Jerry Lewis Telethon story gets murky

What's going on?

August 5, 2011 at 5:07PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, Jerry Lewis attends the Quentin Tarantino Friars Club Roast at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York. Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association aren't saying why they're fully parting ways after 45 years and raising more than $1 billion for the nonprofit through its annual telethon.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

If the MDA is letting Jerry Lewis go because he's just too old, some sort of public face-saving statement would be the decent thing to do. Now it's just all confusing. AP says:

Ohhhhkay. Testy Lewis is nothing new, but we're getting lots of Testy & Cryptic Lewis.

Actually, it was the Chicago Tribune, but details, details. Comedy isn't about the details! In the interview, he was asked "how comedic actors can become great today." His reply may indicate why he's no longer doing the telethon:

Anyone care to translate?

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