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Release. September 4, 1966 (1966-09-04) – August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31) 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 ...
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Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon: With Jerry Lewis, Ed McMahon, Jack Jacobson, Tony Orlando. 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.
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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...
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May 1, 2015 · Ann Oldenburg. USA TODAY. 0:03. 0:45. For years, Labor Day wasn't just a day off from work. It meant it was time to watch the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. It was time to...
His enthusiasm for finding cures for neuromuscular disease was matched only by his unyielding commitment to see the fight through to the end. Jerry’s efforts on the annual MDA Telethon transformed the broadcast into an American tradition each Labor Day weekend for 45 years.
Sep 2, 2012 · In 1966, the first official Jerry Lewis Telethon for muscular dystrophy took place over the Labor Day weekend, broadcast from the Americana Hotel in New York. Some were skeptical about...
The MDA Labor Day Telethon 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.
