Lewis & Griffin
Comedian Jerry Lewis passed away today, Sunday, August 20, at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. Lewis, a brilliant slapstick writer and performer, was equally notorious for his difficult reputation. The Washington Post perhaps put it best, saying “Mr. Lewis could be candid and coy, insightful and insulting in the same sentence. He was tireless, demanding and insecure – in his own words ‘a neurotic, temperamental imbecile.’” Lewis’ influence was far and wide, including in this 2010 Family Guy tribute to his Count Basie “Blues in Hoss' Flat” bit from his 1961 comedy, The Errand Boy. A side-by-side comparison here shows Seth MacFarlane’s animators getting every loving detail of Lewis’ performance.