The "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon" is an annual fund-raising event that lasts overnight—the 1998 telethon, for instance, ran for more than 21 hours—and involves an array of entertainers. The ...

In the early 1950s, two comedy duos ruled ... appeared with her father on his annual MDA telethon. In 2009, Jerry's youngest son, Joseph Lewis, died by suicide after struggling with addiction ...

Either way -- and the "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon" has been called both -- the 35th show will go on this Labor Day weekend, with a lineup of entertainment led by the man himself. It airs locally ...