{"id":2206,"date":"2023-09-20T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/?page_id=2206"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T21:04:10","slug":"martin-lewis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/?page_id=2206","title":{"rendered":"Martin & Lewis Comedy Team with Boxing Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"M&L<\/a><\/span>D<\/span>EAN M<\/span>ARTIN & J<\/span>ERRY L<\/span>EWIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Comedy Team with Boxing Roots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring Former <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Boxer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Dean Martin<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES \u2013 NOVEMBER 18: Heavyweight champion of the world Rocky Marciano defeats Jerry Lewis in a mock boxing match to aid Muscular Dystrophy on November 18, 1954 in Los Angeles, California. With Dean Martin and an unknown ring girl. (CLICK PHOTO TO VIEW COLORIZED VERSION OF THE FIGHT)<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Rocky Marciano and Comedian Jerry Lewis watch Rocky KO Archie Moore In Color (CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH COLORIZED VERSION OF THE FIGHT)<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Martin and Lewis with Marilyn Monroe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are flying in the air while Marilyn Monroe chats with Sammy Davis Jr and Eddie Fisher at the Friars Club \u2013 1955<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FOOTAGE OF HISTORIC EVENT WITH MARTIN AND LEWIS AND MARILYN MONROE<\/span><\/p>\n

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Marilyn Monroe,Dean Martin And Jerry Lewis At The Redbook Film Awards 1953 (CLICK PHOTO TO VIEW FUNNY VIDEO OF THE EVENT)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Three shot: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with Marilyn Monroe, she says something inaudible, Martin laughs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Dean Martin (L) training with Bruce Lee (R) before the Matt Helm film in 1966.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Hal Wallis, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Elvis Presley, 1961<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, and Elvis Presley, 1961<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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THE LEGENDARY MARTIN AND LEWIS<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their prime in 1952. (To see a video of their stand up act with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby on June 22, 1952, CLICK ON THE PHOTO)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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LIVING IT UP<\/em>, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, 1954<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Harpo Marx with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis<\/i><\/span>\u00a0is the title of a\u00a0celebrity comic book<\/a>\u00a0published by\u00a0DC Comics<\/a>\u00a0and featuring the popular team of\u00a0comedians<\/a>\u00a0Dean Martin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jerry Lewis<\/a>. The series ran for forty issues from 1952 through 1957,[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0at which time the title was renamed\u00a0The Adventures of Jerry Lewis<\/i>\u00a0due to the real life breakup of the team.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The series continued as a\u00a0Jerry Lewis<\/i>\u00a0solo title for issues #41-124.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The new series featured Lewis in a variety of humorous situations. Infrequent guest stars included\u00a0Batman<\/a>,[<\/span>4]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Bob Hope<\/a>,\u00a0Lex Luthor<\/a>,\u00a0Superman<\/a>,[<\/span>5]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0the Flash<\/a>,[<\/span>6]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0Wonder Woman<\/a>.[<\/span>7]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Notable artists who worked on the series include\u00a0Bob Oksner<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Neal Adams<\/a>.[<\/span>8]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1964, Jerry’s genius nephew Renfrew joined the book, and a year later, the cast included a fairy-tale witch housekeeper named Witch Kraft.[<\/span>9]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The entire DC humor line was cancelled between 1971 and 1972, including\u00a0Jerry Lewis<\/i>,\u00a0Leave It to Binky<\/a><\/i>,\u00a0Date with Debbi<\/a><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Swing with Scooter<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) on Jerry Lewis’ Television Show. <\/span><\/strong>(CLICK PHOTO TO SEE VIDEO CLIP OF THE APPEARANCE)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Sailor Beware<\/em> (1952) with Martin and Lewis<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Alan Ladd visits boxing set of Martin and Lewis in Sailor Beware.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Martin and Lewis in Sailor Beware.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> (CLICK PHOTO TO SEE HILARIOUS JERRY LEWIS FIGHT SCENE FROM THE MOVIE)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Dean Martin shows Sammy Davis Jr. how to box in front of the Rat Pack<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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D<\/span><\/strong>ean Martin and Jerry Lewis with blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe (CLICK PHOTO TO SEE MARTIN AND LEWIS WITH MARILYN MONROE)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Martin and Lewis with Marilyn Monroe (CLICK PHOTO TO HEAR THEM ON MARTIN AND LEWIS RADIO PROGRAM)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano with Martin and Lewis in support of MDA (click photo to view video)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n


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Jerry Lewis with a wrestler and Rocky Marciano<\/p><\/div>\n


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  DEAN MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS Comedy Team with Boxing Roots Featuring Former \u00a0Boxer\u00a0Dean Martin   Martin and Lewis with Marilyn Monroe CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FOOTAGE OF HISTORIC EVENT WITH MARTIN AND LEWIS AND MARILYN MONROE       The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis\u00a0is the title of a\u00a0celebrity comic book\u00a0published by\u00a0DC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusaboxingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}