"Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla"

[enigmatic]

This is one of my all-time favorite films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHp11QhJcHs

Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo were THE great dada comedy/music team of the 50's; Sammy Petrillo channelled Jerry Lewis in a way that creeped Jerry out so much that he efeectively stopped Petrillo from doing "Jerry" ever again.

Here's a great interview w/ Sammy, where he talks about the team, and Duke:

http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/21/petrillo.html

[rug]

1. Uncanny resemblance. Never heard of them.

Interesting that Dean Martin tried to promote them after he split with Jerry Lewis.