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By Jerry Lewis and Herb Gluck. Jerry Lewis In Person tells the story of his career: the years when Martin and Lewis played to packed houses at the Copa and across the country, the team's tremendous success in Hollywood, the complete story of their breakup; then Jerry Lewis' career on his own, in nightclubs, on television, in the movies; the Labor Day Telethon, which raises tens of millions of dollars every year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
But what makes this story so impressive is the intense, brilliant, driven man who has lived it, the man behind the clown--the Jerry Lewis who fought and won a courageous battle against drugs; whose marriage caused a painful break with his parents; who made a decision to split with Dean Martin at the height of their fame and felt as if he had to learn to walk all over again; who has stubbornly led the fight against a crippling disease; who has seen his career ride a roller coaster of success and difficulty; and who, all the while, has kept the world laughing and cheering at his antics. |