The Best of Jerry Lewis: "A Laugh is the Best Medicine"

Hollywood Journal

A look back at Lewis's iconic work, and joking with Jerry Seinfeld, Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O'Brian and more.

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00:00Got sexy lights? Lay it on me.

00:03Better. Better.

00:04Now watch, baby.

00:11You are one of my greatest idols.

00:14I'm not going for this world, doctor.

00:17Oh, and I'm so young.

00:18I used to watch you work out in the studio at Paramount, and you had that...

00:30Oh, hold it. Hold it. Hold it.

00:33I'm asking you now, simply, purely, hold it.

00:37I'm nervous. Nervous, right.

00:39Let me have a cigarette.

00:40Shh.

00:41Okay.

00:47You'll have a check in the mail for $1,000.

00:50And last year when you did it, and then canceled the check, it was okay.

00:55Will you send my friend out, please?

00:57Will you send him out here?

01:00I just came for milk.

01:12Nice, nice bull.

01:13He's milking a bull.

01:15You swear?

01:16Swear.

01:16Scouts on him?

01:17Scouts on him.

01:17Take two giant steps. Go back. It didn't say may I.

01:20I'm all right now.

01:22Why we broke up, I'll never know.

01:24I have no idea what happened.

01:28Oh, shit right there, child. We'll be ready.

01:38I gotta get your ass down. I'm out.

01:39I can't wait to get home to see if it fits on a mantle.

01:54Did I want to direct when I first got to Hollywood? No. I learned through every member of my crew. It was wonderful.

02:06The recipient of the Gene Hirschholt Humanitarian Award, Mr. Jerry Lewis.

02:13Thank you so very much.

02:15This award touches my heart, and I know it'll stay with me for the rest of my life.

02:22Getting the laugh, that trumps everything for you, and it always did.

02:28The laugh is the best medicine.

02:30He said, I had the breasts of an 18-year-old.

02:33He said, really? What did he say about your 45-year-old ass?

02:38Kiss me.

02:38We're not ready for the end yet.

03:00We have something to say to you, right, Dean?

03:06We sure do, Jerry.

03:07We want you folks to know we sure enjoyed working for you, and we hope you enjoyed the picture.

03:11Yeah, and we hope you'll keep coming to see us, because we like seeing you.

03:14So long.

03:15Goodbye.

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