Noun
telethon (plural telethons)
A televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.
If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans. Jerry Lewis
My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of 'Good Day New York,' and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years. Greg Fitzsimmons
Before his death in January 2006, Rawls' last performance was a taping for the 2006 telethon that honored Wonder, months before entering the hospital after being diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. Source: Internet
Disability rights advocates, however, have criticized the telethon for portraying victims of the disease as deserving pity rather than respect. Source: Internet
In November 2007, Prunella Scales returned to the role of Sybil Fawlty in a series of sketches for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity telethon. Source: Internet
Hell, one of Kanye's most famous moments was calling out then-President George W. Bush during a Hurricane Katrina telethon for his inadequate response to the disaster in New Orleans and its inordinate effect on African-Americans. Source: Internet