Editing Jerry Lewis (section)

=== Later roles and final work ===
Lewis carried on and starred in ''[[Circus of the Stars]]'', ''[[Pink Lady (TV series)|Pink Lady and Jeff]]'', ''[[Hardly Working]]'' (1981, his first "[[Comeback (publicity)|comeback]]" film in 11 years), a very rare dramatic role as a talk show host in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]]'' (1982), ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', ''[[Star Search]]'', ''[[Cracking Up (1983 film)|Cracking Up]]'' (1983, originally titled as ''Smorgasbord''), ''[[Slapstick of Another Kind|Slapstick (Of Another Kind)]]'' (1984), ''[[Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur|To Catch a Cop]]'' (1984) and ''[[Par ou t'es rentre ? On t'a pas vu sortir|How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave]]'' (1984), both French films, which had their distribution under Lewis's control.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

[[File:Jerry Lewis Cannes 2013 2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Lewis at the Cannes Film Festival, 2013]]
Later, he hosted a third and final version of ''The Jerry Lewis Show,'' this time as a syndicated talk show for Metromedia, which was not continued beyond the scheduled five shows, directed an episode of ''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]'', appeared at the first [[Comic Relief USA|Comic Relief]] in 1986, where he was the only performer to receive a standing ovation, appeared for ''Classic Treasures'', ''[[Fight for Life (film)|Fight for Life]]'' (1987, a TV movie for ABC),{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} did a second double act with Davis Jr., appeared on ''Las Vegas at 75: All-Star Tribute'', hosted ''America's All-Time Favorite Movies'' and came on ''Speaking of Everything''. While guest starring in five episodes of ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'',{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} its filming schedule forced Lewis to miss the [[Museum of the Moving Image]]'s opening with a retrospective of his work.

Lewis then attended Martin's 72nd birthday at Bally's in Las Vegas, wheeling out a cake, sang "[[Happy Birthday to you|Happy Birthday]]" to him and joked, "Why we broke up, I'll never know."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_10-23-2005/featured_0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322110107/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_10-23-2005/featured_0|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2006|title='We Had That X Factor' (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis)|last1=Lewis|first1=Jerry|last2=Kaplan|first2= James|author-link2=James Kaplan|date=October 23, 2005|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|access-date=November 7, 2008}}</ref> Then starred in ''[[Cookie (film)|Cookie]]'' (1989),<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |last2=Byrge |first2=Duane |date=2017-08-20 |title=Jerry Lewis, Nonpareil Genius of Comedy, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-lewis-dead-nutty-professor-bellboy-star-was-91-721408/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513043801/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-lewis-dead-nutty-professor-bellboy-star-was-91-721408/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> directed episodes of ''[[Super Force]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Good Grief (TV series)|Good Grief]]'' in 1991 and appeared in ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'' (1992), ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]],'' ''[[The Whoopi Goldberg Show]]'', ''Inside The Comedy Mind'', ''Jerry Lewis...Unlimited'' (his stage tour), ''[[Mad About You]]'', ''[[Arizona Dream]]'' (1993) and ''[[Funny Bones]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Dem Bones|first=Shawn|last=Levy|pages=2–3, 7|issue=May/June 1995|magazine=Film Comment}}</ref>

Lewis went on to appear in a stage revival of ''[[Damn Yankees]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Theater Review: Damn Yankees; Finally, Jerry Lewis Is on Broadway |first=Vincent |last=Canby |date=March 13, 1995 |newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/13/theater/theater-review-damn-yankees-finally-jerry-lewis-is-on-broadway.html?mcubz=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822102229/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/13/theater/theater-review-damn-yankees-finally-jerry-lewis-is-on-broadway.html?mcubz=3 |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-lewis-dead-nutty-professor-bellboy-star-was-91-721408|first1=Duane|last1=Byrge|first2=Mike|last2=Barnes|title=Jerry Lewis Nonpareil Genius of Comedy Dead at 91|date=August 20, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511190847/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-lewis-dead-nutty-professor-bellboy-star-was-91-721408|url-status=live}}</ref> then guest spots on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', ''[[The Martin Short Show]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''. He also did the long-awaited sequel ''[[The Nutty Professor (2008 film)|The Nutty Professor II]]'' (2008, also titled as ''Facing the Fear''),{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} then went on ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'' and finally, ''[[Max Rose (film)|Max Rose]]'' (2013), an appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'', ''[[The Trust (2016 film)|The Trust]]'' (2016) and ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=Jerry Lewis To Star In 'Max Rose'|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/jerry-lewis-to-star-in-max-rose-1118003719/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 15, 2009|access-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215193657/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003719.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|archive-date=December 15, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hr">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-lewis-interview-painful-awkward-awful-7-minutes-watch-957115|title=Watch the Most Painfully Awkward Interview of 2016: 7 Minutes with Jerry Lewis|last=Lewis|first=Andy|date=December 19, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=December 16, 2017|archive-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014044/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-lewis-interview-painful-awkward-awful-7-minutes-watch-957115|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2017|title=Jerry Lewis To Honor Robin Williams At Legionnaires Of Laughter Awards|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/16673-jerry-lewis-to-honor-robin-williams-at-legionnaires-of-laughter-awards|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=Look to the Stars|archive-date=October 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004092707/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/16673-jerry-lewis-to-honor-robin-williams-at-legionnaires-of-laughter-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>