SHORT TAKES : Telethon Returning to Hollywood
Jerry Lewis said he will return to Hollywood next Labor Day with his Muscular Dystrophy Assn. telethon after raising a record amount in pledges this year.
Association officials said the 21 1/2-hour show, which ended Monday, raised $44.1 million to fight 40 neuromuscular diseases that kill and cripple thousands each year, most of them young people. Last year’s tally was $42.2 million.
The telethon regularly breaks its pledge records, but ratings in recent years have dropped. Viewing figures are to be released in two or three days.
Producers moved the 25th annual telethon to Los Angeles after 17 years in Las Vegas to reduce costs and update the show’s image.
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