Lear and Ed Simmons wrote for Martin & Lewis From left: Director Kingman T. Moore, Jerry Lewis, Ed Simmons, Lear and producer Ernie Glucksman Andy Williams & Woody Allen; Lear wrote for the show.

Norman Lear, who addressed serious issues in humorous ... Sponsor Message "He worked for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and then Martha Raye — this is a kind of who's who of television in that ...

Comedian Jerry Lewis, left, meets with Ed Simmons, center, writer Norman Lear, background right, and producer Ernie Glucksman for “The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show”, in New York on May 15 ...

I always felt that Norman Lear was too busy to die — even at ... for a man whose résumé dated back to writing scripts for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin on “The Colgate Comedy Hour” when ...

Norman Lear, the multiple Emmy-Award-winning writer ... Lear, whose resume included three years writing for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on “The Colgate Comedy Hour” in the early 1950s, teamed ...

Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at 101 years young ... timing and rhythm from writing sketch comedy for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the 1950s and, almost 20 years later, established a paradigm ...

Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film ... After only four shows, they were hired away by Jerry Lewis to write for the Martin and Lewis Colgate Comedy Hour, which they continued ...

“Norman lived a life of creativity ... and the husband of Lear’s cousin. Together, Lear and Simmons wrote for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis for the Colgate Comedy Hour. Further writing roles ...

"He worked for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and then Martha Raye — this is a kind of who's who of television in that era," says Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center at the ...