Tag Archives: Jerry Lewis

Some history of character walks

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

I didn’t start off writ­ing a post about char­ac­ter walks, but that’s where it ends up. Pop­u­lar cul­ture has been the breed­ing ground for many things that get devel­oped into “high­brow” cul­ture.  I recently learned a bit of trivia about the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Celebrity Deathmatch

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Now that I have come to terms with “mean spir­ited” phys­i­cal com­edy, let’s watch some Celebrity Death­match. (Click link to see Buster Keaton Vs. Char­lie Chaplin)

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Funny Bones

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Funny Bones is one of my favorite movies, and a must see for any­one inter­ested in phys­i­cal com­edy. Here is the descrip­tion from Ama­zon: Funny Bones, directed by Peter Chel­som (Hear My Song), is a weird but intrigu­ing com­edy with … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jerry Lewis as Ernie Kovacs

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Here is a trailer for the Jerry Lewis film “The Bell Boy”.  First I include the intro­duc­tion by “Rolko52” the per­son who posted the clip.  It’s a inter­est­ing view on what might have been going on behind the scenes. [From … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis is the title of a book by Rae Gor­don.   I have read the book, and found it inter­est­ing. Here is the prod­uct descrip­tion from Ama­zon: Vividly bring­ing to light the tra­di­tion of phys­i­cal com­edy in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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