Jerry Lewis

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Was Jerry Lewis a good guy? You be the judge. Mike and Craig look in to the comedy career that Jerry Lewis had, and some troubling tales of what he was like behind closed doors. Also, an all time bad interview.

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0:00.0	I don't really know how to start shows.
0:02.4	Come on, now.
0:03.9	Don't start liking me now.
0:05.8	So, yeah, I'm funny compared to you.
0:08.8	Well, you'll see later.
0:10.0	I favor me.
0:11.0	I know a lot of fucking idiots.
0:12.7	I think a lot of shit is mean-spirited.
0:14.3	Just because it goes against what they believe.
0:16.3	But the relief of comedy is it take things that aren't funny
0:19.2	and it allows us to laugh about them for an hour
0:21.8	We got a purple suit to buy in a gigantic coffin.
0:24.9	Why are you laughing?
0:26.9	Evening, everybody.
0:27.8	Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.
0:31.3	And today I'm pleased to introduce you to Jerry Lewis, a true legend and by all accounts a true asshole.
0:40.3	So I was happy to hear some of the feedback we got from the Gallagher episode a couple
0:46.2	weeks ago and I decided let's do it again.
0:49.0	Let's dig this cock sucker up and give him a good roasting.
0:52.4	Yeah, that was a lot of fun.
0:54.8	I mean, genuinely, kind of like Gallag.
0:57.6	I mean, we have to acknowledge he's a legend.
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