CREEMEDIA

The Ritual of the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon: Drenched in That Greasy Kid Stuff, Jerry Lewis, striding in long circles at a gazelle's pace, mocks the sanctimony of the M.D. ceremony by repeatedly stumbling over his own feet. Abruptly he stops clowning, lights a filter-tipped Kool, blows smoke at the camera, and stares into his TV audience, Daddy-O Guilt already breathing hot down their clammy necks.