{"product_id":"dean-and-me-a-love-story-paperback","title":"Dean and Me: (A Love Story) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a memoir by turns moving, tragic, and hilarious, Jerry Lewis recounts with crystal clarity every step of his fifty-year friendship with Dean Martin. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey were the unlikeliest of pairs--a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on stage. But the moment they got together, something clicked--something miraculous--and audiences saw it at once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before long, they were as big as Elvis or the Beatles would be after them, creating hysteria wherever they went and grabbing an unprecedented hold over every entertainment outlet of the era: radio, television, movies, stage shows, and nightclubs. Martin and Lewis were a national craze, an American institution. The millions flowed in, seemingly without end--and then, on July 24, 1956, ten years after it all started, it ended suddenly. After that traumatic day, the two wouldn't speak again for twenty years. And while both went on to forge triumphant individual careers--Martin as a movie and television star, recording artist, and nightclub luminary (and charter member of the Rat Pack); Lewis as the groundbreaking writer, producer, director, and star of a series of hugely successful movie comedies--their parting left a hole in the national psyche, as well as in each man's heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDean \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis makes a convincing case for Martin as one of the great--and most underrated--comic talents of our era. But what comes across most powerfully in this definitive memoir is the depth of love Lewis felt for his partner, and which his partner felt for him: truly a love to last for all time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJERRY LEWIS and Dean Martin sandwiched sixteen money-making films in between nightclub engagements, recording sessions, radio shows, and television bookings during their ten-year partnership. Over the following years Lewis remained in the spotlight as the groundbreaking creator and star of a series of hugely successful movie comedies, and scored triumphs in stage appearances in Europe, where he has been hailed as one of the greatest director\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003ecomedians of the twentieth century. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and has received numerous other honors for his tireless efforts in the fight against the fourty neuromuscular diseases. \u003cbr\u003eJAMES KAPLAN has written novels, essays, and reviews, as well as over a hundred major profiles for many magazines, including\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2002 Kaplan coauthored the autobiography of John McEnroe, \u003ci\u003eYou Cannot Be Serious, \u003c\/i\u003e which was an international bestseller (and #1 on the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e list). He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and three sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717606158584,"sku":"9780767920872","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/0UvZkuUjpy9780767920872.webp?v=1780203021","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/dean-and-me-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}