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...closing number: a group sing of "There's No Business Like Show Business" by dozens of the movie elite, including James Cagney, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, John Wayne and Elizabeth Taylor. As they concluded, someone noticed that the show had run 20 minutes short. (Implausible but true.) Cued from the wings, Lewis shouted to the group, "Another 20 times!" Some of the stars danced in couples; others wandered offstage. As the tone grew tenser, Jer announced "We're showing Three Stooges shorts to cheer up the losers." He grabbed the baton from musical director Lionel Newman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Lewis Wins an Oscar at Last | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

...short on jumper, Wright's follow is stuck on rim, arrow to Penn, Swaitek reps Wright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD at Penn | 2/21/2009 | See Source »

...Boehm short on long jumper, on the other end, Wright ties up ball, bringing us to media timeout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD at Penn | 2/21/2009 | See Source »

...Wright dishes out of post to Lin for 3 but it cruelly rims out. Penn holds for one shot, Rosen bounces around, Reilly's 3 is waaaaay short, but it bounces off Harvard with 1.5 left. Inbounds comes to Dan Monckton who has a clear look and hits the backboard and nothing else. Not pretty. We're at halftime! 29-26 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD at Penn | 2/21/2009 | See Source »

...Back to action, Lin short on jumper over Gaines, Quakers push it and Harris fouls Gaines under the basket. Kenyi and McNally replace Housman and Pusar. Lin then steal ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD at Penn | 2/21/2009 | See Source »

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