I never understood why the Muscular Dystrophy Assoc took Jerry off the telethon. I can't imagine they ever raised as much money without Jerry. I always looked forward to that show every year, I think the first time I saw it was about 1966 and I had just mentioned today that it would be coming up soon if he was still on. I use to guess who was going to replace Jerry when he retired, and we never got to see that happen.
Jerry sometimes could be a little sarcastic or tipsy or whatever and you never knew what he was going to say on live TV. Ed McMahon was also a great contributor to that show. I really liked the Martin and Lewis movies. I remember as a teenager going to the youth center in the summer and they would show their movies, they were as funny as Abbot & Costello who were another favorite of mine. RIP Jerry.
