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The joke about the French loving Jerry Lewis is no joke. He was known there as "the King of Crazy" and was awarded the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France. In his acceptance speech he apologized for not speaking French by saying that, "even if the French people cannot hear my language, they have always heard my heart." Director Jean-Luc Godard called Jerry, "the only American director who has made progressive films. He is much better than Chaplin and Keaton."
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