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Post by Classickat on Dec 25, 2017 3:55:57 GMT
This clipping clarifies why Dean and Jerry did that one impromptu performance together in 1960. Dean was subbing for Jerry who had cancelled shows due to exhaustion. Jerry had called Dean weeks earlier to make sure he was okay, after hearing that Dean had been getting headaches and dizzy spells on the set of Oceans’ Eleven. In Peter Bogdanovich’s book Who the Hell’s In It?, in the chapter on JL, Jack Keller mentions The Sands reunion briefly and the events leading up to it during his conversation with Bogdanovich. “A couple of years ago, Jerry and Patti, his wife, were in a Las Vegas club. Dean was filling in for somebody that night. They hadn’t spoken remember, for about 4 years, not a word. Suddenly Dean sees Jerry sitting at a table, comes over an sits down. He’s very friendly, and they talk about old times. He tells Jerry he’s got a train to catch, and asks him whether he’d fill in at the end of the show. Jerry says sure. Anyway, comes time for Dean to go on, he gets up there and announces, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a fella sitting in the audience I’d like you to meet, my partner, Jerry Lewis.’ Not my former partner, 'my partner.’ Well it’s a pretty moving scene–everybody’s bawling. He and Jerry re-create some of their old routines; you know, they ask each other, 'Did we really do this shit,’ they do a soft-shoe. Then Dean leaves to catch his train, and Jerry finishes the show. Now get this. Not long afterward, in U.P.I. interview, Dean slams into Jerry like crazy. So go figure.” Who the Hell’s In It? - Peter Bogdanovich
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