Jerry's still asleep so Tom Bergeron has the com, as they used to say on Star Trek. (Keep in mind that I'm commenting on what's on my TiVo, which is many hours behind what's on live TV. Actually, I think the telethon is over by now but us TiVo owners no longer live in the cruel world where shows start and finish when the stations broadcast them.)
From Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the heads of the Tall Cedars, a group connected somehow with Cedars of Lebanon, have sent representatives. The Supreme Tall Cedar (that's how he's introduced) and an associate have come on to wear funny hats and present Jerry (Tom, actually) with their first check for $300,000. I now see the fashion faux pas I've been making every time I've put on a tuxedo. I've been neglecting to also wear a funny hat. You won't catch me making that mistake again.
Whoa! We're well into Hour 12, I think it is, and suddenly an act is being introduced by Larry King. Where did he come from? No one introduced him. It's just like, all of a sudden, Larry King out of nowhere. He's wearing a tux but no funny hat. He introduces one small-name act and disappears. It's up to Bergeron to introduce a man billed, probably justifiably, as the World's Fastest Balloon Sculptor.
It's kinda like Host Roulette up there. Sometimes, it's Bergeron, Kelly Monaco and/or Bob Zany. Sometimes, it's a pre-tape with Jerry. A fellow named Billy Gilman is shouldering some of the heavy lifting/introducing, while Norm Crosby just popped up again to bring out Robert Goulet. I still don't understand what the hell Larry King was doing there as emcee for all of six minutes. Goulet, in a segment obviously taped earlier, sings a very Vegas version of "On the Street Where You Live" and a less Vegasy "The Impossible Dream." The guy looks pretty good, especially considering he's wearing a tux and no funny hat.