Richard Lewis Grand Marshal for OSU Homecoming Parade

COMEDIAN AND OHIO STATE ALUMNUS RICHARD LEWIS IS GRAND MARSHAL

COLUMBUS -- Actor, comedian and Ohio State University 
alumnus Richard Lewis will be the grand marshal for the 
homecoming parade and pep rally Friday (10/20) as Ohio State 
celebrates Homecoming Week and the 125th anniversary of the 
university's founding in 1870.  "A Past with a Presence" is the 
theme for both the anniversary and the homecoming celebrations 
this year.

The homecoming parade, featuring floats, the marching band 
and the homecoming court, will begin at 6 p.m. near French Field 
House.  Lewis will lead the parade around the south side of the 
Ohio Union to the Oval.  After the parade, Lewis, Archie Griffin, 
the football team, cheerleaders, the homecoming court and other 
supporters will hold a pep rally on the Oval. 

Lewis will speak at the homecoming brunch Saturday (10/21) 
at 11:20 a.m. in the Ohio Union and during half time of the 
homecoming game.

Lewis, who is in the midst of his "Magical Misery Tour," 
recently completed his first dramatic role in the independent 
film "Drunks."  He also appeared in "Weekend In The Country," 
"Wagons East," "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," and "Once Upon A 
Crime."

A self-proclaimed "comedian from hell," Lewis has appeared 
on "Late Night With David Letterman" some 50 times and 
participated in HBO's Comic Relief since its beginnings in 1987.  
In addition to his numerous films, Lewis starred in the 
critically acclaimed television series "Anything But Love" with 
Jamie Lee Curtis.  The show ran on ABC for four years, beginning 
in 1989.  Reruns of the show are still being shown on the 
Lifetime cable network.

Lewis was named on GQ Magazine's list of the "20th 
Century's Most Influential Humorists" and has been featured on 
the cover of Esquire Magazine.

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Contact: Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614) 688-3682.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:28:31 -0400]
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