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Majestic Success?
Louis XIV once solicited Nicolas Boileau's opinion of several poems which he had...
Albert Einstein: Nuclear Re...
Albert Einstein was once introduced to the eighteen-month-old son of a young fri...
Chimney Sleep?
Mark Twain's cigar smoking was a constant source of irritation to his wife, Oliv...
Sitting Pretty
Oliver Herford was traveling on a crowded streetcar one day with his young nephe...
Opportunity Knocks
Despite their position in Boston society, the Cabots were not held in high estee...
Groucho Marx: Grouchy Logic
Groucho Marx once sent a telegram to the exclusive Friar's Club in Hollywood: "P...
Peter Falk: Third Eye Blind
At the tender age of three, Peter Falk had his right eye surgically removed (and...
Busy Body
Dorothy Parker was once interrupted on her honeymoon by Harold Ross (her indomit...
WC
One day during World War II, Winston Churchill visited a naval base to observe t...
Hard Lines
Oscar Wilde's legal battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's father) ...
Recession
The latter portion of Jimmy Carter's presidency was plagued by recession. The Am...
Sexual Devotion
Especially in America, psychohumorist Mark Gorkin once observed, sex is treated ...
Genital Humor
Shortly after the launch of Viagra, Robin Williams, famed for his ad-libbing gen...
Private Time?
Dorothy Parker was once visited in the hospital by her secretary, whom she had s...
Winston Churchill: Plasteras
Of the Greek prime minister Plasteras, Winston Churchill once remarked: "Well, I...
Bridge To Paradise?
In 2002, Ian Brown attended a fashion show called 'Viva Italia' in Toronto. "Sop...
Lakey Lane
William Plomer, visiting Birmingham for the first time, was intrigued by the des...
Yadda Yadda
Recounting an apparently interminable story, a long-winded friend of Franklin Pi...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Oral...
A woman was visiting the set of Eraser one day when a friend in the crew was...
World Series Celebration
In 1995, Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves won the World Series. Jane Fonda (then Turn...
Great Turnip?
Winston Churchill and fellow British prime minister Stanley Baldwin cultivated a...
Chamberpot?
Winston Churchill vehemently opposed prime minister Neville Chamberlain's policy...
Hélas Pour Godard?
Despite a career spanning four decades in which he made more than 100 films and ...
Bed Man Walking
Sean Penn's bad boy image stemmed in part from his romantic involvement with a s...
Definitely Maybe?
Dorothy Parker and a friend once found themselves gossiping about a mutual acqua...
Loopy?
A lifelong agnostic, W. C. Fields was not entirely unconcerned about the possibi...
Apple Crumble?
While attending a fashion show called 'Viva Italia' in Toronto one evening (at w...
O?
Otto von Bismarck, a stickler for formality, was once seated beside a young, eff...
No Justice!
One day in his eighty-seventh year, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. passed a b...
Lusty Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger once readily acknowledged the pleasure he took in flirtati...
Reagan Wit
In March 1981, president Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by a would-be assas...
Dreadful Performance
Tallulah Bankhead was rather unimpressed by the screen adaptation of Tennessee W...
Fab Three?
In 1989, George Harrison rejected Paul McCartney's latest proposal for a Beatles...
Roastmaster
During a large dinner party one evening, Clarence Kelland, serving as toastmaste...
Shamu
Even Elizabeth Taylor's closest friends made fun of her ballooning weight. "When...
Steven Spielberg: Final Cut
Only top-tier directors are given "final cut" by their studios. "Steven Spielber...
Eddie Murphy: Career Trajec...
In the 1990s, Eddie Murphy went through a dark period during which his films (mo...
Sam Donaldson: Toupee
In 2003, rumors began to circulate that ABC's toupee-topped anchor Sam Donaldson...
David Lloyd George: Tip of ...
Little love was lost between British prime minister David Lloyd George and Herbe...
Relativity Explained!
Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity. "Pu...
George W. Bush: Canadian Ho...
In November 2004, President George W. Bush traveled to Ottawa to meet with Canad...
Once More, Maurice...
As Maurice Barrymore was being laid to rest, the straps supporting the lowered c...
Audentes Fortuna Juvat?
A scene in one of Robert Benchley's movie shorts called for the writer to be str...
Wilde's Toast?
While dying of cerebral meningitis in a Parisian hotel room, Oscar Wilde was off...
Boling Broke?
Bolingbroke was renowned for his many marital infidelities. According to Voltair...
Live from New York!
In Live from New York, "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels descr...
Mother Teresa: Missionary o...
Mother Teresa found her work with the Missionaries of Charity (which she founded...
Fielding Questions?
When British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visited California in 1946, Mr. an...
Demi M@@re
Several stars celebrated birthdays on November 11th, 1999, among them Keri Strug...
Vicious Circle?
Dorothy Parker and a friend once fell into a conversation about a certain uninhi...
Water Clock
Water clocks were used in Roman courtrooms to ensure that opposing lawyers were ...
George Gallup & the Telepho...
Like many polls conducted before the presidential election of 1948, George Gallu...
Three Bits?
Shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, Jerr...
Sixpence
Nubar Gulbenkian, one of the world's wealthiest men, arrived home one day with a...
Hawthorne, Jr.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's son Julian (who was often confused with his famous father)...
McRevenge
One day S. I. Hayakawa was dismayed to learn that a large American fast-food cha...
Margot Asquith: Self-Regard
Shortly after the appearance of Margot Asquith's autobiography, Dorothy Parker r...
Famous Father
While campaigning for the New Jersey governorship in 1940, Charles Edison was ca...
Pure Genius
A deaf man who recorded sound? A school dropout who unraveled the mysteries of e...
Spellman
As a token of appreciaton for a generous donation to the Roman Catholic Church b...
Eye Eye Eye!
At a formal function one evening, the actress Susan Hampshire, boasting a remark...
Mooning for the Press?
In 1962, the New York Mets made their debut, plumbing the depths of baseball fut...
Busted
The famed English actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell once attempted to smuggle her li...
Manure Spreader
During one of William Jennings Bryan's numerous presidential campaigns, he was i...
Smith-Cumming?
"One of the common invisible inks is cobalt chloride dissolved in water. Invisib...
Grouchy Review
Little love was lost between Groucho Marx and Columbia Pictures producer Harry C...
Robert Evans: Stroke of Genius
Robert Evans once arranged a dinner party for director Wes Craven. Just as he wa...
Sunset Speech?
In 1975, at the age of 80, George Burns won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for hi...
Inclement Insult?
Winston Churchill and British Labor leader Clement Atlee cultivated a first-rate...
Ice Capade?
While playing with the Red Sox, Babe Ruth (who used the heaviest bat in the leag...
JFK: Crushing Victory?
At a banquet one evening, John F. Kennedy addressed criticism that his wealthy f...
Classic One Liner?
Dorothy Parker once attended, and later wrote a piece about, a Yale prom attende...
Portrait of the Artist as a...
During the 1920s, the Rumanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi and James Joyce were...
Foursome
Following one of his many Masters victories, Tiger Woods received a congratulato...
Barrister
Dorothy Parker was once told that a certain London actress had broken her leg. "...
Three Times Lucky
While autographing copies of his latest book one day, Arnold Bennett was approac...
The Pitts
Shortly after Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were married, Jay Leno posed an int...
The Real Dali
"Salvador Dali and Lorraine Bracco, aka Dr. Melfi [on 'The Sopranos'], had a bit...
Flag Booper?
Gallagher became notorious for a slip he made during a show one evening. His int...
Sinful Regrets
Although he had smoked since he was six and refused to drink water, Eubie Blake ...
Assinine Report?
When General "Fighting Joe" Hooker was appointed commander in chief of the Union...
Last Wishes
American adventurer Richard Halliburton died in 1939 as he and his crew attempte...
Fascist Novel
Dorothy Parker once reviewed a novel by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. "This...
Harold Macmillan & Khrushch...
One day in September 1960, the famously unflappable British prime minister Harol...
Rural Welcome
France's Henry IV was passing through a small town when a deputation of local bu...
Certain Nobleman?
Voltaire attended the funeral of a certain nobleman. "He was a great patriot, a ...
Consolation
Following the 1912 presidential election, William Howard Taft was asked to comme...
Calamity
Benjamin Disraeli was onced asked to define the difference between a calamity an...
Washington Monument
Shortly after the publication of a scandalous biography of George Washington, pr...
Customary Declaration
One day during a lecture tour in 1882, Oscar Wilde was asked by a customs office...
Bat Man?
Despite his advanced age and "odd-looking hair transplant," Republican Senator S...
Tyson Tattoo
Just days before a boxing match in February 2003, Mike Tyson was seen sporting a...
Black and Tans
Dunsany Castle, Lord Dunsany's home in County Meath, Ireland, was once sacked by...
Banque de France
In later life, Tristan Bernard often found himself in dire financial straits. In...
Great White Way
While visiting Manhattan one evening, G. K. Chesterton was taken to view the bri...
Hollywood Virgins
Howard Hughes was famed for his sexual appetite. "In his heyday he boasted of de...
Yapper
"Hubert Humphrey talks so fast," Barry Goldwater once remarked, "that listening ...
Rehearsal
At a rehearsal one day, Sir Thomas Beecham was dismayed to find the orchestra, w...
Cafe Society
After Liliom had become a hit, Molnar was lured to New York, where he soo...
Hot Ticket?
One day Christopher Atkinson began a lecture by explaining that he would be exam...
Deep Bluster
In 1996, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov agreed to a best-of-seven tournament a...
Remembrance
While attending one of Paderewski's farewell performances one evening, Merit Ros...
Jockular Comment
One day at rehearsal John Gielgud declared that "all men must wear jockstraps un...
Great Ordeal
"I am ready to meet my Maker," Winston Churchill declared as the end drew near. ...
Double Date
Burgess Meredith once found himself on a regrettable date with the actress Dorri...
Dorothy Parker: Razors Pain...
Throughout her life, Dorothy Parker struggled with heroinism and depression. Amo...
Bette Davis: Good Times
While dining in a restaurant one evening, Bette Davis spotted a starlet leaving....
The Hoogeyman?
Golfer Sam Snead once declared that the only thing which he feared on a golf cou...
Ballsy Comment
Sean Penn once appeared on James Lipton's "Inside the Actors Studio." Conversati...
Bette Davis: British Weather
Bette Davis was not enamored with British weather. "I did a picture in England o...
Wayne Gretzky: Pipe Cleaner
By the time Wayne Gretzky was six years old he was already skating with 10-year-...
Mae West
In 1926, police raided Mae West's Broadway show "Sex" and arrested her on vice c...
Socialite Humor
In November 1999, Pat Steger, the San Francisco Chronicle's beloved "Soci...
My Man Godfrey
During the production of his 1936 goofy comedy My Man Godfrey, Gregory La...
Colorful Encounter
While visiting the zoo one day P.G. Wodehouse wandered into the monkey house, fo...
Bobbing With Willy?
Shortly after the tragic events of September 11th, Bill Clinton and Bob Dole joi...
Godfather
Though childless himself, Alexander Woollcott served as godparent to nineteen of...
'eavy Drinker
One day Israel Zangwill encountered a certain newly-wealthy peer (whose accent d...
Victor Hugo: Genius!
Even late in life, Victor Hugo was reputed to be a tireless and competent lover....
Bach Specialist
The famed harpsichordist Wanda Landowska once found herself arguing with another...
Tiger Woods: Black & White
"Hockey is a sport for white men," Tiger Woods once declared. "Basketball is a s...
Florid Prose?
American social critic and writer Lewis Mumford was not enamored with rapid urba...
Holiday Inn
On February 13th, 2003, Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson passed away. "He 'che...
Lucky Pitcher
"Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw," Tim McCarver once remarked of h...
Magic Carpet Ride (long)
One day Lucille Ball learned from her agent that Columbia chief Harry Cohn was p...
Mischievous Gest
During a guest appearance on Rosie O'Donnell's final show, Nathan Lane fueled sp...
Wellington: French Officers
When several French officers, embittered by their recent defeat at Waterloo, tur...
Bachelor
The pianist Oscar Levant once attended a dinner party to which the playwright an...
Tupac Shakur: Bad Credit?
Wendy Day (of Rap Coalition) once visited Tupac Shakur in Clinton Prison (45 min...
George Bush: Mixed Metaphor
George Bush (Sr), famed for his many priceless verbal bloopers, bore the brunt o...
Willem Dafoe: Eccentric Actor
Willem Dafoe once attributed his failure to land conventional leading-man roles ...
Secret Service
One evening during his tenure as British Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins dined with ...
Fleiss
In November 1999, a legendary Hollywood madam found herself in a spot of financi...
Backhanded Favor?
While visiting a beach in the south of France one day, Pablo Picasso was approac...
Fingers Crossed
In 1999, famed lesbian couple Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche announced their int...
Model Citizen?
On his eighty-ninth birthday, the French conductor Pierre Monteux was interviewe...
Theory of Relatives
Despite their joint ownership (with Albert and Sam) of Warner Brothers studios, ...
General Anesthesia
Ross Shafer once recalled undergoing surgery and being given a general anestheti...
5:1
At one point during the Normandy invasion on D-Day in 1944, the ratio of enliste...
Baby Seinfeld
In October 2000, Jerry Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica Sklar, announced that they...
Two Bits
Having attended a dinner party at which Harpo Marx (who often pretended to be du...
Pothole Ahead?
Michael Pakenham once met a breathtakingly beautiful woman at a psychic/New Age ...
Guess?
One day Arnold Schwarzenegger passed a heavy woman and noticed that she was wear...
Bald Suggestion
Patrick Stewart inherited alopecia and had completely lost his hair by the age o...
Phony Excuse?
Dorothy Parker was among a group of celebrated wits who regularly congregated at...
Wilde Assertions
Oscar Wilde's historic legal battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's...
Timeless Question
"A man whom we had never seen before was wished on us for luncheon one day... He...
Wart Remover
Jackie Gleason was famed for his love of heroin, whose uses he found to be myria...
George Burns: Sunshine Boy
In 1976, George Burns played the role of Al Lewis, one of two cranky ex-vaudevil...
P. G. Wodehouse: Heavy Duty?
P. G. Wodehouse once observed of a large woman that "she looked as if she had be...
Mustache
The actor John Drew once shaved his mustache for a role in the play "Rosemary". ...
Appendectomy
Wilson Mizner was once hospitalized for an appendectomy. Before his surgery, he ...
Stop Dying
Addison Mizner and his brother Wilson ran various businesses together and were v...
Too Soon?
In 2001, after some forty years, Woody Allen announced that he had stopped seein...
Mon Dieu!
Perhaps surprisingly, a survey of French women once revealed that the man to who...
Modern Movement?
Midway through the performance of a certain mediocre modern piece, Klemperer not...
Cool Composure
According to legend, John Jacob Astor IV was standing at the bar when the Titani...
Sunset Boulevarde
One day on the set of Billy Wilder's classic Sunset Boulevard (1950), cin...
Hanging Chads
Some time after the year 2000 presidential election fiasco in Florida - in which...
Porcupine
Notoriously cantankerous, Warner Bros. chief Jack Warner fought with practically...
Inscrutable
Zsa Zsa Gabor was married nearly a dozen times. "Her face is inscrutable," Oscar...
Brotherly Love?
While attending the annual Gridiron dinner in Washington one year during Harry T...
Cat
One day Dorothy Parker learned that a friend was agonizing over whether and how ...
Dead Heat
As his end approached, Lord Norbury sent his valet to deliver a facetious messag...
Poker Face
Franklin Pierce Adams was once a member of a poker club with the actor Herbert R...
Davy Crockett
While visiting a menagerie exhibition in Washington one day, Davy Crockett amuse...
F-Sharp
When an oboist in the orchestra he was conducting played an F-sharp instead of a...
Demonic Wit
Lord Brougham was not noted for his virtues. One evening the clergyman and autho...
Short Leash?
King Edward VII did not let his marriage to Alexandra interfere with pleasure - ...
Vivica A. Fox?
Vivica A. Fox was once told that her name was a question. The answer? "You bet y...
Shotgun Wedding?
Mel Gibson was once asked to share the secret to his long marriage to Robyn Moor...
Teetotaler
An ardent supporter of the temperance movement, Rutherford B. Hayes' wife (aka "...
Elm Tree
While visiting a wealthy friend in the country one day, Wolcott Gibbs was shown ...
Pedestal
A group of Rossini's admirers once raised twenty thousand francs for a statue to...
Pissa
The citizens of the town of Gumbinnen once petitioned Frederick William for perm...
Soul of Wit
On his 91st birthday, Milton Berle was honored at the Friars Club, the famed fra...
What a Crowd
As the Friars Club's abbot emeritus, Milton Berle was a fixture at celebrity fun...
Major League Manager
"Managing is a low-security profession," Lindsay Nelson once remarked, "as I was...
Table Mountain
One day in 1947, the writer-journalist Wynford Vaughan Thomas was invited to acc...
Producer's Cut
Upon hearing about the birth of Irving Thalberg's son, Eddie Cantor sent the fam...
Bronko
Even among other players, Bronko Nagurski was famed for his incredible toughness...
Flush?
During a game of bridge at his club, George Kaufman's partner excused himself to...
African Lion Safari
Little love was lost between Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. In 1902, Morga...
False Alarm
On the day before Labouchere's death, A. L. Thorold (his nephew and biographer) ...
Standard Quip
Heywood Broun once composed a review describing the performance of Geoffrey Stey...
Duelists
Georges Clemenceau once fought a duel with a long-time political rival (and futu...
Kissimmee Cooper?
one day early in his career, Frank James Cooper's agent suggested that he change...
Bankruptcy Hearing
During the course of his bankruptcy hearing, Wilfrid Hyde-White was examined by ...
Goldfish & Selwyn
Before organizing his own studio and becoming the first great independent produc...
Gossip Columnist
The famed Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper - who counted Howard Hughes, W...
Wayne Gretzky: Pipe Cleaner
By the time Wayne Gretzky was six years old he was already skating with 10-year-...
Dean Martin: Heavy Drinker?
Dean Martin played up to his image as a heavy drinker. "You're not drunk," he on...
Christopher Lee: Dracula Bl...
Christopher Lee first played Dracula (to Peter Cushing's Van Helsing) in Terence...
Mickey Spillane: Ex-Wife
While interviewing Mickey Spillane for a story one day, Vanity Fair's Cli...
Young Jackie Mason
At 25, Jackie Mason, following the path set by three of his brothers, was ordain...
Barbra Streisand: Funny Girl
At the 41st Academy Awards ceremony in 1969, Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepb...
Johnny Carson: Hatchet Job
During an appearance on "The Tonight Show" one day, Ed Ames was asked to throw a...
Woodrow Wilson: Esteem for ...
Senator William Borah was among President Woodrow Wilson's fiercest rivals durin...
Hyman Rickover: Whole Horse
Admiral Hyman Rickover, famed as the father of the nuclear submarine, once had a...
Ulysses S. Grant: Hack Golfer
In an attempt to encourage him to take up golfing, a friend once took Ulysses S....
Xenophobia
"At the inquisition that preceded her immolation, Joan of Arc was asked what sat...
Louis Sherwin: Hollywood Sc...
Like many screenwriters with literary leanings, Louis Sherwin was often reluctan...
Five Kings
Egyptian King Farouk I, forced to abdicate his throne after a military coup in 1...
Steve Martin: Sex Line
"I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing," Steve ...
Hank Luisetti: Bee Stung
Stanford University basketball star Hank Luisetti was famed for his (then unusua...
Jon Favreau: Doggy Style
Distrustful of film, Jon Favreau once claimed to have learned much of what he kn...
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain, famed for his claim to have slept with some 20,000 women, once...
Morgan
In a burst of patriotism, J. P. Morgan once declared, "America is good enough fo...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hors...
While Arnold Schwarzenegger's parachute scenes in Eraser were being filme...
Tunnel Vision?
At the tender age of three, Peter Falk had his right eye surgically removed (and...
Problem 'Rectified?
"In the seven seasons of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'," Patrick Stewart once...
Parker's Plight
When George Oppenheimer and Ruth Gordon both produced plays featuring characters...
Age Thing
One day during an appearance on British television in 2002, Joan Collins was ask...
Jean Arp
While attending a party hosted by a major modern art collector, the noted critic...
Piggy
One day "Armour and Company" founder Philip Armour decided to reward several emp...
Triple Pun
One day during a visit to Taipei, S. J. Perelman was accosted by a gang of prost...
United Nations
Paul Spaak, presiding over the United Nations' first historic General Assembly m...
Hernia
While examining the proofs of an article which he had written about Shakespeare'...
Medical Advice
Oscar Wilde's battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's father) began ...
Three Kings
"King Farouk had an unbeatable way with cards and no one ever won against him be...
Mass Sacrifice
One morning while visiting Albany for a political convention, former New York go...
Political Organ?
On December 2, 1991, Bobby Bonilla signed a $29 million, five-year deal with the...
Debs Daunted?
In 1918, the noted pacifist Eugene Debs made a speech condemning World War I and...
Black Humor
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was once required to attend the funeral of a di...
Vegetarian Surprise?
Peter Pan author James Barrie was once seated beside George Bernard Shaw ...
Only Who?
Tristan Bernard once uttered a particularly witty remark - to which a friend adm...
Playful Fisher
Like many actresses, Joely Fisher often found herself confronting rumors about h...
Zero Tolerance?
At Dorothy Parker's funeral service, the actor Zero Mostel explained that she ha...
Wonderful Obituary
One day shortly before his death, Sir Malcolm Sargent was visited in his nursing...
HMS Bollocks?
Great Britain's 412-foot royal yacht, christened "The Britannia" by Queen Elizab...
Ultime Parole Famose?
In 1866, Luisa Blondel learned that the Marchese d'Azeglio - with whom she had b...
Rufus
"The poodle ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cl...
Eli Wallach: Lump
At the 1964 Broadway opening of "Luv," Eli Wallach and a fellow performer were d...
Canadiens Captains
In the 1990s, the Montreal Canadiens went through captains like a baby through d...
Justice Holmes
Charles Hopkinson's famous full-length portrait of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes...
Flight of Fancy?
Oscar Levant once had the privilege of meeting the famous poet Wallace Stevens (...
Maeterlinck Tragedy
One evening Tallulah Bankhead accompanied Alexander Woollcott to see one of Maet...
Rough Day
To his chagrin, Hank Aaron's famous swing did not translate well into other spor...
Tim Allen's Divorce
In November 1999, Tim Allen's wife Laura Diebel filed for divorce after more tha...
The Zipper
Frank Sinatra was famed for his womanizing ways. Indeed, Sinatra bedded so many ...
Misconception
Despite his central position within Jonathan Swift's literary circle, Joseph Add...
George Burns & The Clash
George Burns once offered his fellow actors a fine word of fashion wisdom. "Take...
For Whom the Bell Tolls
In 1961, Ernest Hemingway blew his head off with a double-barreled 12-gauge Engl...
Build It and...?
George Balanchine once jokingly told Peter Martins "You know, dear,
we should c...
Celine Dion: In Vitro
In June 2000, Celine Dion announced that she was expecting to have a baby produc...
James 1:6
One day, a preacher famed for his fearless social criticism was invited to speak...
Cold Turkey
Mark Twain, an avid cigar smoker, tried to quit or cut back on several occasions...
Novgorod
When Svyatopolk, the Grand Prince of Kiev, demanded that Novgorod welcome his so...
Refuge
Caught in a sudden storm one day, Heywood Broun sought refuge in a local bar. Ha...
Woody Walk?
Jay Leno once read that Woody Allen made a practice of taking his temperature ev...
Half Assed
Famed comedian Joey Adams was once awarded an honorary law degree by a Chinese u...
5-4
One day in 1998, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia played a round of tennis i...
Dick Cheney & the Republica...
In 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney co-hosted the Republican Governor's Associat...
George Wyle: Rest in Peace
In May 2003, Conan O'Brien was dismayed to learn of the passage of George Wyle, ...
Ha@@y Birthday
From the very beginning, Britney Spears's image as an innocent songstress was be...
Wine Lover
American Secretary of State William Evarts, noted for his love of wine, was once...
Ronald Reagan: Political Th...
When television cameras first moved into the Senate (in 1986) Ronald Reagan offe...
Titanic Ego?
Though Titanic received many favorable reviews, director James Cameron wa...
Cardboard Candidate?
Alice Longworth, famed for her acerbic political commentary, was particularly in...
Momma's Boy
Clifton Webb was very close to his mother, who fought with producers and directo...
Diner
George Kaufman was once invited to attend a dinner party at the
White House. A...
Fannie
The novelist Fannie Hurst once slipped into FDR's office planning to surprise hi...
Think Tank
Shortly after ABC pulled the plug on his "Politically Incorrect" talk show in 20...
Premises
At Glasgow University one day, Lord Kelvin found himself delivering a lecture in...
Hind Quarters
In many quarters, Jennifer Lopez has become synonymous with "big booty". Even Lo...
Taxes
"Senator McGovern was making a speech," Bob Dole once recalled. "He said, 'Gentl...
Harry S Truman
"Truman grew up so poor," Dave Barry once joked, "that his family could not affo...
Control Freak
While visiting Sussex University in March 2001, Prince Philip admitted that he w...
Home Alone?
In July 2000, Craig Kilborn learned that Macaulay Culkin and his wife Rachel Min...
Castro's Retirement
On August 13th, 2000, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro celebrated his 74th birthday. ...
Bon Vivant
In 1885, the famed bon vivant Monckton Milnes passed away at the age of 76. "My ...
Pigeon
One day a pigeon found its way through an open window and into the room where Be...
Rubinstein's Will
"So sorry to be late," Arthur Rubinstein remarked upon arriving at a restaurant ...
Almighty Groaner
While attending a luncheon in Beverly Hills in October 2002, Arnold Schwarzenegg...
No New Taxes
In his nomination speech on August 19th, 1988, George Bush (Sr.) famously declar...
Differences
While walking through Edinburgh with a friend one day, Sydney Smith encountered ...
Father of his People
The Duke of Buckingham once attended a formal event at which Charles II was addr...
Dead Poet
In 1948, Laurence Olivier's Hamlet and John Huston's ...
Aristocrat
In 1942, Alexander Korda was knighted for his services to the British film indus...
Rock 'n' Roll Manager
After being ripped off by his manager (a man fittingly named Artie Ripp), Billy ...
Therapy
Shortly after the cancellation of "Just Shoot Me" in 2003, David Spade was asked...
Typical Male?
"Time named Albert Einstein 'Man of the Century,'" Jay Leno reported one ...
California Christmas
One day at the height of California's energy crisis, governor Gray Davis told di...
Delius
"If ever a man could be said to be born to perform a certain task, Sir Thomas Be...
Erotic Dream
Mae West once claimed that her first erotic dream was of a bear with a reddish-b...
Yapper
In 1965, Alfred Hitchcock was given the Milestone Award by the Screen Producers ...
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter (Roseanne's sister) once remarked that she hoped to be remembered...
Dick Clark: Staying Young
Dick Clark was once asked how he kept his youthful appearance into his 70s. "I k...
Pat Burns: Prairie Dog
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Pat Burns was no fan of Winnipeg: "It's the only ...
Critical Massey
Raymond Massey was delighted to earn an Oscar nomination for his performance as ...
Ray Scampinella: Clearing A...
Shortly before his retirement in 2004, veteran NHL linesman Ray Scampinella offi...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Poli...
Shortly after his election victory, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to...
Leonard Smithers & Oscar Wilde
The English publisher Leonard Smithers (1861-1907) was notorious for deflowering...
Jim Carrey: Golden Globe No...
Jim Carrey won his second Golden Globe nomination for his role as lying lawyer F...
Lorne Michaels: Evil Producer
"Saturday Night Live" creator/producer Lorne Michaels was not equally beloved by...
William Haines: Epitaph
William Haines once proposed his own epitaph: "Here's something I want to get of...
Zero Mostel & Mel Brooks: P...
Little love was lost beteen Zero Mostel and director Mel Brooks, who worked toge...
Gahan Wilson: Wealth and Power
"When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happines...
Frederic March & Wallace Be...
"As the [1932 Academy Awards] show began, votes were still being counted in a ba...
Groucho Marx: Holy Matrimony
"When [Groucho Marx] stood before the alter with his first wife he had mischief ...
Dorothy Parker: Wedded to t...
Dorothy Parker once found herself conversing with a talkative actress who had no...
Gulon Bluford: Hot Lighting
In June 1984, astronaut Gulon Bluford, Jr. delivered a commencement address at T...
Olmos In Character
Edward James Olmos, noted for his role as the laconic Lieutenant Castillo on tel...
Classic Observation
Manchester Guardian editor C.P. Scott once remarked that no good would ev...
Kirk Douglas: Difficult Man
Kirk Douglas began a lifelong friendship with Burt Lancaster on the set of John ...
Wills Belted?
In 1962, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, having capped an incredible ...
George Clooney & Julia Roberts
In March 2001, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, and a host of other Hollywood ...
Caliphornia Quipster
John Gunther once appeared, with several other guests, on the radio show "Inform...
Great Escape?
Among the pallbearers at Harry Houdini's funeral were the noted Broadway produce...
Understatement?
When the Marchese d'Azeglio's second marriage (to Luisa Blondel) proved frought,...
Cool Consolation?
Scarlett Chorvat once played Becca Shaw - a renegade army Ranger "who kicks ass ...
Green Sage
One evening during Alan Greenspan's tenure as Federal Reserve Board chairman, Fi...
The Monkey?
In 1933, René "The Crocodile" Lacoste founded the Lacoste sportswear label - fam...
Kenny Rogers?
Kenny Rogers was once sued by three different women, each of whom claimed that h...
Fairy Tale
"J. M. Barrie had only to take a baby in his arms," Robert Lynd once recalled, "...
Mixed Blessing?
Like all choreographers, George Balanchine struggled with the difficulty of comm...
Forces of Nature
One day Ben Affleck found himself at a press conference promoting the romantic c...
First in Marriage?
Speaking at a Washington Day banquet one year, New York City mayor Jimmy Walker ...
Hospitality
Ed Sullivan once asked Joey Adams and Bob Hope to join him at St. Albans Hospita...
Reunion
One day Tallulah Bankhead ran into a former admirer with whom she had lost touch...
Ambition
Daniel Webster grew up in a needy New Hampshire farming family. Though his intel...
Hail Hoover?
Though FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover cultivated an image of supremely pious rectitud...
Dash of Spice
American Secretary of State William Evarts, a popular after-dinner speaker, once...
Jewish Humor
The Belgian director Jean-Claude Tramont once attended an 85th birthday party fo...
Boy George
Ultra-flamboyant 1980s pop icon Boy George was not without his critics. "Boy Geo...
Dick Francis
The son of a professional rider, Dick Francis got his first job riding ponies fo...
Supplemental Income
Despite his important posts in the Liberal administration (including First Lord ...
Mastectomy
In her later years, Alice Longworth suffered from breast cancer and by the age o...
Lusty Carter
During a memorable interview with Playboy magazine in the late 1970s, Jim...
Joseph Choate: Dinner Speaker
Chauncey Depew once introduced his rival lawyer Joseph Choate at a formal dinner...
Princess Anne: Horse-Lover
On November 14, 1973, Princess Anne married Mark Phillips, a lieutenant with the...
Bonnie Hunt & Kelly Leonard
Kelly Leonard: "Bonnie [Hunt] could nail me in a second. Andrew [Alexander] and ...
Chariots of Fire
In 1982, Colin Welland won an Academy Award for his script for Hugh Hudson's ...
Young Sally Field
Sally Field was a natural. "When I was born," she once recalled, "the doctor loo...
Howe, Higginson & Hale
On her ninetieth birthday, Julia Ward Howe received a card from an admirer: "Gre...
W
In March 2001, Al Gore met with George W. Bush and a number of his aides to disc...
The Muppets
"Jim Henson has the best possible actors," Zero Mostel once declared. "If you ha...
Metropolitan Opera House
One day while perusing 5000 Nights at the Opera, Sir Rudolf Bing's brothe...
Aerosmith Philosophy
"We climbed out of the ashes of all our isms," Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler o...
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