The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon individual stations, airing on ABC on Sunday, September 1, 2013, and running two hours. The final edition aired on ABC on August 31, 2014, again as a two-hour special, beginning at 9PM ET/PT. It was announced on May 1, 2015 that the MDA would be discontinuing the annual event for good. Jerry Lewis began hosting telethons to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America (MDAA) in 1952 after a plea from a staff member who worked with Lewis and Dean Martin on "The Colgate Comedy Hour". Lewis had previously taken part in what has been described as the very first
Jerry Dixon (actor) Murney, Norm Lewis, LaChanze, Marin Mazzie, and Raul Midon. Jerry Dixon (actor) Jerry Dixon is an American actor, director, lyricist, choreographer, and composer best known for his work on the Broadway stage. Dixon was born in Chicago. He married Mario Cantone in 2011 after initially meeting in 1991. Dixon collaborated with Cantone as part of the creative team for Cantone's con-man shows "An Evening With Mario Cantone" and "Laugh Whore". In 2017, Dixon was named Artistic Director of the Village Theatre in Seattle. Dixon also teaches classes in workshopping shows, auditioning, and adapting stories. In concert form, Dixon has performed