[Yaelle]

Nigel lythgoe will be a good host. Not sure about Allison Sweeney. She’s pretty mediocre.

I believe that originally Jerry Lewis went for this charity because he was accused of mocking the handicapped with his characters. So while I give him credit for the good work he has done, it’s not all golden and pure.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

Dude. The guy does 45 years and you find fault?

Yes, it’s all golden and pure.

[WHBates]

So you figured that he did this for MD for over forty years because of that? Hummm, no good deed goes unpunished I guess.

[napscoordinator]

Nigel lythgoe will be a good host. Not sure about Allison Sweeney. She’s pretty mediocre.

That is so funny. I was thinking the complete opposite. I think they need some fresh young person to run it. Last thing we need is an old coot like Nigel. How boring.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Hell, Jerry Lewis is 85 years old!

[Krankor]

The one thing I can’t stomach is watching Jerry Lewis pretending to care about someone other than himself.

[InvisibleChurch]

People can change.

[Brandonmark]

[kabar]

I believe that originally Jerry Lewis went for this charity because he was accused of mocking the handicapped with his characters. So while I give him credit for the good work he has done, it’s not all golden and pure.

A candidate for the most vile and disgusting comment ever made on FR. What kind of person makes such a remark?

[tlb]

>>> originally Jerry Lewis went for this charity because he was accused of mocking the handicapped with his characters

Political correctness had not yet hit circa 1951. Nobody punished an entertainer for mocking the handicapped, speech defects, retardation, etc. You can view the original Martin and Lewis television show from this era and see even then Lewis was pushing the MD charity.

And then came the telethon.

MDA Telethon Martin & Lewis November 25, 1953 (Part 8 of 10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyDg6IHGjT4