MDA Telethon

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:46pm

Anyone know if any shows are performing on the telethon this year?

[ILoveWicked330]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:47pm

i just posted on off topic...Wedding Singer JUST performed...i know spelling bee will....

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:53pm

Yeah, I heard Spelling Bee would. Does anyone know when?

[kikki327]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:07pm

Shout, The Color Purple and Phantom are also performing

[liotte]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:13pm

What channel is it on?

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:14pm

CBS...all night...

[liotte]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:16pm

It appears to be on Channel 9 in NYC.

Is there a schedule to know when different shows/people are performing?

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:22pm

^^ I'd like to know too.

[Yero]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:28pm

Is it over? CBS is the news right now..

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:29pm

What shows have performed so far?

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:37pm

I just turned it on. Its on Channel 9 (UPN) in NY.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:40pm

Yeah, I am in South Carolina, and it is on CBS. So I guess it is on different networks? Odd. But CBS is channel 9 here...

[NCGuy]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:40pm

The telethon’s website has a list of stations (and if you have cable, WGN is airing it all night).
MDA Telethon - Stations

[Yero]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:40pm

It's on ABC here.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:52pm

Wicked is.
Their doing "For Good"

[liotte]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:56pm

Where do you find out who is performing?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:58am

"Dystrophic illness...this curse that attacks children of all ages." -Jerry Lewis

"Lord knows nothing's less dignified than sitting in a wheelchair." and "...sitting in a steel prison...." -Jerry Lewis

On thinking about using a wheelchair: "I would realize my life is half, so I must learn to do things halfway. I may be a full human being in my heart and soul. Yet I am still half a person." -Jerry Lewis

"My kids cannot go in the workplace. There's nothing they can do." -Jerry Lewis

"If you found out you had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, you might as well put a gun in your mouth." -Jerry Lewis

"...Pity. You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair, stay in your house." -Jerry Lewis

"If it's pity, we'll get some money. I'm just giving you facts." -Jerry Lewis

IS THIS REALLY A GUY BROADWAY WANTS TO SUPPORT? Give the MDA money, but do it any day except on the day of this telethon. Please.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 3:15am

Hmm

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 3:35pm

Anyone see any performances? Anythign new?

[I<3bway]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 4:12pm

I was wondering too. Sometimes they like to play these things late at night. Did The Color Purple and Wicked perform yet?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:52pm

http://www.playfuls.com/news_0002157_Controversy_Over_Jerry_Lewis_Telethon_.html

[friedrichVT]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 12:42am

If those are direct quotes, that's truly disturbing.......

[friedrichVT]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 12:43am

If those are direct quotes, that's truly disturbing.......and even more so, are peoples' further requests for song/show listings afterwards....yikes
Updated On: 9/5/06 at 12:43 AM

[zzannahk]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 12:44am

did anyone else have 2 different telethons going on at the same time, channel 8 & 9?

it was strange

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 2:49am

its alright, i appreciate that everyone enjoys an opportunity to see their favorite show perform and i even appreciate that the show has raised tons and tons of money for MD research.

What saddens me is that after years of protests and even acknowledgement of the protests from the MDA, their format remains relatively unchanged. Ive seen Jerry Lewis interview a successful sports writer and end the interview by patting his head as if to say, good boy you learned a new trick.

This year I put the show on for a total of five minutes and saw a man standing interviewing some wheelchair bound users which honestly makes for awful camera angles and they often opt to show the wheelchair bound guests from above the waist or higher, and of course I had the show on long enough to hear the lovely and condescending "jerry's kids" tag line.

But the flaws are somewhat endless and it really depends on your views. Some people with disabilities feel that finding a cure is misdirecting money when so much could be done to improve the lives of people who already have it. Others take it a step further to attribute their condition to a part of who they are and why would they want to irradicate that. Others still support the telethon.

I dont have MD, I wouldnt mind a cure for my disability and I think research is a worthy cause but Im positive money could be raised while still showing these individuals in whats called a people first perspective. And theyve GOT to be able to find a better spokesperson.

And on the accuracy of the quotes, if you do a google search for MDA telethon protests, the very first page loads with a sound byte.