Friday, December 28, 2012

The Jerry Lewis Show with guests Phil Foster, Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali (1963)

2 comments:

Lance said...

In an interview:

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/jerry-lewis-show-the-1963-abc#

Lewis says that, although he only did 13 weeks of this spectacular flop, he still got the full amount of his 5 year contract: $40 million.

He also says that this fact is a Guiness World Record: Most money paid to a performer for the shortest period of time.

I doubt any of that is true and can find no reference to it at all.

Anyone else know?

Lance

Anonymous said...

ABC paid him off with 3.5 million dollars in 1964 funds.