<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>One could argue his film work either way (I identified with his characters because I was a proto-geek) but I find his telethon downright exploitative--not that I haven't spent time watching it, and sometimes have seen some exceptional -performances on there. In fact, when I was given an exceptionally bad case of poison ivy at a Boy Scout meeting, I ended up in so much pain (if the blister covers the upper third of your back, it don't just itch) that I watched an entire telethon, beginning to end, and that was (I believe) the end of my fandom of Jerry Lewis.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the other hand, the French do appreciate R. Crumb, so they're all right by me.</DIV></BODY><PRE> Thanks, John A see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/</PRE>