The MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) telethon is still on for this year of 2011, however, the show has been shortened to only about 6 hours (from the usual 24-48 hours), AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, Jerry Lewis will not be on there this year from all I have been able to read so far due to his recent seperation from the MDA for some reason (still not known):
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=667736>1=28103http://tv.yahoo.com/news/jerry-lewis-a- ... rs.html?ncThis is a very sad situation, imho. I want the telethon to do good, but I also want to see Jerry Lewis...he is so much a part of the telethon. I know Jerry will miss his kids (what he calls the MDA kids). And, being shortened to only 6 hours does not sound good at all.
The MDA telethon was always a must watch around our house over the Labor Day weekend. No matter what we were doing, we always took a few minutes to look in and see how they were doing and what entertainment they had.
Just very sad how things have progressed. We all know that Jerry is getting older and might want to retire some day but to have it all end like this is just plain heartbreaking.
I look forward to seeing what Jerry, and anyone else, has to say about all this perhaps sometime after the telethon.
Are there any other MDA telethon watchers here, and if so, will you watch the telethon this year?