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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jerry Lewis ready to Bloom again by Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel the French adore Jerry Lewis. His fellow countrymen however have carried on a love hate relationship with the manic Clown. How Many men Are considered a Genius and a Buffoon North americans affection seems ready to Bloom again. The Lewis films continue to grow in renown and critics Hail his enduring directing achievements. Hollywood remakes his masterpiece the nutty professor and Lewis becomes a Broadway musical Star in Damn Yankees. A amp a biography will nudge along the comeback with its Loving profile Jerry Lewis the last american Clown debuting 7 to 9 it tonight. Alan King narrates. The program starts with his unusual birth arriving unconscious after his Mother was Given too much Ether. It proceeds through childhood traumas his partnership with Dean Martin an up and Down film career his fund raising to fight muscular dystrophy and to preview biography a featuring Jerry Lewis a a amp a a tonight 7 . His ailments. Its impossible to watch the last american Clown without feeling new regard for Lewis. His endurance at age 70 is remarkable and he reviews his life with Candour. The nifty clips a Home movies to shows movies a confirm his Talent. The documentary which is dedicated to the late Martin also helps explain the successful team. Lewis realized when they first worked together a we had lightning in a Lewis goes on to Call Martin a the spine of the act Quot and to acknowledge that a the took a Back seat to this biography will profile Martin at 7 . It tomorrow the clips reflect the teams camaraderie note the Way they played to a mob of fans Cut up on their Abc variety show and crowned around when fledgling filmmaker Lewis shot parodies at Home. Martin can be seen acting in come Back Little Shiksa co starring Lewis first wife Patti and Janet Leigh. Lewis blames the duos tensions on film producer Hal Wallis who wanted to build up Jerry a parts at Martins expense. Lewis and Wallis also fought Over comedy. A the had a sense of Humour like a menstrual period Quot Lewis complains. After Martin and Lewis split in 1956, Lewis fretted that he make it alone. He started by standing in for Judy Garland in a Las vegas Casino. She had laryngitis but she sat on the stage to offer support. He quickly found his Way and began the string of films that would win him the praises of directors Jean Luc Godard and Federico Fellini. The last american Clown notes Lewis style with clips from the nutty professor the indies Man the errand boy and the Bellboy. 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Name _ address j phone. To Register your name Call 1-900-451-4244 i postal code i winners will be notified by Telephone and must pick up their passes i must be 18 years of age or older to Call or have parents permission j r. Or mail this form to def Leppard clo free press 1355 Mountain ave. Wpg., my r2x 3b6 deadline for entries noon tues sept 3/96 callers will be charged $1 49/minute on their phone Bill Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Brooks adjusts trademark Cowboy hat during last nights show. Brooks thrills a full House High Energy show ignites fans by John Lyons music reporter from the moment Garth Brooks emerged out of a piano you just knew it was going to be a special night. The 34-year-old country music sensation kicked off the first of three Winnipeg Arena shows last night with two encores and enough spectacle to rival anything you be Ever seen. Little about this country show was Rural the stage and presentation were As Urban and contemporary As any music show anywhere. Backwoods its not. Enjoyable entertaining and High Energy it is. Brooks a born Ham boys Fly and enthusiastically ran about the stage. Set up at the end of the Arena the stage was nevertheless Oval fans sat on All sides of it and Brooks acknowledged them All. Quot this must be where they re keeping All the crazy people Back Here a he told the ecstatic crowd behind the stage. The Barren steel stage allowed plenty of room to roam. Brooks and his seven member backup band took full advantage. Two of a kind working on a full House garnered enthusiastic response from the packed crowd of about 16,000, which ranged from Young to Middle aged. A pulsating calling Baton Rouge had the whole crowd on its feet clapping along. Fans nearly went berserk during an extended friends in Low places. He renamed one hit after the country he a in the Canadian Honky Tonk bar association. Maybe it was predictable maybe it was corny but the near delirious crowd did no to mind. It Wasny to just the fast and fun numbers that got the audience up however. The slow and sweetly sentimental unanswered prayers saw Brooks alone onstage while the crowd stood concert review Garth Brooks a Winnipeg Arena a aug 17, 18. 19 a sold out out of five and swayed Many holding lighters aloft and Sang along. The Singer gave a tender treatment to the dance the one song he said he hoped to be remembered for. That song ended his 95-minute, 16-song main set. He returned for an encore of ainu to coins Down til the Sun comes up. The band left again but Brooks came Back a second time for another encore a Solo take on Bob Segers night moves and cold shoulder a request by fans celebrating a wedding anniversary. At deadline he was playing american pie the 25-year-old Don Mclean song. The Singer an Oklahoma native who now lives near Nashville concentrated on older tunes a if Quot older is the word to describe someone whose recording career began in 1989. However he did play such new ones As beaches of Cheyenne and the fever. Ironically he opened this oldies show with a new song called the old stuff. Although it was a Slick polished High tech affair the show was interactive in the old fashioned sense. Brooks often stood right on the Edge while fans clutched at his feet. Fans were encouraged to take photos. The Only person removed from the crowd was drummer Mike Palmer who played inside a Glass and steel Cage at Centre stage. Brooks is recording every show on his tour including Winnipeg a for a possible live album. A few Hundred extra seats will go on Sale this morning at 9 30 at select a seat for tonight and tomorrows shows. E night Only wednesday september 11,1996 8 . Centennial concert Hall Call ticketmaster 204 780-3333 Job 68 j o ii t. K i la i n i a p h o i i i i 0 \ j i Itta watch for More details coming soon in your Winnipeg free press in doors 6 3 Ruk to ava&Quot-a8le at j charge by phone 780 sea ;