# Jerry Lewis - is he sick?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666 "2001-09-04T14:18:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/1 "2001-09-04T14:18:14Z")

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I caught some of the Jerry Lewis Telethon this weekend, and I thought Jerry didn’t look very well. Is he okay? It wasn’t just extra weight, he seemed tired and sort of out of it. Seriously, I didn’t think he’d be able to last the entire show.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/2 "2001-09-04T15:38:48Z")

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I’m sorry, I serious don’t mean to hijack your thread. Well, ok, I do but it’s not maliciously or anything. I finally understand your name!

I was watching the end of that Godzilla movie this weekend and just about bust a gut laughing when Jet Jaguar and Godzilla shook hands in a truce. And then, the Japanese running up to the newly shrunken J.J, bad editing and all, and walking off towards the sunset. Man, that’s just classic cinema right there.

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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/3 "2001-09-04T16:28:03Z")

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Too bad you’ve never seen the Mystery Science Theatre version of Godzilla vs. Megalon. Their “translation” of the Jet Jaguar song from that closing scene was one of their best host segments.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/4 "2001-09-04T18:10:34Z")

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Ask his cousin.  
😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/5 "2001-09-04T22:56:22Z")

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He’s a sick, sick sick, twisted indivi-oh wait. Never mind.

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-is-he-sick/79666/6 "2001-09-05T01:02:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Larry Bee \*  
> \*\*Ask his cousin.  
> 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 \*\*

Great Balls of Fire!