Even in a slumping economy, MDA receives a record dollar amount in pledges. Good stuff. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A12134-2003Sep1?language=printer Jerry Lewis Telethon Nets Record $60.5M The Associated Press Monday, September 1, 2003; 10:14 PM LOS ANGELES - The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon received a record $60.5 million in nationwide pledges during its annual fund-raising drive for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The 77-year-old Lewis, his body bloated due to steroid medication he takes for pulmonary fibrosis, was assisted during the 21 1/2-hour fund-raiser by Ed McMahon and performances from a number of entertainers, including Cher, Celine Dion and Don Rickles. "I'm consistently humbled by the generosity of the American public. Every year I ask, and without blinking, you open your hearts and wallets," Lewis said. "You've also let 'my kids' of all ages, and their loved ones, know that they aren't alone in this fight." Originating from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, the telethon pledges received through Monday broke last year's record of $58.3 million, telethon spokeswoman Carol Sowell said Monday. The 38th annual broadcast was shown on about 200 television stations. The money raised included the largest single donation ever pledged during the telethon: $18.3 million from the International Association of Fire Fighters, a longtime sponsor of the MDA. The privately funded MDA works to combat more than 40 neuromuscular diseases through research, services to those afflicted, and professional and public health education.
to put my post in perspective.... I help run a camp for children with special needs (of all kinds), I also am a special needs cub scout leader and frequently visit people at a home for people with Cerbral Palsy. now..... Jerry Lewis is the biggest megalomaniac I have ever seen.
Yeah, he's big alright... Seriously, when you do so much good for so many kids, you can be a megalomaniac as far as I'm concerned. What an inspiration.
yeah i was flipping and came across the telethon and saw, what I thought at the time, was a fat guy that kinda looked like Jerry singing..I thought it was some fat guy impersonating Jerry Lewis, so that actually WAS Jerry Lewis? DAMN he looks awful then
Wow. Look at this French Loving Anus Mime. Dude got big. He doesn't look 77 though. I've donated a few bucks at cash registers at a grocery store.
I saw Undercover Brother last nite that seen with Sistah Girl and White She-Devil was excellent. Rocket River [aaaahhhhh how long til one of my nemesis come out of the wood work]
