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In 2005, jerry, along with james kaplan, penned a new york times bestselling book published by doubleday about the days of martin and lewis entitled dean and me. Jeff ross,from left, richard belzer, and jim carrey, right, joke with entertainer jerry lewis at the friars club before his 90th birthday celebration on friday, april 8, 2016, in new york. Follows the careers of dean martin and jerry lewis from their first performance together at the 500 club in atlantic city in 1946 through their years on the colgate comedy hour to their final performance together in 1956. Life and times of jerry lewis, the king of comedy video. With jerry lewis 19262017 as executive producer, this is in.
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