:This article is about the American comedy duo Martin & Lewis. For the British-born humorist, writer, producer and TV/radio host - see Martin Lewis. For other uses of the name - see Martin Lewis (disambiguation).
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy team, comprising singer Dean Martin (as the "straight man") and comedian Jerry Lewis. The pair first met in 1945; their debut as a duo occurred at Atlantic City's 500 Club on July 24/25, 1946.
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:This article is about the American comedy duo Martin & Lewis. For the British-born humorist, writer, producer and TV/radio host - see Martin Lewis. For other uses of the name - see Martin Lewis (disambiguation).
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy team, comprising singer Dean Martin (as the "straight man") and comedian Jerry Lewis. The pair first met in 1945; their debut as a duo occurred at Atlantic City's 500 Club on July 24/25, 1946.
Before they teamed up they were both stand up comics. They worked together in nightclubs, on radio (starting in 1949) and in television and films. In the team's later years, it was no longer billed by the two men's surnames alone, as in their early radio work, but by their full names: "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis." These separate identities helped them launch successful solo careers after the team's dissolution.
In 1945, Martin met a young comic named Jerry Lewis at the Glass Hat Club in New York, where both men were performing. Martin and Lewis'...
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