Sammy was an absolute force of nature and Jerry a comic Legend RIP gentlemen

"Those were the days, my friends. We thought they'd never end....." 💗💗💗👍👍

Jerry Lewis..... amazing man, an amazing legacy. RIP, he made his mark, he will be missed.

@tonyfigs8148

5 жыл бұрын

Referring to your comment on Jerry Lewis, see my comment above.

Sammy's voice was beautiful.

I remember when Labor meant the MDA telethon everyone watched it. Now this is all we have left of those memories. Thanks for posting.

@musicbuff9

6 жыл бұрын

Yes this all we have left!

@elvis616

4 жыл бұрын

True

@cenzogranese2882

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine what these cats would say about the language nowadays if Sammy thinks Damn is vulgar!

This is when being a star meant you had talent whereas today being a celebrity means you have name recognition

Labor Day without The MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon has been an odd feeling - as if something is missing. Many thanks for these uploads! It’s wonderful to see Sammy Davis and Jerry. So it’s certainly a blessing to be have this tape for the coming years.

@willmack5909

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. It's almost like having Halloween without Trick or Treaters (which sadly is happening a lot too), or Thanksgiving without a turkey.

@tommyparkerparker

4 жыл бұрын

Having no Jerry Lewis Telethon was like having no turkey on Thanksgiving.

@ssm1052

Жыл бұрын

you knew the summer was over

@gregsimmons694

3 ай бұрын

More importantly, Jesus saves sinners! God bless you

Always loved hearing Jerry sing When You Walk Through a Storm.

Now it feels like Labor Day because I watched a classic video from the MDA telethon. God bless you Jerry Lewis!!

A time when we could laugh at one another with out being labeled

Who else is watching on Christmas Eve 2020?

THOSE WERE THE DAYS. PEOPLE STILL CARED.

As kids, we looked forward to this every year! This was the days before cable and MTV, and was pretty much the only way to see your favorite stars and musicians performing live! It was also the last hurrah before the new school year started. My grandpa built me a playhouse in the backyard, that had electricity, and every year, I would drag my TV out there, and all my friends would come spend the night. We would stay up all night long watching the telethon, and running back and forth between our house and the playhouse, grabbing snacks and using the bathroom. It would make my Dad so mad because we’d be banging around the kitchen at 3am! Such great memories! Thanks for sharing this!

@pika23

10 ай бұрын

What a neat memory,!😮

We need this telethon back .

@hardlines4

2 жыл бұрын

When Jerry left and died so did the telethon

Amazing watching this after so many years, this was always such an event at my house over the holiday weekend, we used to be in awe when the tote board rolled over to a new level of millions of dollars...the drum rolls etc..very nice video thanks

@bigimskiweisenheimer8325

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. It was a whole weekend event. It really brought the whole country together for one common goal. It was truly cool.

Oh man this makes me cry i miss this so much. Sammy and Jerry were twins to me a white one and a black one. I loved them both 😢. RIP Boyz.

Nice to see my good buddy Robert Blake! RIP my friend!!!

I used to wait for Tony Orlando every year. I met him in 2012. It was such a pleasure to see him perform

Damn, Sammy Davis was an absolute talent at everything he ever tried.... Truly was a Godsend

Jerry you were a wonderful man! Such an amazing, beautiful soul...moreover, a beautiful looking man with gorgeous, sincere, deep, soulful eyes!

@tonyfigs8148

5 жыл бұрын

Referring to your comment on Jerry Lewis, see my comment above.

..you can see Jerry's mind working the moment that Sammy says "no practicing on my time"; immediately reverts to Stanley from "The Bellboy" ; hysterical!

Fantastic Clip! Classic time! Not to be SEEN AGAIN!!! Thank you for uploading!!

YOU ARE OUR HERO. NO MATTER WHAT.

Jerry Lewis was a great actor comedian and giving kids to get well I still miss him and sammy Davis jr. Rip

Jerry always looked so young!!! I mean he was 52 years old here!!!! He looks 40

The one night each year you could stay up all night watching TV.

Watching and listening to the amounts ($) of those checks.......whew, Jerry Lewis was an absolute genius and beautiful human being. Simply amazing! 💗

WE LOVE YOU JERRY.

Robert Blake! He got his oown pat down and perp walk about 25 years later

Thank you! I was with MDAC Canada for over thirty years and look back on these clips with great fondness and gratitude! So many doing so much .... thanks again for posting!

JERRY SINGS YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE I WOULD CRY WHEN I HEAR THE SONG

@NoahRonaldo22

3 ай бұрын

Me too man, I'd Be Singing And Crying At The Same Time

I watch it in nyc for many years.luved it

Sammy Davis was amazing!!!

His first wife “ Patty” , was a gem .. a real gem !

The ultimate schmaltz fest! I remember watching this one and many others from the 70’s. It’s nice to see the old clips. As much as Jerry loved doing these telethons, I think after Ed McMahon past, Jerry should of ended it. When he was up in age, it was harder for him to do these all-nighters. He had to do the telethon sitting down and didn’t have the strength to stay up. He would quit around midnight and he would have a guest host pull the telethon through the midnight hours, then he would come back to finish it sitting in a chair. The 70’s and mid 80’s were his best telethons.

@pika23

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it would be John Davidson or tony Orlando and others

Wonderful entertainment 👌

I remember collecting money for mda as a kid. we would turn it in to school and the schools would get announced on the local portion of the show. It was a big deal back then. I miss those days.

another great job as always love the video from telethon 78 Jose great job

Growing up in 1070s Jerry Lewis especially the telethon weekend were like Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. A mystical creation of a make believe world. Later in life to learn about Lewis's prurient narcissism and callousness towards his own children broke a bubble like many in life to remind us how cruel the world is. RIP Sammy.

Richard Pryor was one GREAT DUDE!!!😎

I enjoyed looking at this so much. Sammy was the best!

Jerry Lewis was immensely talented, knew it, and acted like it. He could dance, sing, play drums, and he was an excellent dramatic actor. He changed the way movies were made Everyone knew he was a jerk, but he succeeded despite that.

Did you ever see the sammy davis concert from japan on here? Its sublime!

Great I remember this one

The SOLID GOLD TELETHON!

Thanks for uploading these clips. Jerry was the best. Love Sammy Davis Jr. These were the best Telethons when we had these great stars. Miss the Telethon and Jerry. The last few years there was no good talented singers. This kept my mind from going back to school.

@Landrew120880

5 жыл бұрын

musicbuff9 That’s right, it also kept me from thinking of the next day of a new school year. That wasn’t the only reason, because I love Jerry and Sammy, etc. I’m glad to know that so many people have that same feeling in their hearts today.

JERRY LEWIS 16 DE MARZO DE 1926 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2017 91 AÑOS

The Best!!!!!

RIP Jerry!

Beretta Don’t do it Bonnie Lee Bakely

@pika23

10 ай бұрын

LMAO I knew I'd see this😅.

Lola Falana..💘💘💘

52:00 Longtime KTVU (Oakland, CA) TV personality Pat McCormick! He did "Dialing For Dollars," KTVU weather, and the "Charley & Humphrey" kids' show, as well as "Brother Buzz."

46:40 You’ll never walk alone

I Would Love To Have A Instrumental Of You'll Never Walk Alone if I Did

Wow the McDonald's people and the famous mansard roof house restaurant. In Puerto Rico, helps MDA local telethon from 1972 thru present.

Whenever I see Sammy Davis all I can see are the comics who impersonated him 😂 I can’t remember who the comedian was who did a great impersonation of him but I guess because the real Sammy had such a cartoonish face and expressions, he looks like he’s impersonating himself.

The best when he did it and then it got hijacked but still a good cause

Amazing to see this so so so so many years after we saw it the first time live. Does anyone have an idea what DJ Jerry is talking about? I'm afraid to guess. Imus? Stern?

@mrvjn3

3 жыл бұрын

it got be Imus

I worked in the middle of the street since the age of 8 to donate and get more money than I did a year last. And now I suffer myself.

Part of the toteboard donations include sponsors and donations of local telethons. When the sponsor announces the total, the same Is segmented for example $259,000 on 1st segment, $ 590,000 on 2nd segment and $300,000 on final segment bringing a $1.1 million donation for this edition

and at the end of the telethon last 4 numbers equal 13 (4405)

@jorgefigueroa4437

4 жыл бұрын

Also in the McDonald's toteboard First 4 digits totalize 13 (1741)

Is the Jerry Lewis telephone still on every Labor Day for 24 hours? It was on NBC when I was a kid

4405 last four numbers on the board equal 13 on the board

What was it that Jerry said that Sammy acknowledged as appropriate to say?

@normal_media

5 жыл бұрын

probably something about race.

That kiss on 14:41 was warm and cute

@tonyfigs8148

5 жыл бұрын

Referring to your comment on Jerry Lewis, see my comment above.

With all the money raised, how much progress was made towards the eradication of muscular dystrophy?

@thetelethonyears

6 жыл бұрын

You need to MDA that!

@robkilgore6911

4 жыл бұрын

@@valerieperry2523 Ask the people who used to have months or a couple years to live but now, because of the money raised, have many years.

Two 13s on McDonalds Toteboard

warning they cut to commercial in the middle of Sammy doing What kind of Fool am I? HOW RUDE.

@thetelethonyears

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you're on youtube - and we don't control when commercials interrupt the video.

"I remember when the jerry-lewis labor-day m.d.a. telethon used to be to be on for 211/2 hours on scranton wilkes-barre hazleton pa 🔤-tv affiliate wnep-tv channel-16 from 1966 to 2010 until the telethon went down hill after jerry-lewis left rest in peace mr. jerry-lewis (1926-2017) but however you'll be missed by everybody always & forever amen" ✡️🇺🇸🕯️🙏⚰️🪦👼🕊️🌇🌹.

@Landrew1208

8 ай бұрын

I want to visit Scranton and see the town in which "That Championship Season" was filmed in.