Jerry Lewis emerges once a year to promote his annual Labour Day telethon for muscular dystrophy and usually says something completely outrageous. He's probably saying nutty stuff all year round; it's only around telethon time that anybody actually notices. This year the 84-year-old comedian was asked what he thought of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and other bratty celebrities.
The question made him snap back in anger and disgust,"I think they need a f*****g spanking! And a reprimand!" referring to young celebrities who like Lohan who are more known for bad behaviour than any sort of talent.
"It has nothing to do with [money and fame], it has to do that they have the intelligence of a box of rocks. A bag of snails will give you better answers than those people ... I think a great deal of it is ignorance and crying for something other than fan love."
Referring to Lohan in particular, he added, "I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her. I'd smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman ... I'd say, 'You deserve this' and nothing else. Whack! And then, if she's not satisfied, I'd put her over my knee and spank her. And then put her in rehab. And that's it."
While I agree with the sentiment — Paris Hilton's "not-my-purse" defense for cocaine posession is almost as clever as Linday's "not-my-pants" excuse when coke was found in her pocket — leave it to Jerry to transform a cogent point about boneheaded "celebs" who are more famous than talented into a sexist, violent rant that conjures up the image of a geriatric lunatic taking a sexy young girl over his knee. And while I'm aware Jerry comes from a bygone era when the Rat Pack ruled Vegas and smacking a broad was a perfectly acceptable way to keep a dame in line, he should know by now that threatening to punch a woman in the face isn't going to play particularly well in the press these days.
Tune in this weekend to see Jerry host his annual Labour Day telethon, where he'll be joined by such show-biz relics as Tony Orlando, Charo and Jurassic stand-up comic Norm Crosby.
Jerry Lewis is a fool...he's no choir boy himself and if he had the brains of a flea, he would see Lilo/Paris and the like need help,they all are on a one way trip to obliterating themselves.
ReplyDeleteJerry was a fool in his younger days and a bigger fool now since his whiskey soaked brain don't funtion to well anymore.
Ever wonder why the team of Martin/Lewis came to an end...now we all know.
Listen up Jerry...if you smack Lilo in the mouth, Dina will kick your old 84-year-old ass about her meal/money ticket.