The "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon" is an annual fund-raising event that lasts overnight—the 1998 telethon, for instance, ran for more than 21 hours—and involves an array of entertainers. The ...

5 On Your Side’s annual telethon benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is back Labor Day weekend. Anchor Mike Bush will again host the “MDA Show of Strength” with co-hosts Anne ...

Despite the effects of an uncertain economy, contributions and pledges to the 44th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon over Labor Day nonetheless totaled $60,481,231 million. MDA National Chairman and ...

orchestrating proceedings in a Jerry Lewis-style Labor Day Telethon to raise cash for victims, Knewz.com can reveal. “This year, it’s not just about celebrating art,” she said.

While directing a talk show in the 1960’s, Forrest came to meet Jerry Lewis at the height of his movie stardom, and their relationship lead to Forrest taking on the direction of Lewis’s Labor Day ...