Jerry Lewis
Teaming with Dean Martin
!Lewis with [Dean Martin in 1950](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/LewisandMartin.jpg/250px-LewisandMartin.jpg)
Teaming with Dean Martin
Lewis and Martin quickly rose to national prominence, first with their popular nightclub act, then as stars of their radio program The Martin and Lewis Show. The two made their television debut on CBS' Toast of the Town (later renamed as The Ed Sullivan Show) June 20, 1948.
Teaming with Dean Martin
Crosby and Hope would do the same in Scared Stiff a year later. Attesting to the duo's popularity, DC Comics published The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from 1952 to 1957. The team appeared on What's My Line? in 1954, the 27th annual Academy Awards in 1955, The Steve Allen Show and The Today Show in 1956. Martin's participation became an embarrassment in 1954 when Look) magazine published a publicity photo of the team for the magazine cover but cropped Martin out.
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