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This video highlights the 'Classic Friars Club Roast of Jerry Lewis from 1971. Lewis is roasted by roastmaster, Johnny Carson, and comic legends Milton Berle, Don Rickles, and Charlie Callas. This also stars, Alan King. Don Rickles gets ferocious during his stand-up routine.

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The Friars Club is a private club in New York City. Famous for its risqué roasts, the club's membership comprises mostly comedians and other celebrities. Founded in 1904, it is located in NYC.

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Jerry Lewis (1926 – 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, writer, and humanitarian. Nicknamed "The King of Comedy", he is regarded as one of the most significant American cultural figures of all time. His contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in pop culture over an eight-decade career. From the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, "Lewis was a major force in American popular culture." Widely acknowledged as a comic genius, Lewis influenced generations of comedians, comedy writers, performers, and filmmakers. As Lewis was often referred to as the bridge from Vaudeville to modern comedy, Carl Reiner wrote after Lewis's death, "All comedians watch other comedians, and every generation of comedians going back to those who watched Jerry on the Colgate Comedy Hour was influenced by Jerry. They say mankind goes back to the first guy ... which everyone tries to copy. In comedy that guy was Jerry Lewis."

Don Rickles (1926-2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, known especially for his insult comedy. A headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra, Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.

Johnny Carson (1925-2005) as an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

Milton Berle (1902-2002) was an American comedian and actor. Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1955), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both radio and TV.

Charlie Callas (1924 – 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He was most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s. He was also known for his role as Malcolm Argos, the restaurant owner and former con man, on the Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner television series Switch (1975–1978).

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