Jerry Lewis: Clown Icon

Not Monkeying Around
Within a year or two, Martin and Lewis had become the hottest act in America. Though there had been many successful film teams before, the fact that they were such good friends on and off stage took them to a new level. In the photo above, they are joined by an animal extra in a scene from My Friend Irma Goes West, released in 1950.

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