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"Dean and Me: A Love Story" is an impeccably honest memoir of the Dean and Jerry years. This book made me laugh and cry as it brought back memories of my favorite comedy team. Any fan of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis will love Jerry's recollection of those days in the 50's when the Martin and Lewis team reigned supreme.
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Dean and Me: (A Love Story)
I found this to be a little dis-heartening. I love Dean Martin and from an interview I heard with Jerry Lewis, I felt he cared about him too. It wasn't what I expected. I honestly haven't finished the book. More about Jerry than Dean. I wish he were alive to comment on it.
Rating:  -
It's written in Jerry's voice. It seems honest and straight from the heart. There wasn't a huge amount of information that I hadn't already heard or read elsewhere.
I've always disliked Dean Martin. I always felt that underneath the smiles there was a really cold human being. That drunk act he did for a lot of his later career I found really nauseating. That whole "rat pack" thing makes me gag. A bunch of greasy middle aged men trying to act hip and "groovy". There's nothing more tacky than Las Vegas. Yuch!
Jerry was an artist. Both as a comedian and as a filmmaker. The Dean and Jerry act was initiated and created by Jerry. Jerry was a genius. Dean just happened to be there. Jerry writes throughout the book about how much he loved Dean, how much Dean contributed to their success, how great Dean was at comedy. I think what Jerry was actually in love with was the "chemistry" between them, not with Dean. Jerry was still hilarious after he split up with Dean. Just like Lucy was still hilarious after she broke up with Desi. Just like Cher was still fabulous after she broke up with Sonny. Dean was never funny after he broke up with Jerry. I used to cringe when I saw Dean on those TV shows of his that he did for years. He was a "personality" and he had a passable singing voice. But he wasn't an artist.
I belive that if Jerry had never met Dean, Jerry still would have become a superstar. I also believe that if Jerry had never met Dean, Dean would have become nothing more than a 2nd rate lounge singer.
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Heard DEAN & ME (A LOVE STORY) by Jerry Lewis and James
Kaplan, the story of how Lewis teamed with Martin to become
perhaps the most famous comedy team of all time . . . they
performed in nightclubs, theaters and on television between
1946 and 1956, while also making 16 widely popular movies.
Then, somewhat tragically, they parted ways . . . and though
both retained success on their own, many wondered what
exactly caused the breakup . . . and what would have happened
had they instead stayed together and/or at least reunited
from time to time.
I'm sad that this never happened, but after listening to
this account, I at least feel I have a better sense of
what happened--in large part because of the Lewis'
candor in telling the story . . . he doesn't mask the
fact that he was much of the blame, and he goes out
of his way to point out that Martin often didn't get the
credit that he deserved.
As might be expected, there's a great deal of name-dropping
in the book . . . but none of it is malicious and, in fact,
enhanced my enjoyment of DEAN & ME--one of the
best showbiz tales I have come across in quite some time.
I also liked Greogry Jbara's narration . . . he did not try
to imitate Lewis, per se; however, at times, there's a hint
of his spoiled-child voice that have me wanting to rent
a Martin and Lewis film in the near future.
Rating: -
Christ was a person...why use his name as a swear word? It happens a lot in this book.
I loved the first CD. It was riveting. The inside information Lewis gave about his first encounter with Dean Martin and the first stage performance was awesome. Then each successive CD went downhill. He moaned about the big break up. Playing an amature Psychiatrist he constantly analyzed Dean Martin's sentences. Lewis would say...and then Dean said this...and this is why I think he said it. That was boring and dumb.
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