"Well, I guess it goes from God, to Jerry to you - to the cleaners! Right, Kent?" - Bodie, "Real Genius" (1985)
Ok - this is off the wall, so to speak - but it has a purpose, especially today of all days. The 1985 Movie "Real Genius" was Val Kilmer's first real starring role, and it is a cult classic for many reasons: the statement made on weapons based in outer space (Reagan's "Star Wars" initiative, and as a Reagan Republican, I saw the logic of it as we were still in the Cold War days), and the misinterpretations that we experience when we believe that God is talking to us and guiding us. The quote was definitely "tongue in cheek," but think about the situations in our past that come down to the accused, the Leaders, and the famous and the infamous - stating that God told him/her to do this. Some are hard for us to fathom, yet others seem very realistic. Regardless, not only does God speak to us in many ways, but I believe God speaks to us through events that unfold - yet some are hard to see when they happen. Only later in life do we fully understand what we were witnessing. So, does it really go from God, to Jerry to you - to the cleaners? Only you can truly answer that.
Tonight begins the 45th Annual Labor Day Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, and I truly believe that this was something that Jerry Lewis heard from God. Actually beginning in New York in 1954, this iconic and legendary Comic has raised hundreds of millions, if not a billion dollars or more to help those kids and adults have a fighting chance to walk again. Jerry Lewis was one of my favorite Comedians, and when he teamed up with Dean Martin, there was magic in the end result. I am a fan of Old-Time Radio (Channel 118 on Sirius), and every week I hear a radio broadcast of "Martin and Lewis," usually from 1949-1952. The pure Genius of the two was incredible, and truly entertaining at a time when the Cold War was really beginning to rage, and the Korean Conflict was about to explode. Yet, through all of this, Jerry found his calling, and he will forever be linked to helping less fortunate people with MDS all the way to Lou Gehrig's Disease. A message or epiphany from God?
You decide - I've already made my decision.
Think about it . . . God Bless You, Jerry - and thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Yogi: 9/5/2010 10:42AM CDT
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