Jerry Lewis

In early July of 2012, 86 year old Jerry Lewis did a concert at FireLake Grand Casino in Shawnee, and that weekend he was also staying at my hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.  His limo delivered him to our front drive around midnight or so - not too late, as the bar was still open and there were a lot of people in the lobby.  He had mobility issues, so I was asked to go get our wheelchair.  I drove him through the lobby into the #3 elevator, and I was soon very glad that we had gotten the larger of our three elevators, because we were joined by his entourage: six tall barrel-chested men with jovial demeanors reminiscent of the rat pack.  I realized that the elevator was going to get very crowded very quickly, so I grabbed the wheels and picked up the chair, and scooted over into the corner.
On the way up, the seven of them were joking with me about whether I was a bell boy or a bell man.  I told them, "You guys are sweet, but I'm going to be fifty next Wednesday."
    "Oh, you're just a baby!" they roared.  I forgot until later that night that he had played a bellman two years before I was born.
    We got to the 12th floor, and I wheeled Jerry to the Presidential Suite.  I got them settled in the room, I told them how to get ahold of me if they needed anything, and bid them goodnight.

And the whole time I was with them, I was thinking, Wow.  That's the first celebrity guest I ever lifted.

The photo was taken just three weeks later.