Without question, the duo was one of the most popular comedy teams of all time. CHAPTER 3 Martin and Lewis and Friends My father’s inner sanctum consisted of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe E. Lewis, and Jimmy Durante, mainly because they were the big money-makers for the club. Many celebrities would come to our house over the years; they would wait for my father and then go behind closed doors in his den. Dean Martin came together with Jerry Lewis, or they would come over separately. My father liked Dean better than Jerry; Jerry could be loud and obnoxious. I didn’t think Jerry was funny; I thought he was mean and didn’t really like kids. Dean, on the other hand, was always nice to me and I had a crush on him because he was so handsome. My father got along with most of the entertainers who played the Copa through the years. Frank Sinatra, I would have to say, was his favorite singer and performer. I remember Sinatra as more of a man’s man; when he came to our house he would talk mostly with my dad about business or they told jokes to each other.
