# Will You Watch The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519 "2010-09-03T18:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/1 "2010-09-03T18:57:34Z")
This weekend once again we have the [Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis_MDA_Telethon) Here is a blip about the [guest stars](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jerry-lewis-mda-telethon-to-feature-stars-galore-101520359.html) Here’s a list of [TV stations](http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/FindYourStation.pdf) airing it (warning: PDF) [The official website](http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/) So what do you all think? I haven’t watched it in years. I would stay up when I was a kid and watch in the 70s but there was no cable in my house and it was fun just to stay up. So will you watch? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/2 "2010-09-03T19:18:30Z")
Never have, never will. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/3 "2010-09-03T19:50:09Z")
I honestly had no idea they were still doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/4 "2010-09-03T19:51:33Z")
I’ve never watched it that I remember, probably wouldn’t anyway this year but I’ll be in Hawaii. I’m not spending my vacation watching that! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/5 "2010-09-03T19:57:36Z")
Where’s the “Jerry Lewis isn’t funny” thread? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/6 "2010-09-03T20:23:59Z")
I usually tune in a bit while channel surfing. They have some guests I enjoy seeing. I always make a donation. It’s for a good cause. A lot of the money goes to families to purchase wheelchairs, braces and other medical equipment. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/7 "2010-09-03T20:32:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Where’s the “Jerry Lewis isn’t funny” thread? Unlike the others, Jerry Lewis was never funny and thus we all agree. No need for thread. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/8 "2010-09-03T21:42:58Z")
Oh, I’ll stumble on to Jerry as I cross the dial for other stations. I like to see how the fossilization process is going with him. I realize he has had some health challenges so I cut him a break. You never know when Jerry will say something outrageous that he will have to retract. He’s at that stage of life. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/9 "2010-09-03T22:49:36Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > Where’s the “Jerry Lewis isn’t funny” thread? > > Unlike the others, Jerry Lewis was never funny and thus we all agree. No need for thread. I thought he was hilarious when I was ten years old. Probably because he acted like a ten-year old on crack. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/10 "2010-09-03T23:17:57Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I honestly had no idea they were still doing that. I would had bet a $100 that it disappeared 10 years ago at the very least. I won’t be watching but at least I learned something new and surprising today. I got a bigger shock a few weeks ago when I saw that they never stopped making America’s Funniest Home videos as a TV show. I am not very up on TV events. I just assumed that all the ones from my childhood were already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/11 "2010-09-03T23:20:07Z")
No. As a kid it was always interrupting my favorite tv shows, so I made it a point to never watch it. I have donated on the occasions I have the cash to do so though. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/12 "2010-09-03T23:36:35Z")
what Dean ever saw in him i’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/13 "2010-09-04T00:42:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I honestly had no idea they were still doing that. I did, but only because I ran across it last year. Before that I had no idea. I won’t be watching. I hated it back when I was young and it was on all the channels, now that there is variety - I think I’ll still go out and watch a movie or something. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/14 "2010-09-04T17:10:02Z")
Wow, reading that list of ‘stars’ is depressing. Definitely not watching. ---
**Author:** ![Dpimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Dpimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpimi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/15 "2010-09-04T19:34:58Z")
I watch it just to see Mr Lewis and how Ed are holding up ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/16 "2010-09-04T19:42:12Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I honestly had no idea they were still doing that. Same. I think I may have watched part of one Jerry Lewis marathon as a kid. I see no reason to start after more than 20 years of not… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/17 "2010-09-04T21:12:07Z")
The few times in the past when I happened to catch parts of it, I was embarrassed for the performers. So I make it a rule to avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/18 "2010-09-04T23:53:15Z")
I believe I’ve seen at least five minutes (some years many hours) of every Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon since 1970. This year will be no exception. It’s almost as if I have to watch at least some of it. Like a weird supersition. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/19 "2010-09-04T23:56:08Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Wow, reading that list of ‘stars’ is depressing. Definitely not watching. I know that it’s for a good cause. But I can’t stand Lewis, and it seems that most of the “stars” are appearing just to get some exposure. So no, I won’t be watching. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519/20 "2010-09-04T23:57:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Never have, never will. Same here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/552519.md?page=2)