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Word: oscarcast (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1992-1992
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...popular host of the Oscarcast, Billy Crystal gets hugged by a billion people every March. He is a star, baptized in the mainstream -- partly because of his quickness of wit, partly because he's so darned cute. The particulars of Mr. Saturday Night's plot pay tribute to Crystal's landsleit: to Jerry Lewis (who began, as Buddy does, by lip-synching to Danny Kaye records), to Red Buttons (who had a '50s TV show), to Jackie Mason (who offended Ed Sullivan). To all the Jerrys and Jackies and Buddys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Funny, He Looks Jewish | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

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