Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This article originally ran as part of Aaron Pinkston’s series following the Gene Siskel Film Center’s class on trangressive American Comedies. My first exposure to Jerry Lewis (telethon aside)...
I didn’t grow up with Jerry Lewis. I didn’t see a single film he was in until I was twenty-four, and even then I didn’t get the appeal. About a year after that, I happened to catch a clip from...