Jack Jones' "Love Boat" is terrific! I have always felt that 1987 was the BEST Telethon out of all of them! It had the biggest "Stars" and Orchestra.

Jerry looked almost like his Buddy Love-self in '87. Amazing. and he was in his 60s!!!

Sammy singing the song “Tomorrow” is just excellent. The way he ends the song is vocal genius.

The telethon always meant we had to go back to school the next day

Ed McMahon was so incredibly talented and good at his job that few could figure out what his great skill-set was. Epic. Thanks for sharing.

the telethon never dies..you can continue to donate now to MDA not just in Jerry's name but for all those who suffer from all forms of MD..how ironic my mom and I watched this religiously when was younger..now she has myasthenia gravis and if not for those who started the MDA she might not have lived this far..since still no cure she still fights it!

I remember watching the mda show every year and used the money I made mowing lawns to donate to it, was a yearly tradition loved it ❤️🙏❤️ thank you Jerry's kids 🙏 ❤️ 💙

Sammy is such a joy to watch. Any time, anywhere, all these years since he passed. He never goes out of style, he is always loved. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Landrew1208

8 ай бұрын

So true. Listening to Sammy and seeing him is always joyful.

@FredLord-sp4ym

7 ай бұрын

This Era of SIngers/Entertainers came up through night-clubs and one-nighters. Later, Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures. They worked their way from the bottom up and became Super Stars.

1987 What a year...

Wow Frank still had it here... What Now My Love.. he nailed it!!!!!!!!!!

@toniwilson1579

5 жыл бұрын

Brent Edwards .. To think he would be 72 in about 4 months. What a voice.

...these are highlights of the best telethon that Jerry and the MDA ever put on: all of the quality entertainment; going over the previous year with 90 minutes to go, with Jerry nearly losing it on air; Sammy nearly losing it on air after his ultimate performances of "What Kind of Fool am I?" and "Birth of the Blues"; Bob Sampson's magnificent speech, and the final tote that was 5 million dollars better than the previous year (and they probably could have hit 6.)

I miss the telethons

Jack Jones singing here is stunning - absolutely out of this world !

@Landrew1208

8 ай бұрын

Jack has a voice like a rubber band that doesn't break. Amazing vocals.

@johnnyonenote376

8 ай бұрын

@@Landrew1208 Couldn't agree more Landrew, he's right up there with the very best there's ever been...

@albertpeterson5585

7 ай бұрын

...his father was Allan Jones, another great singer.

@johnnyonenote376

7 ай бұрын

@@albertpeterson5585 Yes, absolutely Albert. Jack was touring UK in the late 1970s and I saw him then (and many other times too). At one point in the 1979 concert, his father came on stage and they did a medley, including 'Impossible Dream' and 'The Donkey Serenade' which was great to watch. Jack's mother was the actress Irene Hervey, who I remember in her later career making an appearance in the classic Clint Eastwood film ' Play Misty for Me'.

@albertpeterson5585

7 ай бұрын

..I remember Allan Jones from "a night at the opera" with the Marx Brothers and Kitty Carlisle.

Rip Jerry Lewis 1926-2017.

Jerry took the reason he started doing the telethon to his grave. Thank you Jerry and all who worked so hard for all people covered by MDA. Rest in Peace Jerry and all lost to the diseases covered by MDA. I am disabled by cerebral palsy. And knew many lost to these diseases. God Bless You all. Miss you all. Pray for us left here.

@toniwilson1579

5 жыл бұрын

Kristann Harrigan The only others who probley really knew why he choose this as his charity also took it to his grave too. Dean Martin was their way back in the Martin and Lewis days. Something happen in Jerry life, he ask for Dean help. He was there from the beginning of the M.D.A. I just imagine that Jerry explain his need to do this to Dean way back when. Those are probley the only 2 that was their at the very beginning.

@Landrew120880

5 жыл бұрын

Kristann Harrigan Your faith has made you strong. I hope you are doing well and keep enjoying Jerry.

@MrMenefrego1

Жыл бұрын

Actually, Jerry Lewis began the MDA Telethons because his friend Enzo Ferarri's son had died of MD. No secret at all.

@FredLord-sp4ym

Жыл бұрын

Let's be frank. Not Sinatra either. LOL. Jerry milked it to great effect until political correctness put him out to pasture. Ouch.

Hulk Hogan was an ABSOLUTE household name at this point in time. Pro wrestling was at it’s crescendo at this moment in history. This was only a few months removed from WrestleMania III where Hogan slammed Andre The Giant...Arguably the biggest moment in wrestling history!

@FredLord-sp4ym

7 ай бұрын

Saturday Late Night Television Wrestling was terrific with Hulk Hogan.

Are there any other Boomers out there who faithfully watched and now desperately miss the magical Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon?

@poorringo

Жыл бұрын

Not a boomer. But watching the telethon, as a kid in the 80's and 90's, was so entertaining. We don't have performers like these anymore. Every year you could count on Jerry being there, and you knew he was going to bring the best entertainment possible, his whole heart was in doing this and helping those kids.

Thank you for loading all of these highlights, thetelethonyears. It brings back a lot of great memories. Happy Labor Day!

Those were the days

That kid from the College was having a hard time talking cause he knew how Jerry is and he kept laughing. And Jerry wasn't doing nothing. But if you go to the one for that came college. Jerry messed with the one kid the came every time. The kid kept laughing and could not talk. But that is Jerry being Jerry. I love the way he did. I miss seeing him every year. I can't beleave he is gone. Rip Jerry you are so much missed thank God for the videos I can go back on.

@MrMenefrego1

Жыл бұрын

"Jerry wasn't doing nothing." ??

Sinatra in 87 was still in top form.

The way that the MDA removed Lewis from the telethon was disgraceful and a slap in the face to his legacy.

@melissaresendes8966

2 жыл бұрын

He ruined his own legacy by being mean to just about everyone. Just ask his 5 disinherited sons.

@marbury2403

Жыл бұрын

A horrible person. Thanks.

@eddysokoloff8738

10 ай бұрын

Business is often cruel at some end

@Landrew1208

6 ай бұрын

​@melissaresendes8966 Jerry's sons were often involved in his film projects and The MDA. Gary made it with help from his dad, too.

This generation pays no homage to these people..Sinatra..davis..Martin.. the REAL OGS!!!

@xtinabd

4 жыл бұрын

I love that we're both watching this because it's Labor Day, amirite?? :-)

@johnsjohnson448

2 жыл бұрын

No one compares to these Greats. Robert Goulet, Jack Jones, Vic Damone, Mel Torme, Joey Heatherton, Pearl Bailey, Suean Anton, Bernadette Peters, etc., etc....

I LOVED JERRY NUTJOB LEWIS AND HIS CRAZY ANTICS WITH DEAN MARTIN

You already share so much so I feel bad asking, but is there any chance you have Sammy Davis Jr.’s “And I Am Telling You” and “What Kind of Fool Am I?” performance from the 1987 telethon? I’ve wanted to find a good quality version for ages but can never track one down. I love Sammy’s telethon performances, he was always at his best here. I wish there were a complete collection of his telethon performances somewhere. Thank you for all that you’ve shared.

@thetelethonyears

3 жыл бұрын

Brady I'll reach out to you in a few days & let you know.

17:16 The Chariman of the Board....Live!

27:00 R.I.P. Cornell

A different world. Never to return

...Sammy's performances of Fool and Blues should be added to this highlights reel.

Just an observation: Bob Samson must have been an avid Manilow fan,,,,I happen to adore the musical brilliance of maestro Manilow,myself,,,,but this isn't the 1st Barry song that Jerry has used in the telethon,in this way,,,,and always for Bob.

wow

1:05:50 I wonder why "On The Wings Of Love" is also playing over Charo?

The Loooooooooooooooooove Boat, lulululuululu, is waiting for you. So EXCITED for a new rooooooooooooooooooooooomance.

Chairman of the Board 17:18

Your THE BEST JACK in so many ways. Cyndi

Jerry Lewis had a envelope I his Lawyers safe explaining why he got involved with M.D.A. and it wouldn't be Revealed until after Jerry's death

From local CBS affiliate WRBL/Channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia 🇬🇪, from 4:30--1:18:19 and on then-independent station 🚉 KTLA 5 (The CW) in Los Angeles from 1:18:19--1:40:35.

Why do they put phone numbers up with towns?

@nightowl5475

4 жыл бұрын

Margaret Briefs Because the actual telethon being broadcast from Las Vegas is going out to all its local affiliates thru their “Love Network” and they put up the local numbers and repeat them locally so the people watching say in Philly, get all the surrounding areas to call to make a pledge. That’s the way they use to do it, I know, I’ve watched so many of them throughout the years. It would of probably been better to come up with just one easy 1-800 number but hey, what the hell, it brings back good memories! 😁

24:00

Am only speaking because so much begging is going on on tv..this man actually had a relative going thru this disease..its a shame how this ended..in today's generation

I would like to see the tote board years part 2 1966 to 1975

@emmarose4234

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think those are still around, considering what they did to tape back in those days.

I would like to see the telethon from the Tropicana when he makes his first million for mda

@emmarose4234

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad we probably won’t get to see it again. 😢

Coked up Hogan

@bdot187um

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, he looks chill here

@TiltBrook

Жыл бұрын

I too think that there is no coke in the immortal system during this! It’s not like he had to be on cocaine every single time he got “Hulked up!“… And he only got “Hulked up” at the very beginning of talking to Jerry about MSG… The rest of it was COMPLETELY chill

If they are donors why put their phone numbers up? another day and age I guess

@MichaelSmith-pn7im

3 жыл бұрын

Those numbers where to the pledge lines. Those numbers where for the area you were in you call the number and give them your info and you would tell them how much you wanted to donate.

What a tan, he looks black…that is Paul Anka? Oh my, he sounded terrible! 😅

Jerry was not all over the world with this lies did he donate his fee no fact