Impersonating Jerry - Saturday Night Live 

* Martin Short also does a great Jerry Lewis! ☺

do you know who was the inspiration for jerry lewis? I know ...

@@MarcusVinicius-pj7mu I think Buster Keaton was one of his inspirations

He should have won an Oscar for either pucture. Eddie Murphy is amazing!

Who's also amazing as Jerry Lewis is Martin Short. His impresionations are fabulous

@@MarcusVinicius-pj7mu Hard to believe it has been over 20 years since Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps was released! Will we ever get a sequel or even a reboot?!🤔🎬🎥🤷

His Letterman is legendary

Andrew “Dice” Clay does an impeccable Jerry

There’s nothing to carry them now SNL officially sucks!

I was thinking about (legendary) comedian Rich Little...

@simom le Eddie Murphy was perhaps the best young comedian throughout that period, but Joe Piscopo was also instrumental in sustaining SNL's survival.

YEAH !!! And, a LOT of DEAD WEIGHT !!!!!

Jerry Lewis sucked.

Too bad he beat his kids and stuff or he would have been a classic

He was a rapist and a monster

fuck* jerry lewis there i corrected your typo

Dimitri Bitu at first i though it;s Jerry doing himself!!

Apparently you never saw Martin Short's Jerry. The only one spot on in this clip is Eddie Murphy.

Joes Sinatra set the bar.

@@hermanblume275 SCTV's "Martin Scorsese's Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs-Élysées". Certain aspects of Piscopo's and Murphy's impressions were a bit closer, and Piscopo looks a little more like Lewis in the face, but what made this sketch genius was that Martin Short actually covered the entire spectrum of Jerry Lewis' persona in one brief 3 minute sketch, exactly what they were spoofing in the SNL sketch. My favorite part was his Jerry Lewis reaction at the end of the sketch - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GgwVdVmazYA.html

best impression has to go to Crystal doing Sammy

SNL has a long history of impersonations in front of the actual celebs who are always in on the joke of laughing at themselves: - Joe Piscopo did Joan Rivers in front of her. Rivers said "If you're Joan Rivers, you're Joan Rivers on steroids." - John Belushi sang "Feelin' Alright" right along with Joe Cocker. - Jim Brewer did The Joe Pesci Show, and one time the real De Niro and Pesci appeared as guests. They ended up beating the hell out of Brewer, Billy Batts style. - Billy Crystal and Howard Cosell were Cosell's parents in a sketch about Cosell's own Bar Mitzvah. Crystal's Mrs. Cosell sounded almost more like Cosell that Cosell did. - Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph did The Prince Show on a 2006 show hosted by Steve Martin that had Prince as a music guest, although Prince wasn't personally in the sketch - Larry David did a sketch with Bernie Sanders - Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake sang with Barry Gibb himself, and for a brief shining moment, it was almost like the Bee Gees were back together - Tina Fey did Sarah Palin in front of her - Both Kate McKinnon and Amy Poehler did Hillary Clinton in front of her - Again on The Joe Pesci Show, Mark McKinney impersonated Jim Carrey, while Carrey himself was doing Jimmy Stewart. Finally, McKinney's Carrey then does his own Jimmy Stewart. You can probably find clips of many of these right here on youtube. There have certainly been others that I'm forgetting as well.

Will Ferrell did Janet Reno's Dance Party and the real Janet Reno crashed in. ha! Also, Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro appeared on the Joe Pesci Show once. I think Colin Quinn was playing DeNiro. I think Tony Bennett showed up too when Alec Baldwin was playing him.

@@davidthieroff9452 yeah, those sound familiar too...I think SNL's tradition of these kind of impersonations started with the Peter Boyle Valentine's Day show from the very first season. Boyle and Belushi did a sketch that was called Dueling Brandos. They were both dressed up as Brando's biker character from "The Wild One", and both of them were trading lines from Brando's early movies back & forth in between banjo licks, like da-da-daah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-daaah, "I coulda been a contender" and "Stella!". Brando himself wasn't part of it, but the idea of two persons playing a single celebrity character off each other seemed to start from there. I'm not sure when they did the first one with the actual celebrity as part of it, but the earliest one I could find was the Charles Grodin show in the third season. Paul Simon was the music guest, and Grodin insisted on singing a duet (very badly) with him, while wearing an Art Garfunkel wig. If I recall correctly, Simon gets fed up with it, and after he leaves the stage, the real Art Garfunkel comes out and confronts Grodin, who sheepishly hands him the wig.

@@mikeking7710 Thank you for this great info, i am missing Joe Pechi on the Joe pechi show. I will seek out some of your rec's.

This is probably the only time I have ever, or will ever, hear anyone saying Eddie Murphy is underrated.

Underrated?!?! Eddie Murphy?!?!?!

Joe Piscopo was the SNL star back in the early 80s. Let that sink in. Joe... Piscopo.

I remember watching the show live that night. I honestly didn't realize it was Piscopo until Jerry walked out, that is the truth. This is one of my favorite sketches of SNL.

I think this im not norm guy must own a dog house

Wow I never knew Joe Piscapo did Jerry that perfect..he looked just like him..But Eddie is identical..

That was some visual mimicry in the beginning!

Yes JS if you happen to be brain dead

Piscopo was always dreadful.

@@iscariot666 he had his moments when the characters were suited towards him, he ended up stalking eddie as he faded

He fooled around with other women, abandoned his wife and disinherited his sons. He has gone to Hell.

@@domenicsandri2740 agreed. So many choose to see Lewis as a saint. He was a cruel, egotistical self-important narcissist that hid behind his slick, glitzy persona in order to hide who he really was and what he did to his family. The suckers are fooled by his appearance and demeanor.

@@domenicsandri2740 maybe..maybe..your most likely going to hell too though..just saying...let the woman like the characor.we all know about his checkered past.casting stones is as much a sin as any other. .pull the plank out ur eye and all that shit.... or at least make ur oun comment and not reply to some poor lady having nestalgia.... be better domenic

@@beaunorton4092, did I hurt her feelings? I didn’t insult her. What’s your problem? Your a feminist and women can do no wrong? I said the truth. That’s all. Most people don’t like the truth. They like lies instead. You’re obviously 🙄 one of them.

No. A podcast to promote a documentary of their relationship.

I've always wondered why they never really did a movie together.

@@davidmitchell6873 they did, it's called Wise Guys

1980sGuy That is what I thought.

Everybody

Well said! I'm 60 years old and started watching Jerry when I was 7. I stayed up to watch the CBS Friday Night Movie to see him whenever his movies were on. As I got older, watching him also helped me to heal at times with laughter. The Patsy was my go-to.

@4862cjc Oh, yes! Yes! Yes!

I just saw Piscoppo working in a diner in jersey flipping burgers !

yes, he did Jerry "good" on SCTV

@@essessessesq Marty was mahvelous!

Martin Short puts alot more oomph into his Jerry Lewis impersonation and wildly exaggerates to makeup for his smaller body frame.

Yup. A great fourth.

Nope

@@debranass2672 Have you ever considered removing the 'N' from your last name? It should read, Debra Ass!🤣😂😆🤓

From 81' to 84' it was Joe and Eddie that carried SNL the others during that time are hardly worth mentioning from a historical standpoint. The Original cast 76' to 80' was great. There was a lot of great comedians that came from SNL but they came sporadically. Something happened to SNL around 1998. There was a noticeable political bias against conservatives whereas before they seemed to not take sides. The only thing I can think of is the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and that Lorne Michaels became irrationally defensive of the Clinton's....and that bias has carried on for two decades.

Yes, SNL was funny in the late 70's thru the early 90's. But most of todays SNL cast has SUCKED since the early 2000's. I don't know anyone who watches that Sh!t Sh0w anymore?

He worked at it for quite some time. In a behind the scenes thing, they showed the look Joe had when Eddie did such a great impression without as much practice as Joe put into his.

+sidowninc Me. Took me a couple of seconds.

sidowninc me too. Took a couple of seconds :)

I did, I watched it live that night, and I honestly didn't realize until Jerry himself walked on.

Not once he spoke but yes before that. Not quite high enough pitch.

Fuck yes !

They were great, the only two bright spots in an otherwise ho-hum cast. Those were some lean years.

No pe....WELL SPILL.....what was the party like....jerry and all....lets have it

@@frankfrank7921 People don't realize that Piscopo was a solid performer on SNL, and I did enjoy Tim Kazurinsky when he did certain bits, especially I Married A Monkey.

@@frankfrank7921 .... but still Lightyears better than today's cast & writing...

@@yournamehere6002 I Married A Monkey is one of the funniest skits in SNL history. When he professes his love for his wife and she just keeps eating bananas, that kills me every time.

Well, Jerry Lewis was a funny guy, but in NO WAY NEAR as funny as THE FUNNIEST comedian ever, Richard Pryor!!!

@@dibber43 I love Richard Pryor. I’ve seen all his movies and his acts. The only difference between the two was Jerry’s act was clean with no profanity. He influenced the likes of Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy and many more legends.

@Gage Valero no dude, 100 % American. Philadelphia born and raised. It’s where our country was born. With a name like Gage, you must be Canadien. Go love your Justin Trudeau

@@phillyguy2142 Sorry, but Richard Pryor is the GOAT of comedians. Check EVERY list of the greatest comedians and Richard Pryor is #1 on almost every one!!!

@@dibber43 No doubt about Richard Pryor’s greatness, but Jerry Lewis was “ The King of Comedy “ by his peers

Johnny Dangerously, a very bizarre but very funny film. "You fargin'a sneaky bastich"...

Johnny Dangerously yaaaasssss!

And you find that funny? Does that AMUSE you? :-)

That table scene right before they whack Morrie in GoodFellas: "Doooon't say it! Doooon't say it!"

😂 yea I thought that too mate 👍

Good Grief! I didn’t recognized Joe P!

Jerry and Uncle Milty and his big schlong thought they invented comedy !

King Of Comedy showed that brilliantly that was great movie for hi,

Yeah, but the "real" Jerry was a particular kind of immature, arrogant asshole whose obnoxious self-delusion was never challenged. Just watch him being interviewed.

@@beths3288 Yes, he was arrogant. So many actors are. Pity some of the lovable character that he played, didn't rub off.

@@beths3288 not to mention, talentless.

What...is your channel...

Get over it. They still have hilarious skits, many non political.

Ooh that’s not true. Snl today is still very good. Lot’s of women. Is that your problem?

@@fodroumpouras4038 What? What is wrong with you?

Wha wha wha Why do you say something like that? Watch SNL Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve. You will understand what I mean. 😉

No but great connection