The 1984 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Final Tote

[@ToddB987]

Back in the 70’s , we’d stop everything that weekend to watch JL telethon. Then talk about it when we went back to school. It had top notch celebrities, acts and music talents. Over the years it seemed to get less notoriety.

[@AngelRodriguez-ex6sf]

Thank u Jerry Lewis for the wonderful telethon memories and all the slapsticks!!

[@buzzy07405]

I don't think anyone could do a telethon like Jerry Lewis! I have watched the Jerry Lewis Telethon for so many years. When Jerry left doing the telethon, I stopped watching. Thank you Jerry for your hard work, dedication, and committment! You will never be forgotten! God Bless Jerry Lewis! May you rest in peace!

[@carolbrisendine7163]

Forever Jerry Lewis. I love you always.

[@MAA8772]

One of the best endings that I remember in all the years of the telethon. Still brings tears just like it did when it first aired in 1984. "RIP Jerry"

[@scottmiller6495]

What a time in the world, 1984, WOW, Everything and Everyone was Much Much Better than Now PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!

[@bengaljam4550]

Jerrry Lewis MDA telethon was a Labor Day staple from the early 70's to the 2000's. Labor day hasn't been the same since.

[@barbaraheinze9406]

AMEN well stated

[@2012theEND4sure]

Those where the years, R.I.P. Mr Jerry.

[@ShawnaGraham50]

I miss this. We watched every single year.

[@brendafuller907]

When I was a kid & teenager we watched every year, the weekend before school started. He had a big heart for the MD people. So very sad he couldn't be a good husband & father to his own family.

[@melissagahn]

I miss Jerry and the telethons. Rest In Peace, Jerry.

[@GameShowManOne]

The universal epic win fanfare: the toteboard arrangement of "What the World Needs Now" from the Jerry Lewis Telethons.

[@edpoe4591]

Such a cool dude 😎

[@patrickgenovese2594]

RIP Jerry, you made a difference.

[@vidloverable]

I was living in LA at the time and was also working the LA version of the Telethon. Of course never saw this because we were too busy working. Ended up working a total of 35 years

[@lindathrall640]

JERRY LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE AND GAVE OTHERS A CHANCE TO LIVE

[@jeprice08]

Out of all the totes I've seen from 1976 to 2010 thanks to KZbin, I must say that THIS one here is my favorite. It's my favorite, because it has an exciting outcome. It's the final tote that wouldn't die until the third one showed up. Forgive me for my choice of words, but I was just trying to sound clever.

[@jamesholliday6151]

I miss Jerry and the Telethon

[@2012theEND4sure]

This was the BEST momment of the year(s)

[@philparadiso3280]

Should have never stopped the show it mentso much to so many people

[@MichaelR.-dk9it]

The Show stopped after MDA decided that the 60+ years Jerry Lewis gave to them was enough and they tossed him to the street after 2010 like he was A bum it is that simple

[@shelleykaplan8601]

I miss Jerry so much. I loved the telethons. I look forward to them every labor day

[@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1]

RIP Jerry. Thanks for everything you did!

[@lionelraoul]

I love this. I get such a kick out of Sammy waiting in the corner to be hugged like a small child.

[@senorkaboom]

Like so many things, daytime game shows and soaps, the baseball game of the week, ABCs Wide, Wide World of Sports, saturday morning cartoons, to name but a few, the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon has passed into memory. Yeah, it was cheesy and Lewis had his heart on his sleeve, but you watched it. Labor Day just isn't quite the same.

[@dopey451]

oh gosh, you are so right.

[@daxtaylor9514]

i realize it is pretty off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@khalidgregory6043]

@Dax Taylor lately I have been using Flixzone. Just google for it :)

[@elliottdaxton7930]

@Khalid Gregory definitely, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself =)

[@daxtaylor9514]

@Khalid Gregory thank you, I signed up and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it!

[@faststop4]

very nice chris nice to see the final 3 rolls from 1984 telethon has there been a huge star that has got jerry over the years to get that 1.00 more the most other than sammy or wayne

[@2012theEND4sure]

R.I.P. Mr Lewis

[@brunojuah549]

O maior ícone do humor de todos os tempos: Jerry Lewis!!!!

[@LINDATHRALL-pb8zu]

THE GREATIST NUTJOB OF AT TIME THERE'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER NUTJOB LIKE JERRY NUTJOB LEWIS

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

Time to pass the torch, and find someone to carry on Jerry's role. He is irreplaceable, but like Bob Barker and Drew Carey, you honor a tradition not by stopping, but continuing on. "Walk on, walk on... You'll never walk alone." In this case, this means a successor to *walk with Jerry* . It's been a TRAGEDY not to realize this.

[@CameronBW2000]

Well, we had Kevin Hart continue the tradition one time.

[@fjccommish]

Drew Carey doesn't honor the tradition. He's awful.

[@johncotter2008]

R.IP Jerry. You're a class act.

[@lisag18]

Watching in 2024. How I miss this

[@susanleibowitz5373]

Miss Jerey job well done

[@TheBjc1964]

Greed seemed to have taken over. That’s why it got less notoriety. Jerry, RIP. The greedy, your creator will deal with you in due time.

[@TimRatcliff-c5g]

I love Jerry and the telathon

[@lovemuffin1963]

RIP

[@michelmadaire5447]

CLASSIC ENDING

[@lyndavanhorn1141]

You will be missed. RIP

[@danielpluslauren5703]

It's Labor Day, and another telethon is missed.

[@PattyMardis]

Holy hell the 70s were wild. This was the days of disco and before they knew cocaine was addictive

[@bobbydavid8049]

Feels bad so many of the celebrities are dead. Guess that’s life. 📺

[@cherryhodgson3597]

When he sings the line" Your never walk" the pause seems a bit long for "Alone".

[@louistenore2185]

Don;t forget there were other telethons as well such as United Cerbal Paulsey and Easter Seals

[@jeprice08]

Well, what can I say, Jerry? America gives a damn! It cares!

[@jasonroden6654]

This is when Hollywood had class

[@WizardGlik]

The wham of Sam!

[@viking956]

I have never in my life heard of a single person who was helped with any of this money. Not. A. Single. One.

[@ChrisDeBello]

Visit www.mda.org and you will.

[@scottsomers]

Wonder what Jerry's super fan is doing now

[@LouiseOrrock]

Is he trying to say it's not actually muscular dystrophy???

[@bejingmao]

surprisingly, not too horrible.

[@eric-hj8pn]

je suis making uno movie 🎥 about le Warsaw ghetto est Pope John Paul 2. similar to Schindler's list.

[@xtinabd]

Heh, I'm the 69th upvote.

[@xanderl9049]

Easy Jerry ....There’s more ....... ((((((:

[@deelb9462]

Just wondering what that organization did with all that money that Jerry Lewis got for them? In the end, I believe it was about 32 billion dollars. And not a cure in sight??? All his hard work . Where did all that money go?

[@ChrisDeBello]

Please visit the MDA website www.mda.org to learn where all the money has gone. Tests and trials are finally becoming treatments. Those with neuromuscular disease are now living into adulthood rather than passing away before they're 10. It took time but the human body isn't simple to fix like a car.

[@mwilliams1330]

I do not know the exact number, but your 32 billion is way over inflated. Several interviews on You Tube Lewis states around 1.6 billion (give or take). That includes corporate as well as individual giving. Where did it go? Well like any Non profit (though non taxable) there still must be an accounting to the IRS. Every Organization has expenses, overhead, etc, and that includes salaries and even expenses for fundraising. There are web sights that monitor and rate what are the best charities as per the percentage of finances spent. At times it is like comparing apples to oranges. MDA for instance might have higher expenses in salaries, but it also has highly trained professionals in medical research and care, other charities may be just 'need based' giving with much lower overhead. As for 'cure', many things will never be 'cured', but the advances have provided longer and higher qualities of life for those afflicted (not only in MDA, but many other charities). Bottom line do your own research, and give to the Organizations that best fit your heart. soul, and passion.

[@brianpress1392]

In some ways, I guess we All wonder, with All the Money Accumulated through the years, But I do Believe The Money has Genuinely Helped in The Research of M.D.A. THIS DISEASE IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED, Jerry Lewis Gave a LARGE PART OF HIS LIFE, TO FINDING A CURE, THATS DEDICATION, AND I ALSO BELIEVE MANY A PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELPED, Like Jerry says in his End Song, Keep Hope in Your Heart, R.I.P. Jerry

[@ralphpastine4587]

The world has changed so much for the worse since these days

[@jacobtonge5386]

MDA did him wrong; after all he did gor them. It's a shame.