Jerry Lewis…The Laughing Cameraman Sketch

On September 27, 2014 - TV History


Speaking Of Jerry Lewis…Here’s The Laughing Cameraman Sketch

In the last post about the delayed SNL debut, I mentioned that Tom Snyder and his guest Jerry Lewis filled the hole left by the one week push back. Lewis and NBC have a long history going back to ‘The Colgate Comedy Hour’ days of the early 50s, and here is a clip from his show from Burbank in 1960.

The laughing cameraman is comedian Joey Faye who was in a lot of Sinatra and Lewis movies. We get to see the RCA TK41s around 2:33 but the intro to “Witchcraft” include a typical Lewis bit about the time delay of this live show.

By the way, he did this bit again in 1967 and I’ll post that clip in Comments. Enjoy and Share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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4 Comments

  1. Leon Zetekoff September 28, 2014

    Like night and day or hd vs sd

  2. João Antonio Franz September 27, 2014

    Jofus, it’s from January 16, 1960.

  3. João Antonio Franz September 27, 2014

    Here is the color version which I compared with the kinescope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGxlkRC3xQ

  4. Eyes Of A Generation.com September 27, 2014

    Here is the sketch again, 7 years later in 1967. This time the camera is on a Houston Fearless 30B crane at Burbank. Click this link to go directly to the start of that sketch. http://youtu.be/bGQk-s8cKjc?t=14m50s