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MARTIN AND LEWIS' FINAL PERFORMANCE

THE DATE WAS JULY 25, 1956.

THE PLACE WAS THE WORLD-FAMOUS COPACABANA NIGHTCLUB IN NEW YORK CITY.

DEAN MARTIN, THE SUAVE, SMOOTH, BARITONE SINGER AND HIS HILARIOUS COMEDY PARTNER, JERRY LEWIS, WERE ABOUT TO GO ONSTAGE FOR THE 2:30 A.M. SHOW.

IT WAS TO BE THEIR LAST OF THREE SHOWS THAT NIGHT, AND ALSO THE FINAL APPEARANCE OF THE MOST POPULAR COMEDY TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF SHOW BUSINESS.

AFTER EXACTLY TEN YEARS TOGETHER AS A TEAM, THE PAIR HAD MADE 16 MOVIES (ALL 16 WERE MONEY-MAKERS), HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL TV SHOW, AND WERE THE #1 NIGHTCLUB ACT IN AMERICA.

BUT WHY WOULD SUCH A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP POSSIBLY WANT TO SPLIT UP?

THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON

IN 1949, TV'S FIRST TELETHON TOOK PLACE.

IT WAS NEW YORK'S DAMON RUNYON MEMORIAL CANCER FUND TELETHON, HOSTED BY MILTON BERLE.

IN A STRANGE TWIST, ONE OF THE GUESTS ON THIS VERY FIRST TELETHON WAS A BRASH YOUNG COMEDIAN, WHO APPEARED WITH HIS SINGING PARTNER, DEAN MARTIN. THE YOUNG COMIC WAS, OF COURSE, JERRY LEWIS.

AT THE TIME, DEAN AND JERRY WERE THE HOTTEST ACT IN ALL OF SHOW BIZ. THE COMEDY TEAM WAS ALSO TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE 1952 OLYMPIC FUND TELETHON, HOSTED BY BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY. THERE IS SURVIVING FOOTAGE OF THIS INCREDIBLE APPEARANCE BY MARTIN AND LEWIS, AND THEY ARE UNINHIBITED, WILD AND ELECTRIC. INCREDIBLY, WHEN DEAN AND JERRY COME ON STAGE, BING RUSHED OFF IN FEAR.

CROSBY WAS TERRIFIED JERRY WAS GOING TO PULL HIS TOUPEE OFF (!!!!!) AND HE NEVER DID RE-APPEAR WHILE THE BOYS WERE ON.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT

WHEN DID JULIA ROBERTS FIRST REALIZE SHE WAS FAMOUS? JULIA ROBERTS DID A LOW-BUDGET FILM CALLED MYSTIC PIZZA IN 1988. HER SALARY FOR THE FILM WAS $50,000. ONE DAY, STILL AN UNKNOWN, THE YOUNG ACTRESS WENT TO THE MOVIES WITH HER MOTHER. JULIA WENT INTO THE LADIES ROOM AND SOMEONE SAID, IN A VERY LOUD VOICE, "GIRL IN STALL NUMBER ONE, WERE YOU IN MYSTIC PIZZA?"

JULIA SAID, "YEAH, THAT WAS ME." JULIA LATER BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE PAID $20 MILLION FOR DOING A FILM. IT WAS FOR 2002's ERIN BROCKOVICH.

ONE OTHER THING: MYSTIC PIZZA IS, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE OF HER ENTIRE CAREER.

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S SONGS

5 SONGS ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S iPOD:

BROWN EYED GIRL BY VAN MORRISON
CENTERFOLD BY JOHN FOGERTY
(YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY, I DON'T CARE BY JONI MITCHELL
ALIVE 'N' KICKIN BY KENNY LOGGINS
MY SHARONA BY THE KNACK

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE?

HILLARY CLINTON'S FAVORITE BOOKS

LITTLE WOMEN BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE BY B. KINGSOLVER
THE COLOR PURPLE BY ALICE WALKER
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR BY J.M. AUEL
WILD SWANS BY JUNG CHANG
WEST WITH THE NIGHT BY BERYL MARKHAM
THE JOY LUCK CLUB BY AMY TAN

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

HUGH HEFNER'S FAVORITE NIGHTCAP IS A JACK DANIEL'S AND COKE (OR PEPSI).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FAVORITE BOOK WAS THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S FAVORITE DANCE WAS THE TANGO.
MARILYN MONROE'S FAVORITE POETS WERE JOHN KEATS AND WALT WHITMAN.
FRANK SINATRA'S FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER WAS BILLIE HOLLIDAY.
JOHN LENNON'S FAVORITE MEAL WAS BREAKFAST. HIS FAVORITE BREAKFAST FOOD WAS CORN FLAKES.
JOHN F. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE SWEET SNACK WAS A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE.
AS A YOUNG BOY, ADOLF HITLER'S FAVORITE GAMES WERE "COPS AND ROBBERS" AND "COWBOYS AND INDIANS".
MICHAEL JORDAN'S FAVORITE NUMBER IS 45.
BABE RUTH'S FAVORITE RADIO SHOW WAS THE LONE RANGER.
GEORGE HARRISON'S FAVORITE SINGER WAS BOB DYLAN.
ELVIS PRESLEY'S FAVORITE DRINK WAS PEPSI.

A FEW OF THEIR FAVORITE THINGS

WOODY ALLEN'S FAVORITE COLOR?
AUTUMNAL HUES.

GROVER CLEVELAND, THE 22ND AND 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT, LOVED TO HUNT AND HAD A FAVORITE HUNTING RIFLE. HE CALLED THE RIFLE "DEATH AND DESTRUCTION."

BABE RUTH'S FAVORITE BAT WAS "BLACK BETSY."

PAUL MCCARTNEY'S FAVORITE ROCK N' ROLL FILM IS THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1956) STARRING JAYNE MANSFIELD.

JAMES DEAN'S FAVORITE BOOK WAS THE LITTLE PRINCE.

ELVIS PRESLEY'S FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM WAS VANILLA. (GEE, I THOUGHT IT'D BE SOMETHING MORE COLORFUL!)

ACCORDING TO MARILYN MONROE'S FIRST HUSBAND, JAMES DAUGHERTY, MARILYN USED TO LOVE COOKING FOR HIM AND HER FAVORITE THING TO PREPARE WAS PEAS AND CARROTS. SHE SERVED HIM PEAS AND CARROTS WITH ALMOST EVERY MEAL. WHEN HE ASKED HER WHY, SHE REPLIED THAT SHE LOVED THE COLORS.

JOHN F. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE SNACK WAS BUTTERED NOODLES.

OLIVER HARDY'S FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM WAS THE BROOKLYN DODGERS.

BARBRA STREISAND'S FAVORITE NUMBER IS 4.

STEVEN SPIELBERG'S FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTER IS DAFFY DUCK.

CLEOPATRA'S FAVORITE GAME (BOARD GAME, THAT IS...AHEM!) WAS BACKGAMMON. SHE USED TO PLAY IT ALL THE TIME.

ADOLF HITLER'S FAVORITE COMPOSER WAS RICHARD WAGNER. EVEN IN HIS EARLY, POVERTY-STRICKEN DAYS, HITLER WOULD USE WHAT FEW PENNIES HE HAD TO ATTEND WAGNER'S OPERAS.

JOHN TRAVOLTA'S FAVORITE BEATLE IS PAUL.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAVORITE HORSE WAS A WHITE HORSE NAMED "NELSON".

OKAY, HERE'S YOUR BAR BET OF THE DAY.......
WHO IS HOMER SIMPSON'S FAVORITE MOVIE STAR?

STEVE MCQUEEN (FROM A VERY EARLY EPISODE)

TIMES W/STEVEN SPIELBERG

TIME IS A FUNNY THING, ISN'T IT?

A FEW MONTHS CAN SOMETIMES SEEM LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, AND IN REVERSE, 20 OR THIRTY YEARS AGO CAN VERY MUCH SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY.

AND SO IT IS WITH THE TIMES I SPENT WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG.

ME, BEING DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG?

HMMMM.....THAT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A FOUR-STAR FRENCH CHEF TEACHING A SANDWICH MAKER AT THE LOCAL DELI HOW TO SLICE PASTRAMI PROPERLY.