I'm not sure people today understand the cultural impact that the Jerry Lewis Telethon had. Many who are now adults only have vague memories of it or no memories of it at all. It was a huge event and its true that you never knew who would stop by. It was like an open house of Hollywood. Local station affiliates would also air local Telethon broadcasts and I was fortunate enough to volunteer for one of those. It was a lot of fun!
I'm not sure people today understand the cultural impact that the Jerry Lewis Telethon had. Many who are now adults only have vague memories of it or no memories of it at all. It was a huge event and its true that you never knew who would stop by. It was like an open house of Hollywood. Local station affiliates would also air local Telethon broadcasts and I was fortunate enough to volunteer for one of those. It was a lot of fun!
I always enjoyed watching it. Rough pulling all-nighters, though...
I volunteered to answer the local phones for a couple years too. It was nice doing something with an important impact.
It was traditionally broadcast from the Adams Mark hotel here in Philadelphia, which, like the telethon itself, is also gone.
hey, if i had known it was that easy to be a cartoonist, i would’ve done it years ago.
When Norman becomes a cartoonist was one of my favorite storylines!
One of your cohorts in comicdom has Ralph's next job, given his mall cop experience:
https://www.gocomics.com/jackohman/2025/08/26