Jerry Lee didn't exactly make his career on allowing himself to be upstaged as a performer, but he was pushing 50 by the early '80s, and not many men alive could have contended with the nutty energy of Laugh-In alum Ruth Buzzi on this TV performance. "Breathless" is certainly the right word for it, as between Jerry's typically gonzo piano stomping and Buzzi's hilariously overpowering vocal and physical mania, there's not a ton of room for respiration here. The chemistry, though very weird, is undeniably scintillating.
