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Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon

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1982-09-06

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Toward the end of the 1982 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethon.
Jerry Lewis attacks media outlets that criticize him and the telethon. Shows a doctored photo that has Lewis in a wheel chair and he says it came from coverage of him.

5:18 Ed McMahon also going after telethon criticism
6:32 Sammy Davis, Jr.
7:34 Wayne Newton… calls media piranhas
8:35 Jerry Lewis again
9:15 tote board says $28 million
9:43 Jerry sings a song about his kids