# Jerry Lewis won't host MDA telethon this year \[edited title\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-wont-host-mda-telethon-this-year-edited-title/582183 "2011-05-17T05:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-wont-host-mda-telethon-this-year-edited-title/582183/41 "2011-08-21T20:49:45Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> [And it looks like your claim is correct. This was a quick turn-around.](http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE77K2B720110821)

I would have enjoyed Jerry Lewis sharing a stage with J-Lo; With his taste for whores and his racist tendencies, the potential for spicy banter and maybe a bit of furtive geriatric groping would have kept me tuned-in…

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