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Jerry Lewis
The King of Comedy
A spectre is haunting Comedy
— the spectre of Jerry
Lewis. All the Powers of Comedy
have entered into a holy
alliance to exorcise this
Jap-bashing, cripple-imitating
spectre whose hair requires a
visit every three months (or
3,000 miles) to the Bel-Air
Jiffy Lube. Whoopi Goldberg and
Louie Anderson, prop comic and
"monologist," the Upright
Citizens Brigade, and Kids in
the Hall all would like to
pretend Dino's better half never
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