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The MDA Labor Day Telethon[1] was an annual telethon held on (starting the night before and throughout) Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The Muscular Dystrophy Association was founded in 1950 with hopes of gaining the American public's interest. [2]
Millions of people tuned in every year to watch Jerry Lewis host the MDA Labor Day Telethon. For 20-plus hours, Lewis would sing, joke, mug, cajole, weep, and play ringmaster to a horde of...
The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an annual telethon held on Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), which was founded in 1950 with hopes of gaining the American public's interest. Stars. Jerry Lewis. Ed McMahon. Jack Jacobson.
May 1, 2015 · It became a weekend-long Labor Day telethon in 1966, usually kicking off Sunday night and running into Monday afternoon. Celebrities including Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Michael Jackson,...
Jun 24, 2024 · In 1976, Frank Sinatra brought Dean Martin to the MDA Labor Day Telethon for a brief reunion between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Many of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s have fond memories of the MDA Labor Day Telethon that raised money for the good cause of the the Muscular Dystrophy Association. During a time when many television stations ...
Jul 22, 2012 · Last year the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that Jerry Lewis was stepping down as host of its annual Labor Day telethon, the marathon TV event he had made his personal...
Sep 4, 2005 · Jerry Lewis kept a significant portion of the funds raised during the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon. Rating: False. About this rating. Many of us who grew up in the U.S. in the mid-20th century...
Sep 1, 2024 · By 1966, it was called The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon and hosted each year on Labor Day to continue to raise money for the disease. The telethon was the first of its kind to raise over $1 million, which shocked skeptics who said people wouldn’t be home to watch television on the national holiday. Courtesy of Christopher Lewis.
Jerry Lewis's 11th annual fund-raising telethon telecast from Las Vegas's Sarah Hotel. Buddy Hackett anchors the show from New York.
Aug 29, 2003 · The first-ever Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), broadcast in 1966 by just one station in New York City, was the first televised...
