The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis is the title of a celebrity comics comic book published by DC Comics featuring the popular team of comedians Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The series ran for 40 issues from 1952 through 1957, at which time the title was renamed because of the real life breakup of the team. The title was continued as "The Adventures of Jerry Lewis" thereafter for issues #41-124. The new series featured the comedian Jerry Lewis in a variety of humorous situations. Infrequent guest stars included Batman, Bob
Jerry Lewis the decades. It was also the home for the annual Labor Day MDA telethon. In "The Simpsons", the character of Professor Frink is based on Lewis' Julius Kelp from "The Nutty Professor." In "Family Guy," Peter recreates Lewis' 'Chairman of the Board' scene from "The Errand Boy". Comedian, actor and friend of Lewis, Martin Short satirized him on the series "SCTV" in the sketches "The Nutty Lab Assistant", "Martin Scorsese presents Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs Elysees!", "The Tender Fella", and "Scenes From an Idiots Marriage", as well as on "Saturday Night Live"s "Celebrity Jeopardy!". Also on "SNL", the