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,
Lee Evans (comedian) He lent his voice to "Zippo the Troodon" in the Emmy-nominated miniseries "Dinotopia" (2002) and made a notable departure from comedy with a leading role in the Irish film "Freeze Frame" (2004). He had made his cinema debut with the Jerry Lewis comedy "Funny Bones" (1995), earning the Paris Film Festival Award for Best Actor. In 2008, Evans' "Big" tour DVD "Big – Live at the O2" became the highest-selling Christmas DVD in the United Kingdom, only to be surpassed by his own "Monsters Tour" DVD in 2014. In November 2014 Evans officially announced his retirement. In 2018 Evans came