Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

It’s time for Jerry Lewis, the longrunning host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, to move on, writes Paul Jones, a marketing consultant, in his ...

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about the history of the American labor movement as well as the legacy of comedian Jerry Lewis and what was an annual tradition on Labor Day weekend, the ...

To most viewers, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual pledge drive has always been known as "The Jerry Lewis Telethon." Well, not anymore. The MDA has announced that the 85 year-old comedian ...

Year after year, Susan Scribner, a Long Beach, Calif., fund-raising consultant, sits through all 21 hours of actor Jerry Lewis’s annual telethon to raise money to fight muscular dystrophy — even ...