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Post by LadyItaly on Apr 14, 2018 1:13:01 GMT
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Post by Classickat on Dec 5, 2018 9:13:22 GMT
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Post by aajjgg on Dec 5, 2018 16:08:38 GMT
He did not write the episode
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Post by Classickat on Dec 5, 2018 22:36:02 GMT
I didn't remove the original caption from the other video.
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Post by aajjgg on Dec 6, 2018 15:54:50 GMT
I have seen it before. I thought it was pretty bad. What do you think?
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Post by Classickat on Dec 7, 2018 5:15:29 GMT
I thought it was great acting work by Jerry. Shows his potential as a dramatic actor that we would see more of later. I think he had definitely matured in his acting from The Jazz Singer. A few years ago my dad watched this episode with me, and said "You know... he's a good actor." The part where he is crying in the stairwell, affected me and made me cry with him to be honest. “I worked so hard to be good…. And I was good. And I had everything it takes. But I didn’t. I didn’t have it after all. Something was missing. And after all those years of medical school…. Oh sure, oh yeah they taught me how to go into the brain and fix it. They taught me how to be good with my hands. But they didn’t tell me I would have to face people, talk to them, be near them, comfort them, and watch them. They didn’t teach me how to do that. They didn’t teach me how not to die, when telling someone they would…. They didn’t teach me that.”
I thought the scene afterward where he is planning on leaving and Ben Casey convinces him to come back is pretty good. JL's character talks about being stripped bare because he doesn't have his humor to hide behind when talking to the patients, and also he spots Ben Casey's weaknesses. I like when Casey tells JL's character Dennis Green that he doesn't understand him, and Dennis says sarcastically, "Oh it's easy.... I'm a clown..." Altogether I think the last 15 min of the show are pretty good in story, and acting by Jerry. I wouldn't be surprised if he added some dialogue, because some of the writing for his character, sounds like dialogue he would write. Very easy to see why he directed this particular story.
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Post by anarchistemma on Dec 13, 2018 14:30:29 GMT
imo JL seems self-conscious when playing serious roles -esp in these early years. but i thought some parts were affecting and interesting. not many dramatic actors cried on screen in those days and his vulnerability and honesty with the material is remark-able.
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Post by Classickat on Dec 20, 2018 21:05:15 GMT
Yes not very many men cried on screen back then, but he did a few times. Always showing vulnerability, which is one of the things I love about him as an actor and person.
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Post by denise on Dec 21, 2018 15:45:45 GMT
I think that scene in the stairwell is one of the best pieces of serious acting he ever did.
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Post by joe548 on Feb 24, 2019 2:26:09 GMT
Years ago Scott Lewis had not seen this show before until I got him a copy of it. Some of you may know Vince Edwards had a bit part in Sailor Beware also. During the filming of this show, Edwards gave Lewis some back talk and Lewis banned him from the set. Sort of like what Tashlin did to Lewis once.
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Post by denise on Feb 25, 2019 17:11:09 GMT
I read somewhere that Jerry and Vince Edwards were not exactly bosom buddies.
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Post by Classickat on Feb 25, 2019 19:43:45 GMT
They had been in the early 50's. Not sure what happened. I believe some woman that Jerry was involved with, said that Vince Edwards was their boyfriend at one time, and abusive towards them. Jerry was very much the opposite.
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Post by Jessica on Aug 18, 2020 21:02:00 GMT
I agree with ClassicKat and Denise.The scene where he cried in the stairwell totally got me aswell, and what an amazing acting job he did throughout the episode. It truly showed he could be a dramatic actor. And when thet woman said, "Sweet, gentle clown". It was so emotional
It also felt like this episode was a nod to some things Jerry did expierence in his career. That to some he was only "a clown" that could never be a real actor. I think he was fantastic as both a comedian and serious actor.
I also agree that there is that sense of vulnerability that some just don't see.
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Post by audi on Nov 26, 2020 16:20:15 GMT
Jerry mastered pathos brilliantly in various pantomime routines. Other than that, I don't care for Lewis' dramatic acting.
And "The King Of Comedy" doesn't count, in my opinion -- it's a dark comedy.
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Post by Classickat on Dec 3, 2020 2:22:46 GMT
I'm gonna replace the link for this episode soon. audi have you watched JL on Wiseguy?
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