JERRY
LEWIS TAPES MDA TELETHON
OPENING ON LAS VEGAS STRIP
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 31, 2006 —
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis, national
chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
and star of its world-renowned Labor
Day Telethon, stopped traffic on the
famous Las Vegas Strip - literally.
Adorned in a tuxedo, Lewis taped the
Telethon’s opening segment on
the Strip near Caesar’s Palace.
A consummate entertainer, the multitalented
Lewis conducted the Las Vegas Philharmonic
Orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein’s
“Candide.”
During the taping, a two-block stretch
of the Strip on Las Vegas Boulevard
near Flamingo Road was closed from 2
to 6 a.m. Aug. 22. Lewis was interviewed
by “Entertainment Tonight”
during the event.
The segment, completed in one take,
is a celebration of the Telethon’s
return to “the entertainment capital
of the world” and Lewis’
adopted hometown after a 12-year run
in Hollywood.
The Telethon will be broadcast live
from the South Coast Hotel, Sept. 3-4,
and seen on 190 television stations
in MDA’s “Love Network.”
It raises funds to support MDA’s
quest to defeat more than 40 neuromuscular
diseases through programs of worldwide
research, comprehensive services, and
far-reaching professional and public
health education.
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