Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - (Part 6)

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Link to Part 5:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181089330

[Wednesdays]

1. Composers Johannes Brahms and Peter Tchaikovsky met

And while Brahms played piano and chewed the fat with Tchaikovsky, into the parlor walked composer Edvard Grieg. The little surprise party was arranged by Grieg's wife.

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2. Paul Revere suffered from equaphobia.

A fear of horses.

[dameatball]

29. He also narrowly avoided court martial after a disastorous campign into Maine against tge British.

[a kennedy]

3. I babysat the current Wisconsin Badger football coach.

and my sister probably changed his diapers when she babysat regularly for his brother and sister too. Is he famous???

[rurallib]

4. depends on this season

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5. Richard Belzer is Henry Winkler's cousin.

There does appear to be a slight resemblance.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Bill Pullman has no sense of smell as a result of a head injury when he was 21.

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7. He was great as POTUS in "Independence Day"

I wish he was POTUS now! [Instead of President "Bone Spurs"]

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Good actor. Awesome in Malice!

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10. Thanks for that

I'm putting "Malice" on my "films to watch" list.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 👍🏻

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9. For a few years, sportscaster Bill King was the radio announcer for The Oakland Raiders,

the Oakland Athletics, and the Golden State Warriors...possibly the only radio announcer in history to be the announcer for three major sports teams simultaneously.

In 1958, he was one of the original radio announcers for the newly arrived San Francisco Giants.

[Swede]

12. Guy Fieri officiated 101 same sex marriages.

No really.

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13. Bob Dylan once stole a bunch of albums from a friend who had invited him over to hear them

he waited until the guy was out of town, then went over, broke in to the guy's house, and stole dozens of albums.
When asked about it, he admitted stealing the albums, with the excuse:
"He didn't even play guitar"

This is documented in Martin Scorsese's 4-hour biopic, "No Direction Home"
in which Dylan dismissed the theft of the albums with:
"I'm a musical expeditionary!"

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14. Bruce Springsteen was one of the opening acts for "Sha Na Na" when they began headlining

The "Sha Na Na" syndicated television variety series ran from 1977 to 1981.
Guests on the show included:
- Jan & Dean
- Fabien
- Chubby Checker
- The Ramones
- Ethel Merman
- Frank Gorshin
- Billy Crystal
- Danny and the Juniors
- Rita Moreno
and others

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15. Sarah Silverman's mother, Beth, was George McGovern's personal campaign photographer

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16. In 1996, Paul McCartney tried to release an experimental piece recorded by the Beatles in 1967

called "Carnival of Light"

The track is nearly 14 minutes long and contains distorted sounds of percussion, keyboards, guitar, vocals and various effects.

McCartney tried to release the track on the Beatles outtakes compilation "Anthology 2", but it's inclusion was vetoed by his former band-mates, with George Harrison said to be the most opposed to releasing the piece.

As of 2016, McCartney was still considering the track's release.

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17. The 2nd murder attributed to the "Zodiac" killer occurred on July 4, 1969 at the Blue Rock Springs

Park, near Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, CA.

Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau were both shot several times.
Ferrin died, but Mageau survived, and gave Vallejo police a description of the killer.

When shown a photo of a suspect, Arthur Leigh Allen, who lived in Vallejo, Mageau said that he "looked a lot like the killer"

The movie "Zodiac" was based on Robert Graysmith's book, "Zodiac,"
"Graysmith advanced Arthur Leigh Allen as a potential suspect 'based on circumstantial evidence'"

Allen had been fired from his job as an elementary school teacher in March, 1968 after allegations of sexual misconduct with students.
He was described by those who knew him as "fixated on young children and angry at women."
he apparently never had a girlfriend or wife.
In 1974, Allen was arrested for committing lewd acts upon a 12-year-old boy.
He pleaded guilty and served two years imprisonment.

Although Allen was never charged with the Zodiac murders, the Vallejo police from day one only had one suspect, Arthur Leigh Allen.
Allen died in 1992.

(Source: Wikipedia)

[Snellius]

18. Hitler loved Disney cartoons

Especially Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and may have drawn these which were signed "A. Hitler":



https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/50025

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19. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy lll (D-Mass.) spent 2 years in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic,

after graduating from Stanford.
He is the grandson of RFK.
His father, Joseph P. Kennedy ll, also was a congressman, and also served in the Peace Corps

(Can you imagine any of Trump's offspring wanting to join the Peace Corps?)

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20. Al Cooper's first professional work was as a 14-year-old guitarist in the "Royal Teens"

The Royal Teens had a 1958 novelty hit called "Short Shorts"

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22. Marlon Brando wanted to power his estate with energy harnessed from electric eels.

Although it could have been something of an extended prank. Maybe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/movies/brando-a-loner-family-and-friends-take-issue.html
Ed Begley, Jr., Begley recalled being summoned to Brando's home a few years ago to talk about an urgent project.

Assuming that he wanted to collaborate on a film, Mr. Begley eagerly made his way to the Brando estate on Mulholland Drive here. The veteran actor revealed his idea: to acquire thousands of electric eels, from which he would harness energy to power the needs of his daily life.

"'We're going to run the house on the eels,"' Brando said, the pitch-perfect younger actor recalled. When Mr. Begley, slightly stunned, responded that he did not think it could be done, Mr. Brando murmured, "'Everything's no with you."'

"I don't know if he was kidding," Mr. Begley said last week. "To the day he died he never let on."

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23. That's wild!

Brando had to be kidding, right?

[VOX]

30. He had to be. I've heard Ed Begley, Jr. tell the story...

on film/video (possibly in a documentary, can’t recall exactly), and he sets it up by replicating the initial phone call from Brando:
“Hello, Bagels? This is Bran Flakes. Come on over, I need your expertise.”

In another goofy story, Johnny Depp was visiting Brando, and had sneaked in one of those battery-powered “fart machines,” which makes a racket like...you know. So Depp is firing this thing off while Brando is in another room, and he shouts out to Depp, “Johnny, you really should see a doctor about that.” Finally, Depp lets on, and Brando then plays with the fart gizmo, delightedly. He looks over at Depp, and exclaims, “I’ve found GOD!”

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24. Sam Kinison died when his car was struck head-on by a pick-up truck driven by a drunk driver who

crossed the center line of U.S. Route 95.
Kinison was traveling to Laughlin, Nevada to perform at a sold-out show.
He was 38.

The driver of the pick-up, 17-year-old Troy Pierson, plead guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
He was sentenced to one year of probation and 300 hours of community service, and his driver's license was suspended for two years.

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25. In the first moments after impact Kinison seemed as if he were going to make it, but within minutes

he appeared to know he was about to die.

Witnesses stated that Kinison appeared to be holding a conversation in which he stated, "I don't want to die. I don't want to die."

As the conversation continued Sam said, "But why?"

And finally, Kinison stated, "Okay, Okay, Okay".

The last "Okay" was stated in a very gentle and loving manner, as if he were talking with someone he knew, and loved.

Efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was just 38 years old.

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27. Yeah, I read that in the Wikipedia article on him

Also mentioned was "Kinison was found lying between the seats of his car"

This makes me wonder whether or not he had his seat belt on.
His wife, who he had married six days earlier, "survived the accident with a mild concussion."

[Floyd R. Turbo]

28. He was not wearing a seatbelt. He hit the windshield.

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31. Just last night I was listening to a segment of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" on the radio

Johnny was relating the first time he heard a "bit" from Sam Kinison's act.
Sam was singing "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" as Elvis would sing it,
(Sam really had a good voice, believe it or not).
I tuned in to the station just after he began singing and I thought:
"Well, this is definitely not Elvis, but whoever it is has a pretty good voice"
Just then, in the middle of the song, Sam starts shouting insults at the woman he's supposedly singing about,
Of course, I recognized him immediately then.
He continued shouting insults for a minute or so, then finished the song singing it straight.

Carson was telling Sam about how this comedy bit was the first time he ever heard Sam, and he, Johnny Carson, was absolutely floored by the bit, and then & there decided to have Sam as a guest on The Tonight Show.

Also, it was great seeing Sam in Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School" where he played a history professor.

He died while at the peak of his career, and probably would have gone on to make movies and TV shows, as well as continuing to perform his act live in front of audiences.

That drunken POS who ended his life should have been given jail time, imo.

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41. Sam was a polarizing figure to say the least. More than a comedian, I felt he was a once in a

lifetime talent capable of delivering social commentary that was both biting and thought provoking.

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42. I wish he were still alive so we could hear his take on Shitler

(I'm sure he would have despised him, as most of the world does)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

43. All of the greats; Sam, Lenny, Richard, George!

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44. Don't forget Rodney, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams and Don Rickles,

also, television show hosts like Johnny Carson and Steve Allen.

(George Carlin would have torn Spanky a new asshole)

[Bayard]

26. Bruce Springsteen's daughter is a world-class jumping competitor

I remember reading about when she got her first pony.....

The United States Equestrian Federation now ranks Springsteen as the ninth-best show jumper in the country. Since 2010, she's won $1,255,443 in prize money.

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33. Interesting!

I had no idea they could make that much money doing that.

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32. Many of baseball writer & statistician Bill James' first writings came while he was working nights

as a security guard at the Stokely-Van Camp's pork and bean cannery.

As of February, 2018, James still works for the Boston Red Sox, who are currently having a phenomenal season, having a record of 83 wins & 35 loses as of August 11, 2018.

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34. Randy Quaid is a first cousin (twice removed) of Gene Autry

He has appeared in over 90 films.

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35. Singers Neil Sedaka and Edie Gorme are cousins.

per Wiki. Both have Shephardic Jewish ancestry.

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36. Neil Sedaka learned to play the piano at an early age

When he was 13, a neighbor heard him playing and introduced him to her 16-year-old son, Howard Greenfield, an aspiring poet and lyricist.
They became two of the legendary Brill Building's composers.

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37. "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983) was based a 1979 short story by John Hughes called...

..."Vacation 58"

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48. As I recall, the story starts out on the street I grew up on

Rivard in Grosse Pointe City. Although he used a non-existent address.

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38. Jerry Lee Lewis is a cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart

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39. Thomas Pynchon dedicated "Gravity's Rainbow" to fellow novelist Richard Farina

The two were roommates at Cornell.

Richard Farina's novel about 1960s counter-culture:
"Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me" has become a cult classic.

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40. Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan has appeared in over 200 TV commercials

In February, 2016, Gaffigan began appearing in KFC commercials as Colonel Sanders, replacing Norm McDonald.

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45. Don Rickles became known as an "insult comedian" after he began responding to his hecklers in

comedy clubs in New York, Miami and L.A.

The audience enjoyed the insults more than his prepared material, so he incorporated them into his act.

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46. Serial killer Ted Bundy often wore turtleneck shirts and sweaters to hide a large mole on his neck

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47. John Wayne had a fear of horses (Equinophobia)

[geardaddy]

49. Mick Jagger supposedly based "Mr. Jimmy" from "You Can't Always Get What You Want" on Jimmy Hutmaker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hutmaker#Rolling_Stones_legend


Jimmy Hutmaker was a developmentally disabled person in Excelsior, MN who was considered the "roving ambassador" of the town.

[red dog 1]

50. I'm not sure about that

Even the wiki article you cite starts out:
"According to a legend.."
and the last line reads:
"The veracity of these [Hutmaker] claims is disputed.."Mr Jimmy" more likely refers to Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller.

You might want to Google the song and read another Wikipedia article on it that includes Jagger describing the song as a "drug song in Chelsea" (England)

The Stones tried unsuccessfully to get Dipshit Trump to stop using the song at his rallies and even at his GOP nomination at the RNC in July, 2016, but for some reason they didn't resort to taking legal action to stop the bastard from using the song, so he kept using it.

Actually, I don't think it was about Jimmy Miller, in spite of what many Rolling Stone insiders say.
Jimmy Miller never used heroin, as far as I know.
However, Jimi Hendrix was a heroin addict and Jagger "revered" him, so referring to HIM as "Mr. Jimmy" makes perfect sense to me.

[geardaddy]

55. Yeah, I know it's a stretch

but it would be cool if it were true.

[madaboutharry]

51. Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond

sang in the choir together at Earasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, NY.

While in high school they didn’t know each other.

[cachukis]

52. Doris Kearns Goodwin told a story on C-Span

that Don Kendall former CEO of Pepsi, had to chat with Lyndon Johnson about issues that Richard Nixon was having. Johnson complained that his first chapters could rely on his tapes. He stopped the taping. He told Kendall to tell Nixon that the tapes would help him write his memoirs. That's why we have the Nixon tapes. https://www.c-span.org/video/?189571-1/depth-doris-kearns-goodwin&start=2631

[rickford66]

53. Chris Matthews once allowed someone to speak a complete sentence.

Just kidding.

[Thunderbeast]

54. Hillary Clinton and Steve Goodman

went to the same high school.

Steve Goodman was a gifted singer-songwriter who penned "City of New Orleans".

Hillary Clinton was a Senator and Secretary of State who was elected President in 2016, but was unable to serve due to treason by her opponent.