KLAW 101 - Oklahoma's Best Country » Jerry Lewis http://klaw.com Oklahoma's Best Country Sat, 18 May 2013 10:45:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comedians Unhappy with MDA for Dropping Jerry Lewis http://klaw.com/comedians-unhappy-with-mda-for-dropping-jerry-lewis/ http://klaw.com/comedians-unhappy-with-mda-for-dropping-jerry-lewis/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:09:22 +0000 Benne B http://klaw.com/?p=9427 Friends and fellow comedians of Jerry Lewis' our outraged with the Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.  Wednesday, MDA announced that the 85-year-old comedian was fired as host of the annual MDA Telethon despite Lewis' assertion that the upcoming Labor Day telethon would be his last.

]]> http://klaw.com/comedians-unhappy-with-mda-for-dropping-jerry-lewis/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller/Getty Images Jerry Lewis Won't Host This Year's MDA Telethon, Steps Down as Chairman http://klaw.com/jerry-lewis-wont-host-on-this-years-mda-telethon-steps-down-as-chairman/ http://klaw.com/jerry-lewis-wont-host-on-this-years-mda-telethon-steps-down-as-chairman/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:48:10 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=31857 For the first time since 1966, Jerry Lewis won’t MC the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, an event which has raised over $1 billion for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In May, the legendary funnyman had announced that he would be retiring as the telethon’s host after doing the 2011 show, but would still continue to be the MDA’s national chairman.

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