Posted by fish on September 08, 2009 at 20:43:58:
In Reply to: WGN TV and Jerry Lewis telethon??? posted by CarBoy on September 08, 2009 at 20:43:00:
It seems hard to believe, but WGN's CW9 & WGN America, formerly Superstation WGN, has been broadcasting the annual Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon for 30 years on the Tribune-owned stations alone. It did feel different on the national level watching a little bit of it NOT seeing or hearing the voice of longtime announcer Ed McMahon. Watching just a little bit of it, it felt a little different not hearing Ed introduce Jerry, along with co-hosts Tom Bergeron from "Dancing with the Stars" & "America's Funniest Home Videos", "Entertainment Tonight's" Jann Carl, "Access Hollywood's" Nancy O'Dell and Alison Sweeney from "Days of our Lives" and "The Biggest Loser". I think it was the first time people may have noticed the loss of Ed's golden pipes since his death days before the death of Michael Jackson. Then again, on the local level, two people that have been helped Chicago out for years now are the husband & wife team of Bart Conner & Nadia Comenici. Naturally, those two former Olympians wasted little time making their support known for Chicago's 2016 Summer Olympic bid.