Jerry Lewis wants to live to be older than George Burns
The room is packed and noisy with camera equipment and assistants and family members and guests.
Lewis has agreed to meet with The Associated Press and discuss whatever one might try to bring up with the man who gave us "The Nutty Professor."
[...] think of the interview not as a private exchange, but like shouting out orders at a popular deli.
Lewis turned 90 in March and celebrated his birthday near his home in Las Vegas, but a milestone isn't a milestone until it's been reached at the Friars, the venerable show business gathering place where he holds the high-ranking title of Abbot.
[...] he also turned up at the Friars — to a chorus of cheers and filthy jokes — for a public tribute, a private dinner and a few words with the press.
The grandiose banquet space on the second floor is called the Milton Berle Room.
The shining second floor bar, where you can order a Bourbon Legend or Rye Sense of Humor, has been christened the Lucille Ball Room.
Lewis and Klein are singing "Medical marijuana!" Lewis is chanting Hebrew prayers.
Names are dropped that hit the floor ages ago —Harry Ritz, Frank Fay.