The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
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Nov 3, 2026
Yusuf LamontGUEST
And the first
Frank SantopadreHOST
year of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, which I know is near and dear to your heart.
Frank SantopadreHOST
Mr. Daugherty sitting out there.
Frank SantopadreHOST
Done in New York at the
Phil HendrieHOST
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Phil HendrieHOST
Jerry Lewis Telethon?
Bobbie DooleyGUEST
Yes.
AmyAUDIENCE
What does he have to do with this?
RoverHOST
... 'cause I'm not a little person.
RoverHOST
What about the Jerry Lewis Telethon? He was a spokesperson for-
DujiHOST
Excellent example
RoverHOST
... whatever disease that was, I forgot.
Toby LearyGUEST
I got...
Toby LearyGUEST
I'm fielding phone calls like I'm, uh, the Jerry Lewis Telethon at-
Grace CurleyHOST
[laughs]
Toby LearyGUEST
...
AJ HoffmanHOST
I'm very- Hold off ...
AJ HoffmanHOST
I'm very quiet during that hour- Like- ... 'cause Rob, he knows how to do this appropriate- See, I grew up watching the Jerry Lewis Telethon.
AJ HoffmanHOST
Yes.
AJ HoffmanHOST
So by the end of the hour, I'm doing my own musical routine.
AJ HoffmanHOST
Yeah.
AJ HoffmanHOST
It used to go off at midnight.
AJ HoffmanHOST
So the Jerry Lewis Telethon over Labor Day weekend, you got to stay up and watch TV till, like, 2:00 AM, and it was always, like, Sammy Davis Jr. coming up next.
AJ HoffmanHOST
Back in my day- Oh, dude ... we used to watch TV till 2:00 in the morning.
Patrick McKennaGUEST
I was reading today where when Jerry, they took Jerry Lewis off the telethon, you know, there was like, they, they lost audience immediately.
Patrick McKennaGUEST
And now you don't even hear the, uh, Muscular Dystrophy Telethon anymore.
Patrick McKennaGUEST
It's all off the air.
Patrick McKennaGUEST
It's gone.
Frank SantopadreHOST
Yes, once again, the classic game show, Hollywood Squares.
Frank SantopadreHOST
The man also hosted his own radio show, guest hosted shows like Fox After Breakfast, Good Morning America, the Miss America Pageant, even co-hosted the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Boone.
Dave BooneGUEST
Boone.I'm aware
Frank SantopadreHOST
And as an actor-
Alison RosenHOST
Was, um, was that the only TV show that he did?
Greg FitzsimmonsHOST
No, he hosted the Jerry Lewis Telethon every year for, like, 15 years.
Alison RosenHOST
Oh my God, that's so cool.
Greg FitzsimmonsHOST
Yeah, he was the New York host.
MikeHOST
Um, I'm totally brain farting it, um, on the name, but it'll come to me.
MikeHOST
They used to, we used to do the Jerry Lewis Telethon there, and we would be there for, like, a week and a half.
MikeHOST
Um, and, uh, they would, like, a horse s- uh-
NatalieHOST
Bone Corral?
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