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  1. The history of MDA's telethon dates back to the 1950s, when the Jerry Lewis Thanksgiving Party for MDA raised funds for the organization's New York City area operations. The telethon was held annually on Labor Day weekend beginning in 1966, [4] and raised $2.45 billion for MDA from its inception through 2009. [5] [6] [7] The telethon broadcast ...

  2. 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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  3. Sep 2, 2011 · This Labor Day, for the first time in forty-five years, there won’t be a Jerry Lewis telethon on TV. ... The problem with the Jerry Lewis telethon was not that he tried to help people with ...

  4. For millions of viewers, the Jerry Lewis Labor Day MDA Telethon was a TV tradition. But Lewis retired from hosting in 2011, and this year, the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced the annual ...

  5. Jul 22, 2012 · A few weeks before the show, the MDA issued a curt announcement that Jerry Lewis would not be making a goodbye appearance after all — and was resigning from his post as MDA national chairman. The telethon went on without him (raising $61.5 million, more than the previous year with Lewis, according to the MDA) and included a filmed tribute to him and warm words of thanks from various ...

  6. Nov 21, 2016 · Frank Sinatra shocks MDA Telethon host Jerry Lewis with a surprise guest - the one and only Dean Martin! Take a look at this classic MDA Telethon moment from...

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  8. Dec 31, 2014 · Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. in Anchorage, Alaska ~ circa July 29th, 1977. ... jerry-lewis-labor-day-telethon Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.7.0