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Drawing on his experience in sports journalism, Ferrell also perfected an impression of Harry Caray, the late Chicago Cubs sportscaster...
...Oprah runs that town b) No other good choices for Harper Lee Day c) Boo Radley best substitute for Harry Caray d) City wants to increase literacy...
...good week to be in Chicago: 23 inches of snow and Jenny Jones wasn't doing any makeovers. The best thing the city had going was the free Gatorade at Harry Caray's restaurant and some of that was probably the nasty blue flavor. Not much consolation for losing the best basketball player ever...
Entertainers loved Harry Caray. He counted many, Sinatra and Elvis included, as friends. And why not? Caray himself was a kind of performance artist, working from a broadcast booth instead of a stage. The Harry Caray Elvis heard in the '50s and '60s was a truly great announcer; his outsized personality combined with exceptional broadcasting skills. In recent years, with age and illness, those skills diminished, leaving only Harry: the voice, the windshield-size glasses, the passion for the game that made him the fan's announcer. And that was good enough...
...hold an audience. In baseball, no matter the score, fans have never left the park until Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Willie Mays or Junior Griffey has had his last turn at-bat. And at Wrigley Field, even if the Cubs trailed by 10, no one ever left before Harry Caray sang Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Only then was the experience complete. Hey, Elvis, wherever you are--your pal Harry has left the building...