Late Night Cartoon Show: Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
I was a huge Jerry Lewis fan when I was a kid, and I think this show killed it for me. The clip here is the show's opening and closing credits, blessedly leaving the worst part of the show out. This noxious half hour came from Filmation, the same cartoon meat grinder that tried to make rock stars out of the Archies and whatever '60s sitcoms they could license. Lewis helped develop the show, but curiously, he didn't provide the voice - it was David "Squiggy" Lander. Even more curiously, it sounds like the theme was custom-made for his son Gary to perform, and they couldn't even muster that. And, gee...was it really performed in front of a studio audience? A real oddity from 1970.
I've always felt a connection to Jerry Lewis because my birthday falls somewhere around Labor Day. Without at least 10 minutes of him on that telethon (but that's all I can stand), it just wouldn't be my birthday.
Posted by: legadillo | Jul 25, 2008 at 08:46 AM
I've always felt a connection to Jerry Lewis because my birthday falls somewhere around Labor Day. Without at least 10 minutes of him on that telethon (but that's all I can stand), it just wouldn't be my birthday.
Posted by: legadillo | Jul 25, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Can I say that you've put this damn theme song in my head for the last 36 hours without me getting rid of it -- and that I'm about to listen to it AGAIN?!
Posted by: Edgewater Joe, Chicago, IL | Jul 25, 2008 at 09:30 PM