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Unseen since its original broadcast on Oct. 13, 1959, this TV adaptation of "The Jazz Singer" captures Newark native Jerry Lewis at a career precipice - a young artist exploding with talent and ambition, but with much to prove.

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Inception Media Group // 1959 // 60 Minutes // Not Rated Reviewed by Judge P.S. Colbert // January 29th, 2012 View Judge Colbert's Dossier E-mail Judge Colbert Printer Friendly Review Note: This is a pre-release review.

My favorite documentaries are the ones that start by asking a weird question or uncovering an unknown subculture, then keep digging and digging as the story gets stranger and stranger.

During the heyday of The Colgate Comedy Hour , when Martin & Lewis ruled, one of their many memorable live appearances particularly stood out.

In the 1950s, after he broke up with long-time partner Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis made a string of very successful comedies built around his, shall we say, "distinct" comic persona. Jerry's schtick was a mixture of elaborate, agile physical business combined with an aggressive use of facial and vocal tics, which at their mildest were kind of goofy and at their most extreme somewhat alarming.

A valuable, entertaining piece of vintage television historyand another indispensable piece of the puzzle in Jerry Lewis' remarkable career.

Source: blog.zap2it.com --- Friday, January 20, 2012"It's just tragic that we don't support our artists more than we do," Redford says.

Jerry Lewis deserves every insult people throw his way in retaliation for telling the crowd at a 2000 comedy festival, "I don't like any female comedians." It's a slap in the face to Lucy, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Lisa Lampanelli, Jean Arthur, Sandra Bernhard, Rosalind Russell, and countless other actresses and female stand-up comedians born with ... (more)