Anyone see this year's Jerry Lewis Telethon, especially the closing portion when he was in tears singing his traditional closing song "You'll Never Walk Alone"? I thought he wouldn't be able to get through the song.

I havent seen the Jerry Lewis Telethon in ages--It used to be on a lot of channels, now I dont know what channel it is on.

Anyone see this year's Jerry Lewis Telethon, especially the closing portion when he was in tears singing his traditional closing song "You'll Never Walk Alone"? I thought he wouldn't be able to get through the song.

I havent seen the Jerry Lewis Telethon in ages--It used to be on a lot of channels, now I dont know what channel it is on.
Same here. I didn't notice the Telethon being aired on any of my channels.

...I saw the telethon on two stations: WWOR-TV in New York, and WGN in Chicago (courtesy of my friendly cable provider). Channel 9 in New York was on from 9pm Sunday night through 7pm on Monday. They carried the "national" portion, featuring Jerry from Las Vegas, live...but Channel 9 in Chicago didn't sign on until 11pm(et)/10pm(ct)- and they delayed Jerry's portions of the telethon by two hours! In fact, because WGN was contractually bound to carry a Chicago Cubs game at 2pm(et) [and they were finally airing Jerry's segments live around 1pm, shortly before they had to cut away], they didn't return locally until about 5:30...and again, the national portion was delayed about two hours after I saw it on WWOR!

I was surprised that Jerry signed off early; he usually stays on until 6pm(et). This year, he ended the national portion of the telethon shortly after 5:30...and I remember the ending of one telethon, many years ago, when Jerry was so choked up while singing "You'll Never Walk Alone", he couldn't finish the song- he put his mike on the stool, walked off the stage crying...and that was that. Now, I got to see this year's ending twice, because WGN stayed on locally until 8pm(et)/7pm(ct)...and they finished their local portion around 7:50, then presented Jerry's closing remarks (on tape) so they could end the telethon with him....

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