [video] that all changed in 1946 when he teamed up with a debonair crooner from ohio. [video] dean martin was 28 and jerry was 20. together the comedy team of martin and lewis quickly became the hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. having conquered new york, t...

Jerry was 20. together the comedy team of martin and lewis quickly became the hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. >> i like it. i like it. >> i thought so. >> having conquered new york, the pair went hollywood. >> what are you doing back there? sleeping? >> im standing back here like a horse working like a dog. >> their first picture, 1949, was box-office gold and led to a string of 16 martin and lewis hits. >> there they go! >> but after a decade of non-stop movies, recording session...

Reporter for "the washington post." guys, im going to get into our conversation in just a second. but i do have some breaking news just coming in to me, everyone. very, very sad news on this weekend. weve already lost dick gregory, 84 years old last night of the legendary comedian jerry lewis has died. he was 91 years old. lewis made a big name for himself as part of the comedy team martin and lewis. later on in his career, he adopted that cause of muscular dystrophy, started the teleon this in ...

Comedy team, theyre an important part of america and i mean, the biggest there ever was. they are the biggest most important team and only lasted ten years. ten years that changed everybody. >> i was going to ask you that. particularly you, as someone whos made his name -- as part of a comedy team. a partnership. what you learned from, well, from jerry lewis. certainly from the famous partnership with dean martin, what you learn from their partnership and what yourself and fellow comics learned ...

Funny, but she sings and dances. >> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opinion to a bunch of men. until jean carroll. >> most fellows have a tough day at the racetrack, they get nasty. but not my jack. hes so sweet nothing bothers him. he drinks. he drinks to steady h...

Funny, but she sings and dances. >> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opinion to a bunch of men. until jean carroll. >> most fellows have a tough day at the racetrack, they get nasty. but not my jack. hes so sweet nothing bothers him. he drinks. he drinks to steady h...

Comediennes. a woman who gets up on stage is funny, but she sings and dances. >> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opinion to a bunch of men. until jean carroll. >> most fellows have a tough day at the racetrack, they get nasty. but not my jack. hes so sweet nothing ...

>> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opinion to a bunch of men. until jean carroll. >> most fellows have a tough day at the racetrack, they get nasty. but not my jack. hes so sweet nothing bothers him. he drinks. he doesnt drink because he likes it. he drinks to stea...