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Article: Jerry Lewis is Bat Man: Comedian/actor bedevils the local stage in
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- Jewish Exponent
- Article date:
- November 21, 1996
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Michael Elkin
Jewish Exponent
11-21-1996
Jerry Lewis is Bat Man: Comedian/actor bedevils the local stage in `Damn. Yankees'
for Jerry Lewis, every night is Mischief Night. "That's because I feel like I'm 9 inside," says the 70-year-old overgrown Jewish leprechaun. "The other day, I was in this elevator, and everybody was facing front like they didn't see the other people. I thought this was so crazy. So I say out loud, `Isn't anybody talking to anybody here? I mean, we're spending some quality time together here. We should talk.'
"Well, I started giggling, and I got to them. By the end of the ride, we were all talking."
All out for the Merriam Theater, where Lewis alights for a limited run as ...
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