Steven has done four one-man shows at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival in Scotland. One of them, "I Eat People Like You for
Breakfast!" (the backstage story of how Steven brought Jerry Lewis to the London
Palladium)
was also produced in London at the New End Theatre.
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When comedy legend Jerry Lewis collapsed
last autumn in the wings of The
London Palladium at a charity benefit, he left comedian/producer Steven Alan
Green
with a bill for £40,000 – and almost cost him his sanity.
Steven smelled a rat. Did Jerry fall or fake it? Should he sue one of his
comedy heroes or just walk away and lick his wounds? Instead he decided to bare
his angst on stage with the bitingly funny...
“I EAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU FOR BREAKFAST!”
An epic comedy David v Goliath clash, Steven Alan Green lifts the lid on the
tantrums and tears, outrageous demands and rampant paranoia leading up to the
heart-stopping moment Jerry collapsed as he was about to go receive a lifetime
achievement
award.
“Out the corner of my eye I saw Jerry sort of lean ... and fall. An ambulance
was called. Jerry was carried out on a stretcher, given oxygen. I watched the
ambulance go. And I thought, ‘Have I killed Jerry Lewis? Have I reunited
Lewis with Dean Martin?’ The ambulance took Jerry back to his hotel. Jerry flew
back to America I tried to reach Jerry. But I never spoke to Jerry again...
“Hey, Jerry. Did you fall? Or did you fake it? And if you did fake it, Jerry,
why
did you fake it? Because you were angry with me? Because you were scared?
Because you thought you weren't funny? Because you thought we wouldn't love
you?”
“I Eat People Like You For Breakfast!” give a fascinating insight into
Jerry’s collapse, but it also traces Steven Alan Green’s journey from a painful
childhood in celebrity infested Beverly Hills to his adventures over 10 years
at
The Comedy Store in LA, alongside the likes of Robin Williams, Martin Short,
Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Sam Kinison, Roseanne Barr, Rodney Dangerfield, Andy
Kaufman and Richard Pryor.