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  • Charles M. Schulz: Good Grief!

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    "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's comic vision was inspired by a childhood punctuated by a series of misfortunes and failures. One day the future cartoonist went to see a movie at a theater which had promised chocolate bars to the first 1...

  • Howie Mandel - Helium voice prank

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    Howie Mandel on one of his favorite pranks: "I had one voice where it sounded like I was in a terrible helium accident and I would go to the emergency rooms of hospitals -- before I was on TV, they didn't know who I was -- and I would go to the ad...

  • Michael Moore - Young Idealist

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    After a year at the University of Michigan, Michael Moore started working on a General Motors assembly line (like his father) in Flint, Michigan. He did not stay long. Michael called in sick on his very first day and never went back. Why did Michael at...

  • Eddie Murphy: Great Song

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    One day in 1985, Eddie Murphy got a call from Stevie Wonder. "We're working on this great song," he explained. "You've got to come down to the studio." "I can't," Murphy replied. "I'm working on a song of my own."Eddie's song? "Party All the Time" (Sam...

  • Cher - West Side Story singalong

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    Young Cher once waited until she was home alone so she could sing along to "West Side Story" (reenacted on a television special). Cher recalled putting her hair in pigtails and announcing: "'I am proud to present West Side Story. I will be playing all ...

  • Howie Mandel: Amusement Park

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    Howie Mandel once worked as a ride operator at an amusement park. "Make sure the orange safety harness over your left shoulder is securely fastened," he would warn riders. "We're going upside down in five seconds!" This announcement was invariably met ...

  • Simon Cowell - first "American Idol" contestant

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    "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell was nasty from day 1. "That was terrible, I mean seriously terrible," he told the show's very first contestant, prompting fellow judge Paula Abdul to start crying and walk off the set.Paula later hired a writer to cou...

  • George Clooney - Bachelor

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    After his divorce from Talia Balsam, George Clooney vowed never to remarry or have any children. Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer once challenged Clooney to put his money where his mouth was, each betting $10,000 that the second part of his vow woul...

  • Ashton Kutcher - mile-high club

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    Ashton Kutcher once tried to join the mile-high club. Things did not work out as planned. "It was weird trying to get two people in there," he recalled, "and there was like a moron convention going on around the bathroom door. So there was no opportune...

  • Romark: Psychic Driver

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    On October 12th, 1977, the famed hypnotist Romark declared that, in a public display of his remarkable psychic powers, he would drive through Ilford... wearing a blindfold. After placing two coins, a slice of dough, and a thick band over his eyes, Roma...
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What is an Anecdote?

   
an·ec·dote Click to hear the pronunciation [an-ik-doht]
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1. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
2. pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta: Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.

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George Clooney: Clooney's Vault

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In 2003, George Clooney bought a home on lovely Lake Como in Italy. Among the contents left by the previous owner was an empty thousand-pound safe marked "Explosives." One day, Clooney arrived home and was astonished to find that burglars had attempted...

Charles M. Schulz: Good Grief!

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"Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's comic vision was inspired by a childhood punctuated by a series of misfortunes and failures. One day the future cartoonist went to see a movie at a theater which had promised chocolate bars to the first 1...

Niels Bohr: Barometer Question

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During a physics exam one day, young Niels Bohr was asked to "describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer." "You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer," he replied, "and lower the barometer from the roof of ...

Jessica Simpson: Pants Off

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"I'm really clumsy, so I trip and fall a lot," Jessica Simpson once confessed. "And every time I perform in New York my pants split onstage. That's happened four or five times. Every time, I pull on my mom's jeans as fast as I can, so there we are, sta...

Richard Branson meets Sir James Goldsmith

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Virgin Records' founder Richard Branson was once invited to an exclusive party at the luxurious home of billionaire merchant banker Sir James Goldsmith. While admiring Goldsmith's beautiful pool, Branson -- on a whim -- crept up behind his host and pus...

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  • Beatrix Loughran - Divisive Performance

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    In 1928, at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, American figure skater Beatrix Loughran won a bronze medal in women's figure skating. The panel of judges had widely differing opinions on the quality of her performance. Judges placed Loughra...

  • Piano Music

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    The pianists Sigismond Thalberg and Alexander Dreyschock once attended a recital at which Chopin performed several of his own compositions. After the performance, Thalberg began shouting at the top of his lungs. "What's the matter?" Dreyschock asked, u...

  • Smead Jolley & the Green Giant

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    While Smead Jolley was a fine hitter, finding a suitable position for him in the field was something of a challenge. He was once tried as an outfielder in Boston's Fenway Park, where an incline led to the wall. With his coaches, he practiced going to t...

  • Justin Timberlake introduces the O'Jays

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    In 2004, the O'Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Justin Timberlake introduced the band, joking that they had formed 'just a few years before I was born.' Silence. Timberlake's ad libbed line? 'Sorry, that was a typo.'

  • Why people love The Simpsons

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    Simpsons writer Jay Kogen: We thought we were really writing these really funny, smart, special shows that were chock-full of jokes every few seconds. And then someone showed us this study Fox had done: the No. 1 reason why people liked The Simpsons wa...

  • Handy Letter

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    In 1839, a young composer left his native Germany to seek fame and fortune in Paris. He was referred to Giacomo Meyerbeer, who graciously received the young man and gave him a letter of recommendation, sealed and addressed to Leon Pillet, the director ...

  • Chesterton Lost

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    The famously absent-minded G. K. Chesterton missed so many trains that much of his writing was done in train stations. He also frequently forgot about important appointments. On one memorable occasion, he sent a cable to his faithful wife: "Am at Marke...

  • Mitch Kolpan - finagled an audition

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    During the production of A Bronx Tale (1993), nightclub owner Mitch Kolpan, who had never acted in his life, finagled an audition with Robert De Niro, after using his gold shield to breeze past the security guards. "I`m not even an actor," Kolpan suppo...

  • Women Caretakers

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    "Richter, the conductor, never learned to speak much English. At a rehearsal at the Queen's Hall he was disturbed by the women caretakers who were noisily dusting the seats, and after a time, in desperation, he turned round and waved hh arms at them, s...

  • Voice of Fire

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    In the late 1980s, Canada's National Gallery (in Ottawa) caused a minor uproar when it announced plans to spend more than $1,000,000 on an enormous Barnett Newman canvas -- entitled "Voice of Fire" -- comprising nothing but three vertical lines which, ...

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