2000 MDA Telethon Video Index
Highlights of all 21 hours of the internationally broadcast telethon.

This is only an index into the MDA video archive.
All videos are copyright MDA USA, 1999-2001.
To make donations to MDA USA, go to www.mdausa.org/donate.
For the latest MDA Telethon listings see www.mdausa.org/telethon

Free RealPlayer G2Click to download free software for watching the videos.
(The "free" link is hiding half-way down on the left.)

The indexed highlights are primarily personal stories, research and
MDA programs; however, a few other segments are also included.

Note: The segment start/end times were set using a high-speed DSL connection.
It's possible the timing may be different with a slow connection.

MDA USA: Muscular Dystrophy Association of USA
MD: Muscular Dystrophy
SMA: Spinal Muscular Atrophy
DMD: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Hour 1
  • Sarah Schwegel, 7yo girl w/ SMA (Missouri)

    Hour 2
  • Loren Carter, 7yo girl w/ SMA (Oceanside, CA)

    Hour 3
  • Donor letter about Dylan Lowe, 16yo boy w/ DMD (died August 4, 2000)
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Albertsons & Shamrock Program
  • Harley-Davidson & MDA Summer Camp
  • Jerry Lewis singing "We've Got You"

    Hour 4
  • Three Lewis generations singing "Sonny Boy"
          (1957 - Danny & Jerry & debut of 10yo Gary Lewis)
  • ERA Real Estate & MDA Summer Camp
  • Robin Chavez, adult woman with Dermatomyositis

    Hour 5
  • "Scorch" and Ventriloquist
  • Parade Magazine, Telescopes for Telethon, Astronomer David Levy
  • Regis Philbin, Millionaire MDA Edition

    Hour 6
  • MDA Task Force
  • Harley-Davidson - Ride For Life
  • Liza Gibbons, Letter re: DMD diagnosis at Christmas 1999
  • Mindy Klusmann, young woman with MD, a singer
  • Salute to Local Stations
  • Fire Fighters, Boot Drive
          (Fire Fighters are the largest contributor to the MDA Telethon: $14,000,000 in 2000.)

    Hour 7 (VH1 - Music With A Mission)
          VJ hostess lost her cousin to DMD
  • Austin & Andrew, 5yo twins with DMD
  • Jerry Lewis Interviewed, "Why 51 years?"
  • Update on a family (not identified) & teenage boy w/ DMD
  • Creating Normalcy
  • Sound Affects--Music affecting lives
  • Something Cooler than Rock And Roll

    Hour 8

    Hour 9

    Hour 10

    Hour 11

    Hour 12

    Hour 13

    Hour 14

    Hour 15

    Hour 16

    Hour 17

    Hour 21 - Final 17 Minutes & Final Tote
  • REPLAY: Sarah Schwegel, 7yo girl w/ SMA (Missouri)
  • Jerry closes with "Walk On"


    1999 MDA Telethon Index
    All 21 hours, 19 minutes (28.8k)
    (NOTE: The video archive has a different program for 5.5 minutes--
    from 0:13:25 to 0:19:07, then the Telethon returns.)
    Note: The main links are the higher quality "56k" streams.
    If you're on a dial-up connection, you might need to use the "28.8k" links.
    Note: I still need to adjust the start/end times for the 28.8k links.
    The 28.8k video segments may not start/stop at the right place.

  • Joshua Cooper, 5yo boy with SMA (28.8k)
          (NOTE: The video archive is interrupted before Joshua's story finishes.)
  • Gene Therapy--How It Works (28.8k)
  • Ryan, young boy with DMD (28.8k)

    resume 1:24:00




    This article is from Living For Today, Preparing For Tomorrow. From Parents. To Parents. A Parent's Guide to Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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    Each day has enough trouble of its own."     MATTHEW 6:34 NIV

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