Jerry Lewis Uses the words "Illiterate Faggot" During Live Telethon
 

During the telethon, Jerry Lewis introduced someone as an "illiterate faggot" before remember he was on love TV.

Why do I get the feeling that this will merely be a footnote in entertainment and nowhere near the drama that surrounded the Isaiah Washington use of the word? Figures. :rolleyes:

tsk tsk
He'll say the meds made him say it. :rolleyes:
I doubt no commercial or classes for JL.

Jerry Lewis has always creeped me out.

He's a white male.........so he'll probably be crucified.......literally.

wow i had no idea that that happened. i was taking pledges on the phones in portland and we could see the national show, but not hear it. noone ever mentioned it there either.

I was cleaning yesterday and had the telethon on in the background, and my husband and I dropped what we were doing when we heard him say that. I know the man's crazy, but his humor just isn't funny anymore. That was bad, and he also went on after the cohosts read some pledges on the air to say "Thanks for wasting two minutes of our time reading names of people we don't even know."

He has been bitter and un-funny for decades now.

Good.

ok, wow.
but I stopped watching that thing YEARS ago..

WTF it only got 15 seconds of airtime on the Situation Room.

aired clip, showed Lewis' apology, and moved on...

wow America(n media), wow.

People still watch the Jerry's kids telethon?

Remember when it would come on almost ALL day on Labor Day? I think it only showed one hour here. Most of what I saw was the local telethon. :confused:

Supposedly, this year was a record-breaking year in pledges.
Maybe JL will get a pass since he's elderly and all. :confused:

yawn.

Yeah......God forbid someone say something offensive on TV. What a load of crap.

Yeah........that's exactly how it should be. Show it, show apology, shut up about it, move on.

What are you expecting......a public hanging? Maybe a stoning?

We should be so lucky. :)

Its ridiculously trivial.

He apologized for offending people . . . which is more than he had to do.

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macallan, is that you?

Jerry Lewis is still alive?!?!:rolleyes:

LMAO!!!!

How typical. Black person quickly makes reference to KKK.

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Macallan on his initiation night
 

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Awww, he looks so sweet in the middle. :)

*pinches cheeks*

(All four of them)

You know, I thought you were joking around at first.......but I'm beginning to think you are actually being serious.

....which is very sad.

By the way, you looked great on prom night. Is that you in the "pimpin" kool aid outfit? The numerous cop cars, the ambulance, and the door checker/swat team enforcer adds a nice romantic touch.

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Wait, is "illiterate" the offensive part of what he said?

Is it possible he said these things to get the 15 minutes of fame associated with it?? Bring some attention to the cause??

Probably not....

I wouldn't put it past him, but Lewis has raised something like 2 billion dollars, so I'm not sure it'd be necessary.

so i hadn't heard about this at all and just watched the 15 second video posted here. was it so much worse that what any other comic today says? there are people out there making fun of EVERYone....gays, blacks, whites, mexicans, the mentally handicapped, etc. to me, it seemed like he attempted to make one of those stupid kind of jokes...and instead of people laughing like they do at those comics, people became uncomfortable b/c it's J.L. and not the best forum....he picked up that he went a place he shouldn't have and moved on. i'm ready for the flames, but i don't think the man should be crucified. he's old, tried to be funny, didn't work. he apologized. what exactly should be done?

maybe he should call that rehab that Isiah went to but then even if he goes they still may fire him and replace him with Michael Richards....

The whole going to rehab thing is funny to me.

It's kind of like having to go to AA meetings if you get a DWI.....because obviously if you get a DWI you MUST be an alcoholic.

Yeah, I completely agree here - rehab is a hilarious cop-out for just saying (or believing) something stupid, and there's no "cure" or rehabilitation center for either.

With that said, I think most would agree that it's completely ridiculous to use a slur in anything resembling a hateful fashion on public TV (regardless of type), so I can understand where the outcry comes in. The "apologize/wash hands/rinse/repeat" cycle is not really proving itself effective, and while I'm not sure the outcry is effective either, I can see where interested parties would think they don't really have a choice.

Agree.