Martin and Lewis years from 1946 to 1956, spanning the timeframe from the beginning until the end of their partnership. In 2016, a tribute show called "Dean and Jerry: What Might Have Been", starring Derek Marshall (Dean Martin) and Nicholas Arnold (Jerry Lewis), started touring North America. Martin and Lewis Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis. They met in 1945 and debuted at Atlantic City's 500 Club on July 25, 1946; the team lasted ten years to the day. Dean Martin is the stage name of Dino Paul Crocetti, born June 7, 1917,
Jerry Lewis Bacon plays the Lewis character in the 2005 film "Where The Truth Lies," based on a fictionalized version of Martin and Lewis. In the satiric novel, "Funny Men", about singer/wild comic double act, the character Sigmund "Ziggy" Blissman, is based on Lewis. John Saleeby, writer for "National Lampoon" has a humor piece "Ten Things You Should Know About Jerry Lewis". In the animated cartoon "Popeye's 20th Anniversary", Martin and Lewis are portrayed on the dais. The animated series "Animaniacs" satirized Lewis in several episodes. In 1998, The MTV animated show "Celebrity Deathmatch" had a clay-animated fight to the death between