Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
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| Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Presented by | Filmation |
| Voices of | Howard Morris Jane Webb David Lander |
| Theme music composer | Jeff Michael George Blais |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 12, 1970 – September 2, 1972 |
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down was a 1970 animated showcase for various caricatured Jerry Lewis characters, all based on characters from the Lewis film, The Family Jewels and styled in a fashion similar to Archie's TV Funnies and the Groovie Goolies.
As with all of their wilder comedies, such as those mentioned above and later shows like Uncle Croc's Block and The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, Filmation stuffed the episodes with slapstick jokes, and the rubbery, gangly animated version of Lewis was well realised. Among the caricatured characters were Chinese detective Hong Kong Flewis and his rotund son, One Ton Son; Professor Lewis, and his sister Geraldine (and her pet frog, Spot). In the series, Jerry worked for the Odd Job Employment Agency under the supervision of the obnoxious Mr. Blunderboss. A typical episode found Jerry being assigned a job, and making a complete shambles of it in his harmless, naive way.
Though Jerry Lewis himself contributed to some of the scripts, he did not voice his own character. Rather, these were performed by David Lander, perhaps best known for his role of Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley.
Notably wild in their style were the opening credits and commercial bumpers. The stories themselves were perhaps slightly more conventional. Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down contained several ethnic (notably Asian) stereotypes.
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- The name of the show was taken after the deciding question on the game show To Tell the Truth: "Will the real __________ please stand up?"
- Along with Groovie Goolies, this was one of the first Filmation series to feature the rotating Lou Scheimer/Norm Prescott "wheel" credit. Previous shows featured a standard credit with Scheimer's name above Prescott's.
