Buddy Love is not Dean Martin. A lot of people have said that Buddy Love was Jerry's way of taking a swipe at Dino, but I don't believe that. For one, Dean Martin didn't act like that. Buddy Love actually reminds me of Bobby Darin. Especially the way he talks.
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I just watched "Jerry Lewis: Method to the Madness" and it was saying how Buddy Love is a compilation of different people and, more specifically, people with negative qualities that he knew and he just combined them.
"You think you know, what you are, what's to come--You haven't even begun." BtVS
I don't remember hearing anything bad about Dean Martin. I've always heard nice things and Jerry Lewis has even blamed himself for the team breaking up.
We'll be travelin' along, singin' our song, side by side
I think Jerry always appreciated the role Dean Martin played in his life and becoming the success he did - so no, the Buddy Love character is not a 'swipe' at Dean. they were very different people in temperment and ambition. Jerry was incredibly ambitious and needed to be in control.
I firmly believe this movie represents the two sides of Jerry Lewis. The nerdish, awkward guy trying to fit in (before he met Dean) and the guy with all the success and attention and flash (Buddy Love), the one Dean couldn't stand to work with anymore - and can you blame him? Think of Jerry Lewis hosting the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethons in the 70's and 80's. They look like they were hosted by Buddy Love...the fake humility, the drama, overly cool persona.
Buddy Love isn't Dean Martin, it's the successful Jerry Lewis.