Jerry Lewis sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" at his last MDA Telethon in 2010
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2017
- Jerry Lewis' last singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone." Originally from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical Carousel in 1945.
From Wikipedia:
"In the UK, the song's most successful cover was released in 1963 by the Liverpudlian Merseybeat group Gerry and the Pacemakers, peaking at number one on the UK singles chart for four consecutive weeks. Sung by Liverpool fans in 1963, the song quickly became the anthem of Liverpool F.C. and is invariably sung by its supporters moments before the start of each home game with the Gerry and the Pacemakers version played over the PA system."
"The song Jerry Lewis perennially sang to conclude the event, 'You'll Never Walk Alone,' was originally written for the 1945 Broadway musical play, Carousel, by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Lewis has given conflicting accounts on the air as to the origin of his use of the song. According to his account at the end of the 2007 telethon, the song was suggested to him in 1964 by a disabled child, walking with a cane; it was suggested to Jerry as a song that would specifically represent physically disabled children.
In the 2010 broadcast, however, Lewis mentioned that he knew the song by heart, and was singing it that year for the "59th time", which would mean he had been singing it annually since he began hosting MDA telethons in 1952. Also, a recording of Lewis singing the song for a poster child was released as a cardboard record in 1959; that year, Rodgers and Hammerstein gave the MDA permission to use the song as the official theme for the organisation. When Lewis was removed as telethon host in 2011, the song was retired.
Between 2011 and the final telethon in 2014, there was a different song used each year to close the show."
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Jerry should've gotten a Nobel Prize for his efforts. Thank you, Jerry for caring so much as well as for all the brilliant comedy. R.I.P.
he did
He was nominated but didn't win.
@Ron Rossmore 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. This asshole made millions off of this telethon, and all it did was enrich the people who were behind the disease. LOL. This horrible human being did NOTHING but make money for himself and all the "research" money went to line pockets. After all the years, after all the HUNDREDS of millions of dollars ............ this disease is still with us, and this cock sucker's sons got zero and his adopted daughter, with ZERO blood relation, got a ton from his estate. This prick is and will go down as one of the biggest assholes in the history of Hollywood, and not to mention, one of the most talent wise, overrated. Stop it.
They gave it to Obama instead for being a black American
Jerry lived for 7 more years after this. With all of his lifelong health issues, that's pretty amazing!
I will forever love you Jerry! This day will never be the same with out you. The WORLD is not the same with out you. Love you big guy!! 😞😞🥹🥺🥺
I loved Jerry! He was the best.
I thank God for this man because if it was not for him my family would if never been able to afford the surgery's that my little brother had to have so from the bottom of my hart thank you Mr.Lewis
♥️♥️🙏🏻♥️♥️
I hope your brother is doing well!! Only good health and healing!
He did a lot of good for his kids. Labor Day isn’t the same without the telethon
I remembered I cried so very deeply as Jerry Lewis, It was because he lost his greatest love of all, His telethon was his everything,His children. I know when I lost my brother we we're so very close, To hear that deep whimpering cry, I know it very well God Bless
This telethon was one of the most incredible memories of my child hood. Staying up with my Dad and Jerry and "watching the stars come out." Rest In Peace, Jerry and Dad.
Same here
I worked with Jerry Lewis's MDA Telethon at Crestwood Plaza in St. Louis September, 1992. He was a great man who truly loved what he was doing for our children. RIP 🙏🌹
Here in 2020 missing Jerry and his telethon. Such wonderful memories of past Labor Day telethons watching all the hard work from everyone involved helping Jerry's kids. It always seems like a little something is missing without Jerry on Labor Day. RIP Jerry.
Anthony Fernandez same here man. Missing the telethon and Jerry. He meant so much to me and my kids. My kids died from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Our story is at theeverettandaustinproject.org. Take a look. We are helping kids in Africa going through Duchenne and other rare diseases. Very rewarding work. 👍🏼👍🏼
@@timgillen3366 God bless you and your work for the children. Jerry and your kids are looking down from heaven with big smiles. Children just like these kids all over the world need a voice. Take care and be safe.
I always watched this😢
In all of my years watching the telethon, I made sure I saw the end, just to see him perform this song, and in those years, I don't recall him getting through the song without breaking down. This man had a passion for helping people, and it showed in this song.
RIP Jerry, you earned it.
Good-hearted and emotional man, he raised money from his heart, and helping sick kids was everything to him, used to watch him as a kid on TV also a great inspiration to what a good man should be, RIP JERRY
Labor Day will never be the same ... People died . But legends live forever .. Thank you for the Memories Jerry...RIP
I’ll never forget those times in my life, he was the best! Use to look forward to labor day!
Mr. Jerry Lewis, Thanks to you, many children will NEVER, ever, walk alone. God bless you.
God bless all of you. Never, ever, ever give up.
Even after all these years this brings me to tears.
Same here 😭😭😭
It is heartbreaking. This telethon and this man meant much to me growing up. Years later I met Jerry and interviewed him at a press conference. He was adorable, in command and a force.
@@stephaniestanley8041 He has a daughter who's homeless, walking around starving. And he died knowing that, not even mentioning her in the will, while he shunned all of his sons. He constantly cheated on his wife back in the day. He was a monster and a narcissist like no other. The tears you see in this video has nothing to do with empathy for those sick kids, but instead are caused by him knowing the spotlight will fade now that he has to quit the MDA Telethon. It's all about him.
@@laurencewhite4809 talk about hate. what proof do you have of any of what you say? the inquirer? the globe? what? cause the rest of us never heard any of that.
@@laurencewhite4809 oh, and just so you know. I used to work for the telethon. he never got a penny of that money. go check it out for yourself before you start smearing someone's good name. MDA was the ONLY organization who could account for every penny coming in and every penny going out. so take your smear campaign someplace else
I've never been able to get through without sobbing either, especially when they cut to those beautiful children. If I had one wish, it would be that all of the world's children would never hurt or feel scared ever again.
To this day, when I walk through a storm I hold my head up high. In fact, when I walk through a storm, it's the storm that needs a pep talk.
fjvideo I loved growing up watching the telethon. I became a Firefighter for 25 years until I was injured then diagnosed with Stage IV Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. We are all Jerry’s Kids. This song and Joe Crocker “I’m still standing here today” are my go to’s for a pickup.
Lewis was a complicated man. For reasons we may never know he left his biological family nothing, some of them in need of his help, he’s been accused of sexual harassment. These faults cannot be ignored, but his philanthropy was on such a scale, and I’m being serious uplifted an entire nation. Seriously his telethons made me think we as a people across the country and the world could be better, strive for better, and not have to be alone.
People are complicated, we do not know the details of his personal life. I can honestly state he was a very great man, I know people who knew him personally! Jerry was kind hearted generous and very sensitive also a genius.
His detractors are only seething with jealousy.
Hard to think of a greater example of a human being pouring his heart, soul and talents into a cause. Thank you, Mr. LEWIS. Thank you!
I grew up watching Jerry Lewis hosting the Telethon every year. I will always think of him every labor day and I will always miss seeing Jerry every year knowing he was still with us and in many ways he still is and always will.
Me too man, me too 😊
You'll never walk alone either, Jerry. R.I.P.
@@RjBenjamin353 your statement is evil, so watch out with whom you'll walk even now. Who are you to decide who walks with Satan or God? A nobody. A mortal like me, Mr. Lewis and everyone else. As if you knew him personally to say he was a fake.🙄
Blessings and love. Thank you for the love and appreciation.
Thank you Jerry for all you did for your kids.
Thank you Jerry you helped so many with your devotion to Children with MD and many other charities you gave your time and money to. God Bless you till we meet again.
He KNEW it WAS the Last time.
He's in heaven now. He was so loved for all he did for his kids. 😢❤️
I worked with Jerry Lewis's MDA Telethon at Crestwood Plaza in St. Louis September, 1992. He was a great man who truly loved what he was doing for our children. RIP 🙏🌹
I knew worked with him at MDA and also Damn Yankees Jerry was a great man.
I miss this guy! Thanks Jerry.
One of my best friends growing up in a little West Virginia town in the mid-60's was in a wheelchair due to MD. A few years after I left WV, I learned that Matt had died soon after he graduated from high school. I used to watch this telethon religiously every year it was on except for those few times I was out of the country in the military.
This man single handedly influenced my life and career path....I am a social worker thanks to him and God
He cheated repeatedly on his wife that bore him 6 biological children & 1 adopted;
He left ZERO shekels to any of his children in his will by his first marriage;
He admittedly physically abused at least one of his children to the point of leaving welts on their ass ( see interview with Joan Rivers);
He admittedly physically threatened Joan Rivers via mail;
He left one of his children homeless;
6. He was insulting, abrasive and downright nasty to fans and associates;
In sum, he was a complete & total greedy, nasty Hollywood celebrity douchebag.
Happy Shabbos!!!!!!!!!
what a great man we shall never forget you
All our love to Jerry, one of the most sweet, caring, generous loving men of all time. RIP, OUR DEAR FRIEND, WE LOVED YOU AND YOUR HUGE HEART!
Love you Jerry.R,I,P,I will always smile because of you.i was there in the audience.for his last show.
An amazing entertainer and man. He had his faults which he acknowledged, but ho MDA treated him was appalling. A generation of entertainers we’ll never see again, all coming together to help others.
I'm so, so sad... He really embellished my childhood.
Jerry... you did a such a wonderful thing in your life ❤for the less fortunate and thanks for the good laughter you provided to all of us. Im so happy The Almighty Creator rewarded you with eternal glory.
We miss you very much...RIP Mr Lewis.
he was the MDA..as kids we tried to stay awake to watch it all ..to knowing he stayed there for it without sleep or rest...for however he was in private life does not matter for what he did here..then does
Correct now tell the assholes and snowflakes and young people who are digging up dirt from a dead man how great he really was because they won't accept it or Believe it simply because of his personal business with his family! This man was one of the greatest all around entertainers of all time and brilliant as hell and most people in show business can't even do half of what he accomplished, so leave him alone! Let him rest in peace Please !!!!!
Watching a man closing out the end of a selfless empire. MD lives on. So does Jerry.
I used to watch this every year with my mom, who just passed away on 10/10.
So, when I saw that 2010 was his final show . . . 💔😢😪🥀
How beautiful I'm crying RIP 🙏🕯💕🕯🙏
Amen 🙏🏼 ❤️
I remember watching the telephone when I was a little kid me and my family we used to watch it all the time every time it was on we watched it all night long till it was over to see also if he made it through the song I remember I used to wait for that most of the time he couldn't sing it without crying this is a great man love you jerr"
Love him or hate him, Jerry Lewis was the man! MDA would never be able to do what it has done without Jerry. It wasn't a one day a year job. He worked 365 days a year on this telethon.
So true. A great Muscular Dystrophy warrior. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
He probably knew ahead of time it was his final swan song to host the telethon. Can't blame him for getting so emotional.
You are an amazing man! You and your kids will always have a place in my heart!!! R.i.p Jerry :'(
He’s my favorite comedian ever. I’m 31 and I’ve send EVERY movie he’s been in. Love em all. Talent. God sent him to entertain us all. I’ll see you Jerry when I get to Heaven too. Thank you for all the laughs
What's your favourite movie ?
@@simonp7095 The King of Comedy!
I love this man. ❤
God bless this talented and emotional man. A mench if there ever was one.♡
Yes Jerry Lewis is a great man I agree he definitely should be honored what you did when I was a kid me and my family would watch the telephone all day all night my grandparents would send money in mother and father 2 I think I've seen every one of the telephones Jerry Lewis there are no words that can describe you it was truly a great great man God bless you I really wish they would play all your movies on TV a lot more than they do they very rarely have them on TV even though I saw the whole hundred times over you always made me laugh in all of your movies like Dean Martin said so long Jerrr God bless you
Thank you, Jerry, for extending the lives of people with 40 neuromuscular diseases. You and all the workers who worked so hard every year are angels. RIP dear angels.
I LOVE YOU FOREVER, R.I.P. FOR ETERNITY JERRY ❤❤❤
Dean and jerry are up there entertaining the angels
He was a fake one hundred percent
@@stephencairley172 ,he was a fake who raised billions of dollars for his charity?there should be more fake people like the great Jerry lewis.
@@stephencairley172 ,a fake who raised over 2 billion dollars for his telethon? There should be more fakes in the world like Jerry lewis,and it would be a better world to live in.
God bless you Jerry Lewis I love you thank you thank you thank you ❤️
He was a great human being. Jerry did so much for the MDA and it's patients. In the end they tossed how m aside like an old rag,. He deserved so much better. They destroyed the man who poured his heart and soul into what he did for them. Jerry we love and miss you thank you for all you did
43 years ago I was at a MDAC chapter meeting at a hospital in Toronto that specialized in Boys with Muscular Dystrophy. Every boys room had a picture of Jerry Lewis hanging on the wall, for he was their hope I could go on but a cried all the way home.
Amazing yes. He gave us a lot of hope. I'm very thankful for that. 🙏🏼❤️
And thankful for your service to the MDA also!
I love you Jerry Lewis. Rest in peace dearest man ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♥️
Jerry lewis gave his heart and soul to the telethon.he was a great entertainer,but most of all ,he dedicated his life,to help the kids.dont worry about his personal decisions.he owes no one an explanation.there are reasons for his decision.focus on his great talent,and his concern for disabled human beings.from robert,the s.f.giant fan.
Absolutely Correct! He was a great man all around and his personal life is nobody's business! Period!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 ,thanks for agreeing with me.theres way to much criticism for a man who dedicated his life for the telethon.theres one thing jerry wasnt,a mass murderer.people shoudnt judge his personal life.i remember jerry lewis as a great entertainer and a great humanitarian.thanks again for being rational.be safe.
@@robertr8386 Thank you for that. This is the way people are now, digging up dirt from a dead man who gave his life for children and entertained millions for over 60 years!!!!!
He was a Jackass and everyone who ever worked with him says he was the worst person to work with
@@Honorbound43 Maybe so but many people are, but as an Entertainer and Humanitarian especially with M.D. Telethons for over 40 years he was very good, really he was you can't deny that !
Say what you will, but NO ONE did for MDA what this man did. He should have been honored...whether he wanted to be or not!
He raised over 1billion dollars for MDA and still no cure no nothing WTF don’t praise this asshole he was a terrible human being
@@arleighallen2897 Just because they didn't solve it doesn't make it his fault. Thats like saying if i give you 50 dollars to you and then tell you to get some groceries and end up getting a toy. Don't call him that either
@@manwiggy6658 no money in the cure and he was a terrible person
@@arleighallen2897 He is not. he is a human being .you are just jelous of his fame. Like others did to Elvis,Johnny cash, Michael jackson, shawn mendes. And you use was when he is still alive. You didn't evenlook at my comment.He dosn't decide where it goes the MDA chooses. You should blame the MDA
@@manwiggy6658 he was a terrible human being just ask his family they even hated his guts
Have always loved his ending song. RIP
I hope you're making people in heaven laugh so hard it hurts.
He lived a very long life in spite of a lot of health problems.
I ALWAYS ADMIRE HIM 💙
Wow, how powerful. pure, raw emotion.
It's terrible what they did to him after dedicating his life and making millions and millions of dollars to help those kids they should be ashamed and without him they canceled the Telethon because nobody watched thank you for posting
Rest in peace Jerry.
If this tape doesn't bring a tear to your eye, I feel very sorry for you and your humanity.
Thanks. It didn't. But it is great cringe material.
Kona jinx super cringe.
Jerry was funny but he was a Dick. I have no sympathy for most celebrities as a whole nor socialites.
He was notoriously the worst person in the world to work with. Marlon brando was the king of me too and he still has ppl talk better about him than Jerry
God Bless Jerry …
Jerry was the best showman and chairman God bless r.i.p.
Thanks tim
That’s very special 🙏🏻😊
Judging by his very emotional reaction, I think he knew that 2010 was his last year.
He died in 2017.
@@jakubnovak2161 I meant to say that it was his last year hosting this show.
Oh, I see.
I would think for sure he knew this was the end for him. He may have already had conflict with the organization. Or he may have been aware that his health wouldn't allow it any further. Either way I think he knew it was over very clearly.
But why was he sad. He was like 90 something.
Jerry was one man in a million and the networks stabbed him in the back. RIP Jerry, you deserve it.
rip jerry you are more then a man then anyone you are loved ❤
I remember Don Rickles jokingly says in an interview with Letterman that "when Jerry hits the high notes all the kids get up and go home".
Very funny but he was only kidding, he was a good friend of Jerry,s!!!!!
😢 So many Great 1s gone.
We are blessed sometimes in our life to meet at least one Angel - this man was an Angel - I truly pray that our Heavenly Father will say to him " Good job my faithful servant" Acts 20:24
I'm a very noctural, dark, autumnal introvert personality who lives for autumn, for me the time of ultimate spiritual rebirth, 3/4 of the year, I'm completely aggrieved, tormented by all the sunlight. Accordingly, every year, I'd look forward to the end of summer and beginning of autumn as marking the rounding of the turn, the sense that I'd made it through and a new beginning was upon me. What was the exact moment of this uplift for me: every year, it was Jerry singing this song.
Love you jerry u did a great job RIP
They should bring back the Telethon. I know it would not be the same without Jerry, but Labor Day is not the same without the telethon.
Kevin Hart did it last fall. After labor day though. Might have been delayed by covid. Not sure.
many people said that Jerry was a ass but to me and the millions of people that he helped there is a place in heaven for him
How can I forget the boot drive started here Vince plank's father all the fireman God bless you guys everyone watching it with my mom can't control my emotions right now see you guys soon in heaven
Merci pour votre profonde compassion envers nous merci beaucoup
This man left his children and grandchildren penniless
I watched every single one of the nationally televised telethons starting in the 1960's. I know that does not make me unique, but this comedy genius had my heart...especially when he died 5 years ago this week in a hospital just 1 mile from my home where my life had been saved 14 years earlier. This 59th and final performance was gut-wrenching.
Every labor day I looked forward with my dad and siblings to watch the telethon
Our local TV market ABC hosted this event
It was a community coming together to help others
Picnics, and volunteers at phone banks
If there was a hidden agenda it wasn't on the forefront
Times have changed but honestly not for the better
At 61 years old I miss these days
When I watch this video I cry knowing that so many people would be better if they experienced what we did
The talent that supported this event was incredible
Leave the negative out
Let's remember the humanitarian effort
Please
Beautiful. Thank you for that! ❤️
An Amazing Man, God Bless You Jerry and RIP knowing that you were loved my millions.
Thank you, Jerry, for everything you did for your kids! We will never walk alone, thanks to you.
This, this is a great man! I cannot had anything more then that. " Thank you Jerry for being YOU" I miss you!
You could tell Jerry loved what he did for all those years. And how much those people meant to him.
Every year we'd wait to see if he could finish. Thank you, Jerry, for wonderful memories.
I miss this man
Our family gave money to the telethon but after one hour of Jerry we would turn off the TV. We had important things to do.
This song, sung by Jerry, in particular was something no one wanted to watch.
R.I.P JERRY THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. YOUR WITH THE ANGELS ALONG WITH YOUR OLD PALS DEAN, FRANK Sr. FRANK Jr , ELVIS, SAMMY, AND GLEN CAMPBELL. I KNOW YOUR ALL HAVING ONE HECK OF A PARTY WITH FRANK LEADING THE PACK. AGAIN R.I.P YOU ARE PAINFULLY MISSED
Funny so many in heaven yet the bible says NO ONE has ascended to heaven except Jesus. NO ONE
Godbless u
@@alahhart3368
Where exactly
@@MichaelJ44 have you heard of Google / not to worry it's there
You know he is still alive
R.I.P. Jerry/Thanks for Your good work.
What an incredible, wonderful and talented human being!
A hero to thousands suffering from MD over so many years, and an absolute prick to just about everybody who knew him or worked with him his entire life. What a confounding mystery human beings can be!
Wow....just WOW
How Jerry was dismissed from MDA after giving so much of himself was just horrible
He was fired ? Why
@@bunnybubs9002 He was starting to go off script too much. Inappropriate jokes and too many moments like this.
@@len8744 crazy .. thx !
@@len8744 ,there was no valid reason for Jerry lewis not hosting his telethon.every year he gave his heart ,soul and talent to this telethon.jerry lewis was the telethon.
@@len8744 Yeah, MDA Board of directors got tired of his bad and sometimes sexual jokes..
R.I.P Jerry there was never another man as great and passionate as you
Jerry Lewis was an incredible person for doing what he did for so many
We all have faults and make mistakes
But to give so much to others is just incredible
Rest in peace
Amen so true 🙏🏼❤️
Somehow I think he knew this was his last telethon. The pricks that fired him did it because he came to them with a cure. They wanted to keep it going for money the greedy POS. Now look no more MDA telethon just a few years after they fired him. Jerry may you RIP. Your in heaven where your kids that have passed all those years are healthy & walking & it will bring joy to your heart. Say hi to Sammy Davis Jr while your up there.
😢😢😢 RIP Jerry !
I think Jerry Lewis new this would be his last telethon the telethon was cancelled 4 years later jerry Lewis died 7 years later Rip Jerry Lewis 1926-2017.
Eric Purkey yeah he was awesome. So much love and gratitude for him. My boys died of Duchenne MD (2012 and 2017). The MDA has meant so much to us.
@@timgillen3366 ♥️♥️♥️👼🏻👼🏻♥️♥️♥️
He is still alive
Thanks so much for posting this. Growing up during the telethon was a very special time.
I love him for being human