ABC Primetime Live - Jerry Lewis Telethon - 9/3/92 

He stayed way too long. Probably ten to fifteen years. The Telethon was no longer broadcast on prime network affiliates. CW stations carried the show, and not all of it either.

Amen

At least he tried! and did a dam good job!!

pretty sure they werent. by most accounts very little of the money raised went to helping mda sufferers which is why they started to object loudly and often to the "fund raising"

@@simonjames1604 Thanks for being honest Simon.

People criticize him because he was a rotten person. He treated people like shit.

True. However, he profited off it by attempting to remain relevant in an never-ending, youth obsessed entertainment world.

@@johnsjohnson448 ,how did he profit from it?.jerry had die hard fans who would have supported him entirely.when he performed he had sold out venues.at the age of 69, he was a hit on Broadway in damn yankees.the fact is that Jerry lewis was a legend.

Yeah he's such a great humanitarian you need to watch this documentary on him where he raped two of his old co-stars from the 1950s yeah Jerry Lewis was not a great humanitarian he was an evil POS

@@robertrothberg8678 he got to put his tired and stale act on network tv for long periods of a time keeping his name in the spotlight while at the same time ignoring what those who were dealing with the disease were saying. pretty typical of lewis who by all accounts was a gigantic ass as a person.

kind of poor form not to listen to the people who have the disease. it played badly back then and it plays terribly today . the only thing lewis was interested in was his own colossal ego .

@@simonjames1604 seems that way.. its hard to know if their was genuine compassion for them.. but in the end.. some positive things came about. Plus.. those who disagreed with jerrys motives werr also given a chance to voice their greivenses on this episode. We live and learn ☮️

Anyone know how much Jerry was making personally from these Telethons?

@@WillScarlet1991 Mr. Lewis never accepted on dime. However, many could argue that the Telethon kept his career going long past its expiration date.

@@johnsjohnson448 I'm sorry but I don't believe Jerry didn't receive a cent from his Telethons. Unless you're saying he did it all for free.

They were really ungrateful while sitting in their wheelchairs that probably came from MDA.

No other I don't care . I am in love with this man that was . How could you not . No one can judge . What we do in life' that job is God's . And I do believe he's proud of Jerry and Dean they both will be missed . But they left the best thing laughter. no one can sing like Dean especially when he sang to Jerry . The love they had for each other showed the best thing in life is free luaghter

@@FrancesHernandez-z4y I always wonder if Jerry had faith that Jesus is God. He hung up the first crucifix in his home. He had all but one son baptized. He took part in prayer on tv in Jesus’ name. I dunno but I hope he’s saved. He did great works. I don’t want it to be in vain.

He did a lot in silence. You can't be silent and do a telethon. If Sammy Davis Jr was alive he would tell you what he did for him ..... silently. Sinatra too. Read about this man and I mean research before commenting because going by what "they" say will get you the same old generic story about Jerry