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Article: Jerry Lewis, on Broadway, is making the critics sit up and take notice.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- April 5, 1995
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NEW YORK _ So 50 million Frenchmen can be right.
Jerry Lewis is huge. Jerry is back. Do not doubt the second coming of Jerry.
Jim Carrey does Jerry. So, too, Urkel. Pee-wee did Jerry. White socks do not lie. Once too cool, Eddie Murphy is pumped to geek. He's doing a remake of Jerry's masterpiece, ``The Nutty Professor.'' Steve Martin tried to out-jerk Jerry, but then, really, who can?
And what is Jerry doing? Jerry is tangling with the devil in ``Damn Yankees.'' At age 69, he's in heaven. It's his Broadway theatrical debut, and he's planning to be at the Marquis Theatre through August.
``My whole persona,'' Jerry Lewis says, ``has been ...