American singer and comedian
Victim of a botched mob hit in 1927, after refusing a request by Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn, an Al Capone lieutenant. McGurn asked Lewis to renew a contract that would bind him to performing at Chicagos Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. The Lounge (on Broadway and Lawrence, still operating in 2008) was partly owned by Capone. Lewis refused, because he had been offered more money by a rival gang to appear at their own club, The Rendezvous. He was assaulted in his hotel room, mutilated in an attempt to slit his throat and left for dead. It took him a few years to learn to speak and sing again. The story was the basis for The Joker Is Wild starring Frank Sinatra as Lewis.
His biography The Joker Is Wild was published October 31, 1955 by Random House. It was made into the film The Joker Is Wild starring Frank Sinatra.
Ed Sullivan was a man who could brighten a room simply by leaving it.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
You only live once - but if you work it right once is enough.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
It pays to get drunk with the best people.
I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.
I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
