“If this is the way we're going culturally, then we should go all the way and just tell Grandpa we don't need him for Thanksgiving.”

—LARRY MILLER, comedian, on the ouster of Jerry Lewis as the host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Labor Day Telethon, an annual fund-raising event on which Lewis has appeared since 1966. This year's hosts included Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell and American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, along with performers like Boyz II Men and celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Seacrest. MDA said the telethon brought in $61.5 million, up from the $58.9 million it raised last year, in what may have been Lewis's last appearance on the broadcast. [via CBS News]