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Now that I am part owner of Laugh Factory comedy club in Las Vegas we have a whole half of the comedy club is dedicated to Jerry Lewis. We have the Dean and Jerry bar and a display case with an amazing collection of Jerry Lewis memorabilia.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Comedian/actor Brian Babylon says Lewis will be remembered as a comedian that often \"pushed the boundaries.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Probably people be like 'I don't know if you can do that Jerry.' And he would probably push back then he knew that 'hey I might lose that battle but there's another battle to win.' He would always pick his battles, probably.\",\" said Babylon.\u003cbr/\u003e              Comedy veteran Tom Dreesen said, as well as his performances, Lewis will be remembered for his work raising money as the teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons.\u003cbr/\u003e              Lewis became known as the ringmaster of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association, which from the 1960s onward, the telethons raised some $1.5 billion, including more than $60 million in 2009.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"If they ever find a cure for muscular dystrophy and they don't build a monument to this man, there's no justice in this society,\" said Dreesen.\u003cbr/\u003e              Lewis died Sunday (20 AUG. 2017) morning of natural causes at age 91 in Las Vegas with his family by his side.\u003cbr/\u003e              The comedy scene suffered another loss at the weekend with the death of Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s. He was 84.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Dick Gregory was an outstanding standup comedian and could of had an incredible standup comedy career but that wasn't his passion. His passion was civil rights,\" said Dreesen, \u003cbr/\u003e              \"So he gave up this wonderful comedy career, even though he did it on occasion and stuff like that. But he gave up focusing on nothing but standup comedy but he focused on civil rights and therefore gave up an awful lot of money and maybe an awful lot more fame. But he gave it up because his passion was civil justice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              As well as his work with civil rights, Gregory also changed the face of black comedy, turning into a \"true art form,\" says Babylon.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When he came up, black comedy back then, a lot of black comics were doing Minstral type of comedy, sort of making fun of black people. Where he took another direction and he just made it smart. He was writing jokes and not just funny anecdotes that you would act out, he would actually have wordplay and say words with a purpose of being funny and smart.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Gregory died late Saturday in Washington, D.C. after being hospitalized for about a week, his son Christian Gregory told The Associated Press. He had suffered a severe bacterial infection.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Los Angeles, 20 August 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Zoom from wide of Laughter Factory to medium of Jerry Lewis and Dick Gregory tributes\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of Brian Babylon being interviewed \u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Babylon, actor/comedian - on Jerry Lewis:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"He was doing this, what dirty is today and what dirty is in the '50s and '60s is night and day. There's the PC police are still out today but I guess they were really enforced today, engrained in what America like and what America did and he was able to ride that fine line and still create quality content and be successful at it. Today, nothing really shocks us today but back then he still had to know how far he could go and how far he couldn't but as a comic he still kind of pushed the boundaries where he knew he could get away with it. Probably people be like 'I don't know if you can do that Jerry.' And he would probably push back then he knew that 'hey I might lose that battle but there's another battle to win.' He would always pick his battles, probably.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Pan of Laughter Factory interior\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Babylon, actor/comedian - on Dick Gregory:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When he came up, black comedy back then, a lot of black comics were doing Minstral type of comedy, sort of making fun of black people. Where he took another direction and he just made it smart. He was writing jokes and not just funny anecdotes that you would act out, he would actually have wordplay and say words with a purpose of being funny and smart. And that's a true art form.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Wide of Tom Dreesen being interviewed\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Dreesen, comedian - on Jerry Lewis: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"He's done a body of work in film and so that will be somewhat of his legacy but truthfully it will be probably the muscular dystrophy telethon because it raised millions of dollars. The muscular dystrophy telethon is going to be a major part of his legacy because he, as I said, he raise over billions of dollars. If they ever find a cure for muscular dystrophy and they don't build a monument to this man, there's no justice in this society.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Wide shot Tom Dreesen being interviewed\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Dreesen, standup comedian - on Dick Gregory:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Dick Gregory was an outstanding standup comedian and could've had an incredible standup comedy career but that wasn't his passion. His passion was civil rights. So he gave up this wonderful comedy career, even though he did it on occasion and stuff like that. But he gave up focusing on nothing but standup comedy but he focused on civil rights and therefore gave up an awful lot of money and maybe an awful lot more fame. But he gave it up because his passion was civil justice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Medium shot Tom Dreesen talking to Harry Basil \u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Harry Basil, comedian - on Jerry Lewis:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"You don't see the physical comedy that Jerry Lewis invented or Jerry was inspired by Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin but he took it to a whole new level and in nightclubs and in film and television. And without Jerry Lewis we would have never had Jim Carrey or Steve Martin or Martin Short and even Andrew Dice Clay who was inspired by Jerry's Buddy Love character from 'The Nutty Professor.' And my act, I've been a standup for 30 years and my whole act is spoofing movies and doing impressions with costumes and props and Jerry started off as a prop act in pantomime to music. And when I was a little kid I was just totally, I wanted him to be my dad, I loved him so much. Now that I am part owner of Laugh Factory comedy club in Las Vegas, we have a whole half of the comedy club is dedicated to Jerry Lewis. We have the Dean and Jerry bar and a display case with an amazing collection of Jerry Lewis memorabilia.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Pull out of Jerry Lewis' star on the Walk of Fame, showing candles and flowers\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Wide of people standing around Jerry Lewis' star on the Walk of Fame, fan lays flowers\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3 MATERIAL++\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Venice, Italy, 23 September 1999\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide shot Jerry Lewis and wife SanDee Pitnick arriving for gala event\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Close-up Jerry Lewis\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3 MATERIAL++\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Los Angeles, 12 October 2004\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Medium shot Jerry Lewis with family\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Cannes, France, 23 May 2013\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Zoom in Jerry Lewis\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Washington DC - 17 February 1997\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3 MATERIAL++\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Talk show host Joe Madison holding burning copy of The Washington Post newspaper, Gregory looking on, during protest against US media giants, whom the demonstrators accused of ignoring the truth about the CIA's alleged support for drug trafficking by Nicaragua's Contra groups\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Close shot burning newspaper\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Close shot protesters applauding\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Wide shot Dick Gregory (centre between protest signs)\u003cbr/\u003e              19. 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