The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
Tote board
The telethon's tote boards varied from year to year; in the 1970s it was operated on a Solari-board, consisting of seven (later eight) number flippers using a white background and black numbers.

The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon

Section Title: Tote board
Table Section Text: The telethon's tote boards varied from year to year; in the 1970s it was operated on a Solari-board, consisting of seven (later eight) number flippers using a white background and black numbers.

Year	Amount	Change	From Record	Notes	Source

1959	$575,208	[unreliable source?]

1966	$1,002,114	Jerry Lewis' first labor day telethon as host, Johnny Olson's first telethon as announcer

1967	$1,126,846	+12.45%	+12.45%

1968	$1,401,876	+24.41%	+24.41%	Ed McMahon's first involvement with the telethon, first year of the love network

1969	$2,039,139	+45.46%	+45.46%	[unreliable source?]

1970	$5,093,385	+149.78%	+149.78%	love network enters Los Angeles and San Francisco, Olson's last telethon as announcer

1971	$8,125,387	+59.53%	+59.53%

1972	$9,200,754	+13.23%	+13.23%

1973	$12,395,973	+34.73%	+34.73%	first telethon to originate from Las Vegas, McMahon's first telethon as co-host

1974	$16,129,213	+30.12%	+30.12%

1975	$18,868,499	+16.98%	+16.98%

1976	$21,723,813	+15.13%	+15.13%	Lewis reunites with Dean Martin

1977	$26,841,490	+23.56%	+23.56%

1978	$29,074,405	+8.32%	+8.32%

1979	$30,075,227	+5.56%	+5.56%

1980	$31,103,787	+1.34%	+1.34%	actors' strike	[unreliable source?]

1981	$31,498,772	+1.27%	+1.27%

1982	$28,415,339	−9.79%	−9.79%	titled "Jerry Lewis Extra Special Special", economic recession

1983	$30,691,627	+8.01%	−2.56%	titled "Jerry Lewis Extra Special Special"

1984	$32,074,566	+4.51%	+1.83%	titled "Jerry Lewis Extra Special Special"

1985	$33,181,652	+3.45%	+3.45%	titled "Jerry Lewis Super Show"

1986	$34,096,773	+2.76%	+2.76%

1987	$39,021,723	+14.44%	+14.44%

1988	$41,132,113	+5.41%	+5.41%

1989	$42,737,219	+3.90%	+3.90%

1990	$44,172,186	+3.36%	+3.36%	telethon moves to Los Angeles, its 25th anniversary, tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. (who died that year)

1991	$45,071,657	+2.04%	+2.04%	return to Las Vegas

1992	$45,759,368	+1.53%	+1.53%

1993	$46,014,922	+0.56%	+0.56%

1994	$47,105,396	+2.37%	+2.37%	titled "Jerry Lewis Stars Across America"

1995	$47,827,221	+1.53%	+1.53%	titled "Jerry Lewis Stars Across America", return to Los Angeles

1996	$49,146,555	+2.76%	+2.76%	titled "Jerry Lewis Stars Across America", tribute to Dean Martin (who died in 1995)

1997	$50,475,055	+2.70%	+2.70%

1998	$51,577,023	+2.18%	+2.18%	tribute to Frank Sinatra (who died that year), brother-sister duo Aubrey and Nicholas Olson of Pine City, Minnesota are National Goodwill Ambassadors

1999	$53,116,417	+2.98%	+2.98%	brother-sister duo Aubrey and Nicholas Olson of Pine City, Minnesota return as National Goodwill Ambassadors

2000	$54,610,289	+2.81%	+2.81%

2001	$56,780,603	+3.97%	+3.97%

2002	$58,276,118	+2.63%	+2.63%

2003	$60,505,234	+3.83%	+3.83%

2004	$59,398,915	−1.83%	−1.83%	Hurricane Frances, first telethon since 1982 not to make "$1 more"

2005	$54,921,586	−7.54%	−9.23%	Hurricane Katrina aftermath, first back-to-back year loss

2006	$61,013,855	+11.09%	+0.84%	return to Las Vegas

2007	$63,759,478	+4.50%	+4.50%

2008	$65,031,393	+1.99%	+1.99%	donation record, McMahon's last telethon as co-host

2009	$60,481,231	−7.52%	−7.52%	tribute to Ed McMahon (who died that year), economic recession, Shawn Parr's first telethon as announcer

2010	$58,919,838	−2.58%	−9.40%	final long-form telethon (21.5 hours), Lewis' last telethon as host

2011	$61,491,393	+4.36%	−5.44%	first and only short-form telethon (6 hours), delayed broadcast by time zone, totals from that year onward include corporate donations, tribute to Jerry Lewis

2012	$58,706,015	−4.53%	−9.73%	three-hour, largely pre-recorded benefit concert

2013	$59,583,555	+1.49%	−8.38%	first two-hour, pre-recorded benefit concert format, broadcast nationwide on a single television network (ABC)

2014	$56,952,177	−4.42%	−12.42%	final telethon broadcast, Parr's last telethon as announcer

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