Happy 87th birthday, JERRY LEWIS, comedy superstar and filmmaker!

JERRY LEWIS not only perfected the man-child movie formula later aped by Steve Martin, Adam Sandler and virtually every other member of SNL who hit the big screen, he became an innovative filmmaker who changed the way Hollywood films were made, developing such techniques as the video assist (on the set of THE LADIES MAN, a fun film by the way). 

Plus: his best movies were made with the brilliant FRANK TASHLIN ~ ARTISTS AND MODELS! HOLLYWOOD OR BUST! CINDERFELLA! THE GEISHA BOY!

And he was brilliant in a dramatic role in Scorsese's KING OF COMEDY -- a movie he should've received an Oscar nomination for...

HAPPY 87TH, JERRY LEWIS, COMEDY SUPERSTAR AND INNOVATIVE FILMMAKER!