Jerry Lewis the following summer, and the audience was so enthusiastic that Kaye became Lewis' manager and guardian for Borscht Belt appearances. During World War II, he was rejected for military service because of a heart murmur. Lewis initially gained attention as part of a double act with singer Dean Martin, who served as straight man to Lewis' zany antics as the Martin and Lewis comedy team. They were different from other duo acts of the time because they played to each other and had ad-libbed improvisational segments within their planned routines. After forming in 1946, they quickly rose to national prominence,
Jerry Lewis appeared on "The Red Skelton Show", then contributed to some scripts for the Filmation animated series "Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down". He later guest hosted "The Mike Douglas Show" and then directed an episode of "The Bold Ones". He made guest appearances on "The Hollywood Palace", "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show", "The Irv Kupcinet Show", "The Linkletter Show", "The Real Tom Kennedy Show" and "A Christmas Night with the Stars". For United Artists, Lewis directed and made his first offscreen voice performance as a bandleader in "One More Time" (1970), a sequel to the 1968 film "Salt and