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They certainly were the unlikeliest of pairs—a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on-stage. However the moment they met up, something clicked—something miraculous—and people saw it at the same time. In a short time, they were as large as Elvis or the Beatles could be after them, creating hysteria wherever they went and grabbing an unprecedented hold-over every entertainment outlet of the era: radio, television, films, stage shows, and clubs.