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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

WTF Uncovered - Jerry Lewis

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.629.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In September 2016, Marc recorded a conversation with the legendary Jerry Lewis. Until now, no one has heard it other than those in the room. This was supposed to be a full-length episode of WTF, but the interview was compromised and there were no plans to release it. Marc explains what happened as we present this never-before-heard conversation.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, how are you? Welcome to another edition. Is this an edition? Another episode of WTF Uncovered.

0:14.9

This is actually supposed to be a regular WTF episode and we didn't air it and I'll tell

0:21.4

you why. We did this interview in September, just this last September with Jerry Lewis.

0:28.2

He was promoting a return to movies. He had a small independent film out called Max Rose.

0:33.9

He's in it. He did a very fine job. Old Jerry. We usually take these opportunities where

0:40.8

certain people only are available during junkets for specific things, whether they be records

0:47.1

or TV shows or movies. But sometimes that's our window to get a full WTF interview. So

0:52.0

we agreed to do the interview at the hotel Jerry was staying in. But we specifically asked

0:57.6

the publicists that no other interviews be scheduled before ours. Because we're going

1:03.0

to be going for an hour at least and we know from experience that that's not easy for

1:07.8

a 90 year old and they agreed to this. So when I got there, they'd rented a small

1:15.6

space, a ballroom space. And I got there and the publicists were there and his handler

1:20.1

was there and he was in the room doing an hour long interview with the USA today. And

1:26.6

based on some comments he made later on, we suspect that there was even more interviews

1:30.4

lined up earlier. So right out of the gate, I was like, this is going to be difficult.

1:34.0

Jerry needs to be moved around in a wheelchair. He's got a cane. He's lucid. But it's exhausting.

1:41.2

It's exhausting for a person half his age and that would be 45. So we started talking.

1:50.2

And after a half an hour like on the dot a half an hour, he was done. He was just done.

1:56.3

He ended the interview and they wheeled him out. It wasn't like it was really rude. He

2:02.1

wasn't rude about it. And I couldn't blame him. He's 90 and he was tired. But it was

2:08.6

an awkward moment. It was an awkward moment for me where someone just stops in the middle

2:15.0

of an interview for whatever reason. It was just starting to go. We just barely gotten

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