A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is...
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The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an annual telethon held on (starting the night before and throughout) Labor Day in the United States to raise money for...
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Hurricane Harvey (redirect from Hurricane Harvey Telethon)
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more...
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The Channel Seven Perth Telethon, regionally known simply as Telethon, is an annual telethon established in 1968 by philanthropist Sir James Cruthers and...
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Lou Rawls (redirect from Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon)
You've Heard It All. In 1980, Rawls began the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon which benefits the United Negro College Fund. The annual event, known since...
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The ITV Telethons were three charity telethons organised and televised in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. They took place in 1988, 1990 and 1992...
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Children in Need (category British telethons)
children and young people in the UK. One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC Two. Pudsey Bear has...
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Hope for Haiti Now (redirect from Haiti telethon)
charity telethon held on January 22, 2010, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (January 23, 2010 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. UTC). The telethon was the...
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is a made-for-TV short, one is a two-minute sketch shown as part of a telethon, and two are special shorts released on HBO Max. The following 114 cartoons...
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screenwriter. For television, Lewis was the host of the live annual Jerry Lewis Telethon in 1966, part of his year-around philanthropy on behalf of the Muscular...
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