Hello barbarar1-ga:
What appears to be the definitive account of just what Lewis said
during that Tonight Show appearance comes from the man himself. See
this transcript of Lewis's September 1, 2000 interview on CNN's Larry
King Live:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/01/lkl.00.html
"CALLER: Hi. Jerry, when I was 7 years old, I heard you do your thing
about one hand, two ducks.
LEWIS: Yes.
CALLER: For some reason or other, I only heard that once or twice and
I still remember it to this day. Where did you first hear that? And
could you do it for us tonight?
LEWIS: Well, I first heard it at NBC when I was substituting for
Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon decided he was going to teach me the
announcer's test. The announcer's test is given to anyone in radio or
television who wants to be specifically announcer. And it involves
retention, memory, repetition, enunciation. It involves diction. And
it involves 10 factors that use every alphabet letter in the alphabet
a variety of times.
You want me to do it for you?
KING: Yes, go.
LEWIS: OK.
One hen.
One hen; two ducks.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alversos tweezers.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alversos tweezers; 7,000
Macedonians in full battle array.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alversos tweezers; 7,000
Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient
sacred crypts of Egypt.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alversos tweezers; 7,000
Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient
sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men
on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and
sloth.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five
corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alversos tweezers; 7,000
Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient
sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men
on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and
sloth; 10 lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who hall
stall around the corner of the quo of the quay of the quivery, all at
the same time. "
Very nearly the same version can be found at the Jerry Lewis Comedy
Store & Museum:
http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com/announcer.htm
Best regards,
nancylynn-ga
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