Jeremy Vernon (December 19, 1931 - ) is a German born American Stand Up Comedian, and Actor who appeared in Season 2's Mork in Wonderland as the parallel world of Mirth's version of Jerry Lewis, Jerry Looney.
Biography[]
Jeremy Vernon was born Gerd Krispien, December 19, 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
Vernon's career goes back to 1955, New York, when he won a talent contest there, won a week's engagement at Number One, 5th Avenue which got him an agent. He went from that to working weekend clubs in places like Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey and so on. Eventually getting full week engagements by the 1960s he was doing television.
Nickname Jeremy Crispin
Career[]
Originally specializing in impersonations, and constantly working on stage in comedy stores and improv and in Las Vegas, Jeremy Vernon appeared on The Jack Parr show a few times, doing so well the first time that he ousted Jonathan Winters from the final 'star spot', He appeared on The Tonight show, guest hosted by Bob Newhart, and The Dean Martin Show (1967), before appearing in The Flying Nun (1967), Love American Style, and His Honor.[1]
Mork & Mindy[]
Jeremy Vernon appeared in Mork In Wonderland alongside Ronnie Schell and Johnny Haymer as the manic parallel trio of Bob Faith, Jerry Looney and Danny St. Tommy, Mirth's equivalent of Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis and Danny Thomas, three dimwitted members of the guerilla outfit 'The Sillies', the revolutionary group run by Mindy's parallel 'Mandy' whose intent it its to overthrow the tyrannical Exidon, who has banned humor and taken control of the planet's power output.
Jeremey knew and almost appeared in one of Jerry Lewis movies (Which Way to the Front?) and had actually dated Lewis's assistant for a time, so his impersonation of Mirth's parallel version of Jerry Lewis, Jerry Looney was well grounded in personal experience and observation of the comics onscreen goofy persona. [1]
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