Pointless Facts Thread

[Man w 0 Fear]

Post your pointless facts here. I'll get the ball rolling

-The small little plastic tube things on the end of your shoe laces are called "Aglets"

-Kermit the frog is left handed

-Pig's orgasm's will last up to 30 minutes

[Scarlet spidey]

:confused:

[Electron Man]

-If you make something idiot prufe,someone will make a better idiot.:)

[Man w 0 Fear]

Ahhh, forget about it

[Ray-Man]

- Malaysian babies are washed in beer to keep them away from diseases

[Ryoko]

Originally posted by Man w 0 Fear
-Kermit the frog is left handed
The REALLY REALLY sad thing..............I already knew that!:eek:

[m0dr0cker]

Originally posted by ryoko

The REALLY REALLY sad thing..............I already knew that!:eek:

I must concur with your analysis. . . . .that is sad.

:p

[Ryoko]

:(

[m0dr0cker]

Originally posted by ryoko
:(

But don't worry, you're still super-cool.

:cool: :D :) ;)

[Ryoko]

:D
knew it!!

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

-Elephants can't jump
-An ostrich's brain is smaller that it's eye
-the longest word in the English language is 45 letters long

[kritic]

- Marilyn Monroe washed her face 15 times a day to avoid pimples

[Electron Man]

-Marilyn Monroe had six toe's.

[The Amazing Spider-Man]

- Robin Williams was voted in high school the least likely to succeed

[Blight]

-Steven Speilberg was rejected from USC Film School

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first heavy-drinking U.S. president, as well as the first presidential college dropout, James Monroe – like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson before him – died on Independence Day, the last president to date to bear that trivia distinction.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

There are more than 450 species of finches throughout the world.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The chiao is an official unit of currency in China. Also known as jiao, it is a copper-zinc coin that is one-tenth of a yuan and equal to 10 fen.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

During the Middle Ages, a popular warm drink for those who were sick was called a caudle. Wine or ale was mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices and was used to soothe and heal the ill.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The male praying mantis often loses his head – literally – after courting the female. The latter is known to decapitate the earnest suitor, and she often completely devours him.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In one year, hens in America lay enough eggs to encircle the globe a hundred times.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The world’s first “McSki” opened in Sweden with "Ski-Thru" service. Skiers can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the mountain slopes.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Camel's-hair brushes are not made of camel's hair. They were invented by a man named Mr. Camel.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Experts have come to the conclusion that additional U.S. freeways does not automatically ease vehicle congestion. An example was shown in Springfield, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The 8-year, $434 million freeway construction project resulted in commuters shaving only 30 seconds off of their drive time. The conclusion was that motorists lost more time in delays during construction than they could make up once the construction was complete.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In the original Grimm brothers' fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the wicked Queen was condemned to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The French phrase jeunesse dorée, which refers to wealthy, stylish, sophisticated people, translates literally to “gilded youth.”

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

It only snows about 2 inches per year over most of Antarctica. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in Antarctica -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Mark Twain referred to the accordion as the "stomach Steinway."

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The Mongol conqueror Timur the Lame (1336-1405), played polo with the skulls of those he had killed in battle. Timur left record of his victories by erecting 30-foot-high pyramids made of the severed heads of his victims.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

At age 14, Tom Cruise enrolled in a seminary to become a priest, but dropped out after one year.

[The Flood]

Gandhi weighed 80 lbs...

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The odd zigzag in the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, just south of Charlotte, resulted when boundary commissioners altered the line in 1772 to avoid splitting the Catawba Indians between the two British colonies

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

As each and every cut and polished diamond is the result of the meticulous work of skilled masters, only one polished diamond in a thousand weighs more than a carat.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The female name Nicole is from Greek and translates to "victory of the people."

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Spider silk is an extremely strong material and its on-weight basis has been proven to be stronger than steel. Experts suggest that a pencil-thick strand of silk could stop a Boeing 747 in flight.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Christopher Columbus had blond hair

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Crabs and other crustaceans can escape danger by simply discarding an injured or trapped limb.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The color combination with the strongest visual impact is black on yellow. Next to follow black on white, yellow on black, white on black, dark blue on white, and white on dark blue.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A "winkle" is an edible sea snail.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The name "piano" is an abbreviation of Cristofori's original name for the instrument: piano et forte, or soft and loud.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

It is estimated that 1.8 billion light bulbs are manufactured each year in the United States.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Japan consists of the four large islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and about three thousand smaller islands.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

During the Renaissance, laws were passed that prescribed which fashions could not be worn by the lower classes, so as to keep social distinctions intact. Queen Elizabeth of England would not allow the ruff to be worn by commoners; in Florence, women of the lower class were not allowed to use buttons of certain shapes and materials.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs had his first job at age two when he modeled in an ad for Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shops.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

More immigrants settle in the state California than in any other state. In 1990, they made up more than 30 percent of all immigrants to the United States. Most immigrants settling in California come from Asian-Pacific countries such as Japan and China.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

At the famous Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx, bleachers in right-center are often referred to as "Ruthville" and "Gehrigville". The green curtain in back of centerfield is sometimes raised and lowered like a window shade to force visiting batters to face a background of white-shirted bleacher fans, while allowing Yankees hitters to face a dark green background. It is sometimes removed in World Series play to sell more seats

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The population of the entire world in 5000 B.C., according to the National Population Council, was 5 million.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Winston Churchill's mother, the former New York socialite Jennie Jerome, invented the Manhattan cocktail – whiskey and sweet vermouth.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Mass infestation by scales threatened to destroy the burgeoning California citrus groves in the late 19th century. Orchard owners gained complete control of the scale insects within two years after vedalia ladybugs were imported. The operation cost less than $5,000 and saved millions of dollars annually. In the 1940s, DDT spray programs eliminated the ladybugs, and scales reappeared in force. Reintroduction of the beetle and tempering of chemical applications again saved the citrus industry. Vedalia ladybugs now help control scales in more than 60 countries.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Bats are the only mammals that are able to fly. The "flying squirrel" can only do what the gliding opposum does — glide for short distances.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

According to a recent survey, 75 percent of people who play the car radio while driving also sing along with it.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Medical experts have observed that people who stutter rarely do when they are alone or talking to a pet.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 were Ty Cobb (center field), Walter Johnson (pitcher), Christy Mathewson (pitcher), Babe Ruth (right field), and Honus Wagner (short stop). They were selected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Ninety-nine percent of all forms of life that have existed on Earth are now extinct.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Use of less fertilizer at precisely the right times can cut costs by up to 17 percent for farmers in developing countries and reduce damage to the environment.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1912, French actress Sarah Bernhardt became the first great actress of the stage to appear in the new medium of films.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Silent film star Francis X. Bushman was the first film actor to be called "King of the Movies." That label would later be affixed to Clark Gable, where it has since remained.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Theda Bara was American cinema's first "vamp," and its first female sex symbol. Born Theodosia Goodman, the exotic actress was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Elmo Lincoln was filmdom's first Tarzan. Formerly an Arkansas policeman, bit actor Elmo Linkenhelt's shirt was partially torn off while filming a fight scene, revealing his muscular chest. Reportedly, director D.W. Griffith called him over and told him, "That's quite a chest you have there." Griffith modified his screen name to Elmo Lincoln and featured him in several of his films, including The Birth of a Nation. In 1918, Lincoln was given the title role in Tarzan of the Apes a few days after film production began. World War I had just begun, and the man first contracted to play the apeman -- Winslow Wilson, a husky actor and ukelele player -- unexpectedly quit and enlisted. Tarzan of the Apes was a box office hit, one of the first movies to bring in more than $1 million dollars.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first film star to commit suicide during the height of their career was the lovely and popular actress Olive Thomas. The former Ziegfeld showgirl was the main star at Selznick Studios by age 20, and she was happily married to Jack Pickford, the successful actor-brother of Mary Pickford. In 1920, Thomas was found dead from an overdose of mercuric chloride in Paris. Her tragic death made headlines around the world. An investigation revealed her lurid private life, including drug addiction, which was far removed from the ingenue roles she believably portrayed on the screen.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Sterling Holloway was the first Hollywood actor drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. Actor James Garner was the first man from the state of Oklahoma drafted into the Korean War.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first kiss in a Japanese film was finally allowed in Twenty-Year-Old Youth in 1946.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

James Dean was the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar posthumously in 1956. Dean was killed in an auto accident six months earlier, only a few days after he completed filming on Giant, the film for which he received his nomination. Dean did not win; Yul Brynner was the winner of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the musical The King and I.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The 1987 Empire of the Sun was the first major Hollywood movie to be made in the People's Republic of China. This required long face-to-face negotiations that took about a year to complete.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first television picture was broadcast in 1926 from Arlington, Virginia to Washington, D.C. The technological achievement was of a picture of a weather map.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, father of Candice Bergen, was the first president of the Television Academy.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1950, the sitcom laugh track was introduced in the U.S. on "The Hank McCune Show"; that TV program was canceled during midseason.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first televised tour of the White House, led by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and hosted by Charles Collingwood, was broadcast simultaneously by CBS and NBC in 1962. The tour was watched by an estimated 46,500,000 viewers, offering them their first opportunity to see many of the rooms of the President's home.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The Avengers, which aired in the United States on ABC from 1966 to 1969, was the first British show ever to air in a U.S. network's prime time fall schedule. The tongue-in-cheek spy show starred Patrick Macnee as John Steed, the urbane British undercover agent.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

As a college sophomore, Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American news co-anchor on a local U.S. TV station.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1990, Upjohn ran the first TV commercial in the U.S. during which an actor said he had diarrhea.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first jukebox was installed at Palais Royal Hotel in San Francisco in 1899.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In December 1925, American composer George Gershwin appeared as a soloist at a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall. He played his Concerto in F, the first jazz concerto for piano in musical history.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the first musical for which an original cast album was recorded: Oklahoma! (1943). They also wrote the first musical about Chinese-Americans: Flower Drum Song (1958).

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Loretta Lynn was country music's first female millionaire, at age 30 in 1965.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Beatle John Lennon appeared on the first cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine, which debuted on November 9, 1967.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

As a result of Russian copyright law changes in 1975, the Rolling Stones were the first rock group to receive Russian royalties.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

During their 1976 tour, The Who was the first rock group to use lasers in a live performance.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The first American pop group to tour the U.S.S.R. was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band during their 1977 concert tour.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1990, Irish rock singer Sinéad O'Connor became the first musical recording artist to refuse a Grammy Award, which she won for her recording of, ironically enough, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got." She claimed that too much emphasis was placed on the pop charts, and not enough on the ills and abuses of the world. O'Connor, already controversial because she shaved her head, was savagely lambasted by the press and the public for her controversial statements.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1992, singer Peabo Bryson became the first artist to have three separate records at the top of four different charts (Hot 100, Hot Adult Contemporary, Classical Crossover, and Contemporary Jazz). The songs were "A Whole New World," "We Kiss in a Shadow," and "By the Time This Night Is Over".

[Cyclops]

Somewhat related, Frank Sinatra said he wanted to kick O'Connor's ass for her notorious SNL "Pope" incident.

To.... whenever that Sinead O'Connor stuff was posted.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

At a ceremony in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria in 1998, Carlos Santana became the first Hispanic to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Dennis Quaid read with Debra Winger for the title role in "Urban Cowboy" (1980), and was assured that he had the part of Bud. But soon after, director James Bridges had to break the bleak news to him that John Travolta was interested in the role. Travolta's successful track record in films at that time meant $33 million in advance film rentals for "Urban Cowboy." Quaid was out, Travolta was in. Being replaced in the film embittered Quaid for a number of years, as his movie career was going nowhere fast at the time. It didn't improve matters for Quaid when "Urban Cowboy" was a hit at the box office.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

For the role of Jake Brigance, a white lawyer defending a black man in the big-budget film "Time to Kill" (1996), Hollywood newcomer Matthew McConaughey was selected after Kevin Costner, Brad Pitt, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Paxton, Aidan Quinn, Woody Harrelson, and Val Kilmer had been seriously considered. McConaughey convinced Hollywood executives that he was not only talented, but also had an extra dimension of that illusive "star quality."

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Ali MacGraw was a huge success in the blockbuster tear-jerker, "Love Story" as the tragic, sassy Jenny Cavilleri. As a result, "golden girl" MacGraw was the first choice to play Daisy in Paramount's upcoming "The Great Gatsby" (1974). She turned down the plum role because she was soon to wed Steve McQueen, whom she'd met and fell in love with during filming of "The Getaway" (1972). Macho McQueen made it clear that he expected his young wife-to-be, not yet divorced from Robert Evans, to cut back on her film commitments once they were married. Ultimately, the part went to Mia Farrow. Critics weren't impressed nor kind in their appraisal of Farrow or the film. Time magazine cruelly ripped her performance apart, calling it "...a catastrophe. She works up a mannered creature with bulging eyes and squeaky voice who never suggests Daisy's strength, her greed, or even her gaiety and charm." The film had a mediocre showing at the box office. It's tempting to speculate as to whether MacGraw as Daisy would have saved the film, or if she, too, would have been grilled mercilessly by reviewers because of the bland script.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Charles Laughton gave a brilliant performance as Captain Bligh in MGM's Academy Award-winning "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), but he almost didn't get the part. The meaty role was originally slated for character actor Wallace Beery. Laughton was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Victor McLaglen in "The Informer." Laughton was, however, honored by receiving a Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle award.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Tina Turner was the first choice to play the part of the provocative blues singer in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" (1985). After she turned it down, the role of Shug went to actress Margaret Avery, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Meryl Streep won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, Golden Globe, and New York Film Critics award for her poignant portrayal of Joanna Kramer in the film "Kramer vs Kramer" (1979). However, the role of the deserting mother was originally intended for Kate Jackson, a hot property at the time due to the success of TV's The Rookies and Charlie's Angels. Jackson turned down the part. Streep was still not well known in the industry, but had turned in an elegant performance as Inga Helms Weiss the previous year in the acclaimed TV mini-series "Holocaust" For that role, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Her performance in "Kramer vs Kramer" catapulted her film career into stardom.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Weight Watchers, step aside! When a film role calls for a plumper look, dedicated actors have accepted the challenge to heap more victuals on their plates. The following cinema stars willingly gained weight for film roles:


Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey for The Color Purple (1985).


Lauren Bacall, for How to Marry a Millionaire (1953).


Robert De Niro, for Raging Bull (1980) to look more like former boxing-great Jake La Motto.


Janet Jackson, for her film debut in Poetic Justice (1993) to give her a "homegirl" look.


Christopher Reeve gained 30 pounds, primarily muscle, for the title role in Superman (1978).


Rod Steiger, for In the Heat of the Night (1967).


Elizabeth Taylor, to look older and less glamorous, for her Oscar-winning role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).


John Travolta, for Pulp Fiction (1994).


Toni Collette, for Muriel's Wedding (1994).


Sylvester Stallone, for Cop Land (1997).

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

NBC affiliates in Port Arthur, Texas and Lima, Ohio decided not to broadcast a January 1996 episode of NBC's hit sitcom Friends, which showcased a lesbian wedding. The episode, which contained a highly-publicized cameo of Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's gay sister, Candace, in the role of a minister, was determined to be "not in good taste" by the two stations.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The Emmy-winning The Rockford Files, which ran from 1974 to 1980 on NBC-TV and starred James Garner, was condemned by the National P.T.A. as one of TV's ten worst shows, due to its "excessive violence."

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In October 1994, the children's action TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was banned by a horrified Scandinavian network after a 5-year-old Norwegian girl was brutally kicked and stoned by playmates and left to freeze to death. While Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and other national officials did not directly attribute the youngster's death to the action program, growing concern over TV violence led to the decision to ban the show in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. The show was later reinstated once no link was found between the crime and the show. However, the Prime Minister cautioned that Norwegians should think twice before allowing free-market violence to be broadcast.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

CBS, despite high viewership ratings, abruptly cancelled the weekly TV comedy show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1969. It was believed that the talented, irreverent team of Tom and Dick Smothers had challenged and satirized the network's censors one time too often. The decisive skit which prompted the cancellation was - ironically -- a televised spoof on censorship that the insubordinate twosome had deliberately concocted to irritate CBS management. It worked too well. Later, in 1973, a Los Angeles jury awarded the Smothers brothers $776,300 in damages from the network.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The Mississippi State Commission for Educational TV banned the showing of the children's educational television program, Sesame Street. With a harmonious, multi-racial neighborhood as its hub, the award-winning show was shocking and deplorable to many bigoted conservatives in the U.S. when it first aired. The state's decision to ban was reversed in 1970.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In June 1994, the sitcom Roseanne was condemned by the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog, as the most biased and liberal show on U.S. television. Its chairman stated that the show had "a lack of positive role models, the frequent promotion of homosexuality, and the condoning of drug use." Roseanne was one of ABC's top-ranking shows in the 1990's.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Michael Jackson's worldwide television premiere of his Black or White music video outraged thousands of home viewers with its violence and sexual innuendo. Millions of viewers watched the highly-publicized video debut when it aired in November 1991. During a 4-minute dance segment at the video's end, Jackson simulated masturbation, smashed a car with a crowbar, and grabbed his crotch repeatedly. Following the weighty criticism from parents and religious organizations, Jackson released a formal apology through his press agent, and announced that he would delete the offensive footage. The music video, which was directed by John Landis and used an extensive amount of computer graphics, cost $4 million to produce, an industry record.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In 1994, the popular pre-schooler show Barney and Friends went under attack and was boycotted by members of the Ku Klux Klan. It was revealed in the spring that Bob Joyner, the actor who donned the massive purple-and-green costume to portray beloved Barney the Dinosaur, was black. Upon learning this, KKK parents were enraged, publicly denouncing the show because they'd never been told that their small children were enamored with and being influenced by a black man.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

One of the first major weddings in the film industry took place on March 28, 1920, between the silent movie era's proclaimed "King and Queen of Hollywood": Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Movie fans were insatiable. Obsessed with the couple's fairy tale-like courtship and wedding, they demanded fan magazines and newspapers unearth intimate details about their honeymoon, their lavish home life at their estate Pickfair, and ultimately, their unhappy divorce 16 years later.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Record-holders of celebrity marriages/divorces include Artie Shaw, a major bandleader in the 1930s and 40s. Shaw's three celebrity wives were Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, and Evelyn Keyes, and he and ingenue Judy Garland were quite an item for a while, although they didn't make it to the altar. Film goddess Rita Hayworth was married to Orson Welles, Dick Haymes, and Prince Aly Khan. Director John Derek's celebrity wives were Ursula Andress, Linda Evans, and Bo Derek (although Bo did not actually become a celebrity until after she married Derek and made her triumphant film debut in the Dudley Moore/Julie Andrews romantic comedy 10.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A few shattered celebrity marriages were given a second chance. Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood were married, divorced, and later, re-married (they were still happily married at the time of Wood's tragic drowning near Catalina Island in 1981). George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst married, divorced, and then married each other again. Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith were married and divorced twice.

[Immortalfire]

Dragn, I wish I could be as smart as you. :D :rolleyes: ;)

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

One of the most famous (or infamous) re-marriage of film stars was that of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. First married in 1964, their marriage was the hottest topic of the day. It was Taylor's fifth marriage (she was only 32 and still drop-dead beautiful), and the public couldn't get enough news. The international escapades and extravagant spending sprees of the "Battling Burtons" fed tabloid fires around the world for decades. Burton and Taylor divorced, later re-married, and ultimately, divorced again. When Burton died of a brain hemorrhage in 1984, Taylor was visibly upset. Some show biz critics speculated that a reconciliation, and a third re-marriage between the flamboyant actors, may have been in the wings had Burton lived longer.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Forty celebrity marriages (some of which, sadly, have since terminated) are listed below. There are hundreds more:

Steve Allen - Jayne Meadows
Hank Azaria - Helen Hunt
Alec Baldwin - Kim Basinger
Antonio Banderas - Melanie Griffith
Warren Beatty - Annette Bening
Bruce Boxleitner - Melissa Gilbert
Kenneth Branagh - Emma Thompson
James Brolin - Barbra Streisand
James Brolin - Jan Smithers
James Cameron - Linda Hamilton
Oleg Cassini - Gene Tierney
Tom Cruise - Nicole Kidman
Ted Danson - Mary Steenbergen
Ossie Davis - Ruby Dee
Sammy Davis, Jr. - May Britt
Danny DeVito - Rhea Perlman
Phil Donahue - Marlo Thomas
Blake Edwards - Julie Andrews
Harrison Ford - Melissa Mathison
Bob Fosse - Gwen Verdon
Clark Gable - Carole Lombard
Ethan Hawke - Uma Thurman
Marty Ingalls - Shirley Jones
Quincy Jones - Peggy Lipton
David E. Kelley - Michelle Pfeiffer
Kyle MacLachlan - Linda Evangelista
John Malkovich - Glenne Headly
Louis Malle - Candice Bergen
David McCallum - Jill Ireland
Gary Oldman - Uma Thurman
Edward James Olmos - Lorraine Bracco
Sean Penn - Madonna
Sean Penn - Robin Wright
Burt Reynolds - Judy Carne
Burt Reynolds - Loni Anderson
Jason Robards - Lauren Bacall
Gene Roddenberry - Majel Barrett
Steven Segal - Kelly Le Brock
Aaron Spelling - Carolyn Jones
Florenz Ziegfeld - Billie Burke

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

To accommodate the prevalent fear many people have of the Number 13, numerous multi-story buildings do not list the 13th floor as such, but skip from the 12th to the 14th. The spectacular auction of Princess Diana's used evening dresses before her death did not include a catalogued Number 13 dress, jumping from Number 12 to Number 14.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Aviophobia (also called aerophobia): According to a study performed by Boeing Aircraft Corporation in 1980, 25 million Americans were scared to fly on airplanes. Famous notables of aviophobia include:

Singer Aretha Franklin has an extreme fear of flying. She won't travel on airplanes, even for concerts clear across the country.
Actor and screenwriter Billy Bob Thorton has cancelled television appearances that required him to get on a plane.

Other celebrities who are aviophobic include:

Muhammad Ali, former champion boxer.
Bob Bechel, political analyst.
Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer.
Cher, singer/actress.
Florence Henderson, actress.
Glenda Jackson, actress and member of British Parliament.
Michael Jackson, singer.
John Madden, sportscaster.
Bob Newhart, comedian/actor.
Ronald Reagan, former U.S. President and actor.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Actress Natalie Wood was hydrophobic - her accidental death by drowning in the ocean in 1981 was very strange and unsettling for those who knew her well.
Tennis champ André Agassi has a phobia of spiders, according to Brooke Shields in a statement to the press in October 1996.
Supernatural novelist Anne Rice has stated that she fears the dark.
Actress Kim Basinger has a phobia of wide, open spaces.
Film director Alfred Hitchcock had a peculiar fear of eggs, according to biographer Donald Spoto.
Country star Lyle Lovett reportedly is afraid of cows.
Pop singer Michael Jackson appears to have a phobia of germs (referring to his obsessive wearing of a surgical-style mask when out in public).

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

List of AFI's Top 50 Films: 1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. The Graduate (1967)
8. On the Waterfront (1954)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
10. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959)
15. Star Wars (1977)
16. All About Eve (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
24. Raging Bull (1980)
25. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
26. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964)
27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
31. Annie Hall (1977)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. High Noon (1952)
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
35. It Happened One Night (1934)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. Double Indemnity (1944)
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
40. North by Northwest (1959)
41. West Side Story (1961)
42. Rear Window (1954)
43. King Kong (1933)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
46. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
47. Taxi Driver (1976)
48. Jaws (1975)
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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Here is lavish list of feature-length films that have centered on, or orbited around, six different sports; likely, there are many more:

Basketball

The Basketball Fix (1951)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Hoosiers (1986)
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Blue Chips (1994)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Space Jam (1996)
Celtic Pride (1996)
Flubber (1997)
Eddie (1996)
Air Bud (1997)
He Got Game (1998)
Love & Basketball (2000)

Baseball

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Rhubarb (1951)
The Winning Team (1952)
The Great American Pastime (1956)
Damn Yankees! (1958)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Bull Durham (1988)
Major League (1989)
Pastime (1991)
The Babe (1992)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Mr. Baseball (1992)
Cobb (1994)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Major League II (1994)
Ed (1996)
The Last Home Run (1996)
New York Yankees (The Movie) (1998)
For Love of the Game (1999)

Boxing

The Champ (1931 & 1979)
Madison Square Garden (1932)
Ringside Maizie (1941)
Body and Soul (1947 & 1998)
Champion (1949)
Ringside (1949)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
The Great White Hope (1970)
A.K.A. Cassius Clay (made for TV, 1970)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
The Main Event (1979)
Rocky III (1983)
Tough Enough (1983)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Ali (2001)

Football

The All-American (1932)
Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
Paper Lion (1968)
Brian’s Song (made-for-TV, 1971)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Semi-Tough (1978)
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (made-for-TV, 1979)
Coach of the Year (made-for-TV, 1980)
Wildcats (1986)
Necessary Roughness (1991)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Any Given Sunday (1996)
The Replacements (2000)
Remember the Titans (2000)

Golf

Caddyshack (1980)
Caddyshack II (1988)
Tin Cup (1996)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000).

Hockey

King of Hockey (1936)
The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck (1975)
Slap Shot (1977)
Youngblood (1986)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999)
MVP (2000)

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Here's a list of 30-plus actors who have lent their voices to pen-and-ink characters - there are scores more.

Jason Alexander Duckman in the 1990s TV series of the same title; Abis Mal in the TV series Aladdin and the video Return of Jafar (1994); Hugo the gargoyle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); Poseidon in Hercules (1998); Catbert in 1990-2000s TV series Dilbert.
Rene Auberjenoius Mad chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (1989).
Anne Bancroft Queen in Antz (1998).
George Clooney Dr. Gouache in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999).
Scatman Crothers Scat Cat in The Aristocats (1970).
John Cusack Dimitri in Anastasia (1997).
Matt Damon Cale in Titan A.E. (2000).
Mike Douglas Unbilled singing voice of the Prince in Cinderella (1950).
Sandy Duncan Queen Uberta in The Swan Princess (1994).
Farrah Fawcett Farrah the faucet in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998).
Judy Garland Mewsette the cat in Gay Purr-ee (1962).
John Goodman Rex in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); Santa Claus in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998).
Gene Hackman General Mandible in Antz (1998).
Isaac Hayes Chef in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999).
Amy Irving Singing voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988).
Casey Kasem "Shaggy" Rogers in various Scooby-Doo TV series, 1970s through 1990s and films including Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (1978); Alexander Cabot III in 1970s TV series Josie and the Pussycats and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space; Dick Grayson and Robin in the 1970s TV series Challenge of the Super Friends; Cliffhanger in The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
Val Kilmer Moses and God in The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Jane Leeves Ladybug in James and the Giant Peach (1996).
Tone Loc Goanna in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Tek in Titan A.E. (2000).
John Mahoney Grebs and drunk scout in Antz (1998); General Rogard in The Iron Giant (1999).
Leonard Nimoy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Pagemaster (1994).
Gary Owens Roger Ramjet from the 1960s cartoon of the same title.
Paul Reubens Lock in The Nightmare before Christmas (1993).
Miranda Richardson Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run (2000).
Don Rickles Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999); Cornwall the two-headed dragon in Quest for Camelot (1998).
Meg Ryan Anastasia in Anastasia (1996).
George C. Scott McLeach in The Rescuers Down Under (1990).
Charlie Sheen Charlie in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996).
Sharon Stone Princess Bala in Antz (1998).
Tiffany Judy Jetson in The Jetsons: The Movie (1990).
Lily Tomlin Ms. Frizzle in the 1990-2000s TV series The Magic School Bus.
Tracey Ullman Thunderella and Moonbeam in Happily Ever After (1990).
Ben Vereen Phineas the preacher bird in Once Upon a Forest (1993).
Paul Winchell Chinese cat in The Aristocats (1970); Boomer in The Fox and the Hound (1983); Tigger in Walt Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh series.
Alfre Woodard Plio in Dinosaur (2000).

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Here's a brief list of 30-plus actors who have lent their voices to pen-and-ink characters - there are many more.

Jennifer Aniston Annie in The Iron Giant (1999).
Kevin Bacon Balto in Balto (1995).
Ed Begley, Jr. Alan Tyler in The Pagemaster (1994).
LeVar Burton Kwame in the 1990s TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
John Candy Wilber the Albatross in The Rescuers Down Under (1990).
Carol Channing Muddy in Happily Ever After (1990); Ms. Fieldmouse in Thumbelina (1994).
Wally Cox Underdog in the 1960s TV series of the same title.
Walter Cronkite Captain Neweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993).
Macauley Culkin Richard Tyler in The Pagemaster (1994)
Tim Curry Sir Gawain in the 1990s TV series Prince Valiant; Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Kaleem in the 1990s TV series Aladdin; Melek in the video game Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994); Finagle in made-for TV Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995); Drake in The Pebble and the Penguin (1995); Trader Slick in 1990s TV series Jumanji; Nostros in made-for-TV The Story of Santa Claus (1996); Rex Pester in The Rugrats Movie (1998) and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000); The Skull in the video Bartok the Magnificent (1999).
Jane Curtin Muffy in Antz (1998).
Celíne Dion Singing voice of Lady Juliana in Quest for Camelot (1998).
Richard Dreyfuss Centipede in James and the Giant Peach (1996).
Samantha Eggar Queen Guinevere in the 1990s TV series Prince Valiant.
Mel Gibson Captain John Smith in Pocahontas (1995); Rocky in Chicken Run (2000).
Sir John Gielgud Merlin in Quest for Camelot (1998).
Jeff Goldblum Aaron in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Phil Harris Baloo the Bear in The Jungle Book (1967); Thomas O’Malley in The Aristocats (1970); Little John in Robin Hood (1973).
Linda Hunt Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas (1995) and the video Pochantas II: Journey to a New World (1998).
Billy Joel Dodger in Oliver & Company (1988).
Don Knotts Vice Principal Bone in 1990-2000s TV series Doug.
Jay Leno Vorb in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993).
Jon Lovitz The radio in The Brave Little Toaster (1987).
Cheech Marin Tito the chihuahua in Oliver & Company (1988); Stump in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Banzai in The Lion King (1994).
Helen Mirren Queen in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Bebe Neuwirth Annabelle in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996).
Della Reese Eema in Dinosaur (2000).
Debbie Reynolds Charlotte the spider in Charlotte's Web (1973).
Jane Seymour Speaking voice of Lady Juliana in Quest for Camelot (1998).
Martin Short Stubbs the clown in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); Hubie in The Pebble and the Penguin (1995); Huy in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Kevin Spacey Hopper in A Bug's Life (1998).
Patrick Stewart Adventure in The Pagemaster (1994); Pharaoh Seti I in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Rod Taylor Pongo the Dalmatian in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).
Brenda Vaccaro Tilly in made-for TV Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977); Scruple in the 1980s TV series The Smurfs.
Robin Williams Batty Koda in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Genie of the lamp in Aladdin (1992) and video Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).

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Many famous people have been left-handed:


Benjamin Franklin
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Michelangelo
Raphael
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
U.S. President James A. Garfield
U.S. President Bill Clinton.

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Here are some "southpaw" entertainers, past and present:

Tim Allen (actor, comedian)

Harry Anderson (actor)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (composer)

Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)

Carol Burnett (comedienne, actress)

George Burns (actor, comedian)

Drew Carey (comedian, actor)

Charlie Chaplin (actor, director, writer)

Phil Collins (singer)

Billy Crystal (comedian, actor)

Fran Drescher (actress)

Richard Dreyfuss (actor)

Greta Garbo (actress)

Judy Garland (actress, singer)

Whoopi Goldberg (comedienne, actress)

Rex Harrison (actor)

Goldie Hawn (actress, producer, director)

Jimi Hendrix (musician)

Jim Henson (puppeteer, writer)

Diane Keaton (actress)

Lisa Kudrow (actress)

Annie Lennox (singer)
Jay Leno (comedian, TV talk show host)

Hal Linden (actor)

Shirley MacLaine (actress)

Howie Mandel (actor)

Julianna Margulies (actress)

Harpo Marx (actor, harpist)

Paul McCartney (singer, composer)

Marilyn Monroe (actress)

Cole Porter (composer)

Robert Redford (actor, director, producer)

Don Rickles (comedian)

Jerry Seinfeld (comedian)

Paul Simon (singer, composer)

Dick Smothers (comedian)

David Spade (comedian, actor)

Ringo Starr (musician, singer)

Sherry Stringfield (actress)

Alan Thicke (actor)

Rip Torn (actor)

Dick Van Dyke (actor, comedian)

Bruce Willis (actor)

Oprah Winfrey (TV talk show host, actress

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Some of these celebrities had to drop out of school to help support their families; others quit because they didn't fit in with kids their own age, despised homework, or were desperate to begin their pursuits of stardom.

Lucille Ball (comedienne, actor)
Drew Barrymore (actor)
Beck (singer)
Robert Blake (actor)
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
Sebastian Cabot (actor)
Michael Caine (actor)
George Carlin (comedian, actor)
Jim Carrey (comedian, actor)
Cher (singer, actor)
Sean Connery (actor)
Gary Cooper (actor)
Tom Cruise (actor)
Roger Daltrey (singer, musician)
Johnny Depp (actor)
Bo Derek (actor)
Federico Fellini (director)
Carrie Fisher (actor, writer)
Redd Foxx (comedian, actor)
Aretha Franklin (singer)
Jackie Gleason (comedian)
Whoopi Goldberg (comedienne, actor)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (actor)
Gene Hackman (actor)
George Harrison (singer, musician)
Lena Horne (singer, actor)
Billy Joel (singer, musician, composer)
Tom Jones (singer)
Garson Kanin (writer)
Eartha Kitt (singer, actor)
Sophia Loren (actor)
Loretta Lynn (singer)
Dean Martin (singer, actor)
Lee Marvin (actor)
Rod McKuen (poet)
Robert Mitchum (actor)
Marilyn Monroe (actor)
Demi Moore (actor)
Olivia Newton-John (singer, actor)
Peter O'Toole (actor)
Al Pacino (actor)
Joe Pesci (actor, comedian)
Paula Poundstone (comedienne)
Keanu Reeves (actor)
Harold Robbins (writer)
Roseanne (comedienne, actor)
Sylvester Stallone (actor, writer, director)
Quentin Tarantino (director, writer)
John Travolta (actor)
Tracey Ullman (actor, comedienne)
Peter Ustinov (actor)
Robert Wagner (actor)
Lawrence Welk (bandleader, musician)
Bruce Willis (actor)

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Celebrities Who Were Near Death: Part I

Actress Ann-Margret fell 22 feet from a stage scaffold at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe in 1972. She was in a coma for four days, having suffered a brain concussion. Several facial bones, her left arm, and her jaw were fractured. Expert plastic surgery miraculously repaired and restored her shattered face. After only two months, the determined 31-year-old actress-singer made a sensational comeback in Las Vegas.

Jack Palance (name at birth: Walter Palanuik), while serving in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, was shot down. His plane went down in flames. While Palance survived, he received severe facial burns which required major plastic surgery. Years later, he made a name for himself as a supporting actor playing heavies in films.

When he was 20, Julio Iglesias was in a near-fatal auto accident when a runaway truck forced his car off the road. Paralyzed from the chest down, Iglesias's dream of becoming a soccer star was destroyed. At the time, he was a law student and an amateur soccer player. During long months of recovery, Iglesias worked incessantly at physical therapy. He'd been told that he would likely never walk again, but he wouldn't resign himself to the doctors' grim prognosis. A nurse gave him a guitar to keep him entertained, and he taught himself to play by imitating songs from the radio. While still paralyzed, Iglesias told his mother that he would become a singing star. Iglesias did overcome his paralysis. By 1994, Iglesias was an international star: he had more than 200 platinum and gold records under his belt, was grossing $50 million a year, and was ranked the top Hispanic entertainer in the United States.

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was hospitalized at the Myrtle Street Children's Hospital in Liverpool for a burst appendix and peritonitis when he was 6 years old. He was in a coma for weeks and near death. Starr stayed in the hospital convalescing for 11 months.

In her late teens, Lucille Ball was in a horrific automobile accident. She spent eight months in a hospital and the next three years re-learning how to walk. Ball's show business aspirations to be a dancer had to be modified.

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Celebrities Who Were Near Death: PART 2

Actor Greg Morris, who co-starred in TV's Mission: Impossible and Vega$, was almost killed in a car accident outside of Las Vegas in 1981. After a long recuperation, he was able to return to acting. Sadly, he died in 1996 at age 61, in his home in Las Vegas. Morris had battled brain and lung cancer, but had told the media just a few months earlier that he was cancer-free.

When he was 7 years old, Alan Alda, Emmy-winning actor/writer on TV's M*A*S*H, nearly died from polio. For months, his mother faithfully applied heated packs to his back, and miraculously, nursed the boy back to health.

Perky newcomer Sandy Duncan, whose debut in the 1971 TV sitcom, Funny Face, made her a household name at the time in the U.S., was nearly killed in a car accident. From her extensive injuries, Duncan lost an eye, which was replaced with a glass one. Incredibly, she bounced back from this tragedy. Duncan went on to an Emmy-nominated role in the acclaimed TV miniseries Roots, and starred in Peter Pan on Broadway.

As a youth, George Lucas had planned to become a race-car driver. However, a near-fatal crash only two days before his high school graduation altered his plans forever. He decided to pursue a "safer" career: film production. Lucas was catapulted to fame and fortune with his brilliant American Graffiti and the Star Wars films in the 1970's.

On June 19, 1999, horror writer Stephen King was struck and thrown by an out-of-control minivan while walking near his Maine home that afternoon. King, age 51, suffered a broken leg, a broken hip, and a punctured lung. He was found bleeding in a ditch, and was hospitalized in serious, but stable condition. Following extensive surgery, King was reported to be alert and joking with his family. Additional surgeries were scheduled for his leg and hip injuries. Police said the minivan driver was distracted by a dog inside the car. Speeding was not suspected and no charges were filed against the motorist.

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Celebrities Who Measure 5'3" and Less
Billy Barty: 3' 9"
Linda Hunt: 4' 9"
Janis Ian: 4' 10"
Naim Suleymanoglu (aka "Pocket Hercules"): 4' 10"
Dolly Parton: 4' 11"
Petula Clark: 5' 0"
Shari Lewis: 5' 0"
Mary Pickford: 5' 0"
Jada Pinkett-Smith: 5' 0"
Paul Williams: 5' 0"
Paul Anka: 5' ½"
Carrie Fisher: 5' 1"
Soleil Moon Frye: 5' 1"
Janeane Garofalo: 5' 1"
Bette Midler: 5' 1"
Stevie Nicks: 5' 1"
Natalie Wood: 5' 1"
Sally Struthers: 5' 1½"
Paula Abdul: 5' 2"
Linda Blair: 5' 2"
Sally Field: 5' 2"
Jennifer Love Hewitt: 5' 2"
Alyssa Milano: 5' 2"
Sarah Jessica Parker: 5' 2"
Debbie Reynolds: 5' 2"
Joan Rivers: 5' 2"
Linda Ronstadt: 5' 2"
Paul Simon: 5' 2"
Loretta Lynn: 5' 2½"
Sissy Spacek: 5' 2½"
Shirley Temple Black: 5' 3"
Truman Capote: 5' 3"
Sammy Davis, Jr.: 5' 3"
Bo Derek: 5' 3"
Judy Garland: 5' 3"
Sarah Michelle Gellar: 5' 3"
Dorothy Hamill: 5' 3"
Deborah Harry: 5' 3"
Davy Jones: 5' 3"
Jennifer Jason Leigh: 5' 3"
Hayley Mills: 5' 3"
Jane Pauley: 5' 3"
Bernadette Peters: 5' 3"
Lisa Marie Presley: 5' 3"
Mickey Rooney: 5' 3"
Tuesday Weld: 5' 3"

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Celebrity College Graduates


John Cleese:
Law degree from Downing College, Cambridge University.


Glenn Close:
B.A. in theater and speech from William and Mary (Phi Beta Kappa).


Tracy Chapman:
B.A. in anthropology from Tufts University.


Phil Donahue:
B.A. in theology from University of Notre Dame.


Michael Douglas:
B.A. in pre-law from University of California at Santa Barbara.


David Duchovny:
M.A. in English literature from Yale.


Gloria Estefan:
Psychology degree from University of Miami.


Peter Falk:
B.S. in political science from New School for Social Research in New York; M.B.A. at Syracuse University.


Roberta Flack:
B.A. in music education from Howard University.


Jodie Foster:
B.A. in literature from Yale.


Art Garfunkle:
B.S. in mathematics and music from Columbia University.


Hugh Grant:
Graduate of English Literature from Oxford University.


Ed Harris:
B.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts.


David Hartman:
B.A. in economics from Duke University.


Hugh Hefner:B.S. in psychology from University of Illinois.


Katharine Hepburn:
B.S. in psychology from Bryn Mawr.


James Earl Jones:
B.A. in drama from University of Michigan.


Tommy Lee Jones:
B.A. in English from Harvard (cum laude).


Ashley Judd:
University of Kentucky (Phi Beta Kappa).


Jay Leno:
B.A. in speech communication from Emerson College.


Hal Linden:
B.S. in business administration from City College in New York.


John Lithgow:
Harvard graduate; Fulbright Scholarship; attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.


Ali MacGraw:
B.A. in art history from Wellesley College.


Julianna Margulies:
B.A. in art history from Sarah Lawrence College.


Ed McMahon:
B.A. in speech and drama from Catholic University.


Jim Nabors:
B.S. in business administration from University of Alabama.


Bob Newhart:
B.S. in commerce from Loyola University.


Paul Newman:
B.A. in economics and dramatics from Kenyon College.


Conan O'Brien:
Harvard grad in history and American literature.


Gilda Radner:
B.A. in education from University of Michigan.


Gene Simmons:
B.A. in education (speaks four languages).


Paul Simon:
B. A. in English literature from Queens College.


Mira Sorvino:
Harvard graduate.


Howard Stern:
B. A. in communications from Boston University.


James Stewart:
Degree in architecture from Princeton University.


Meryl Streep:
M. F. A. degree from Yale.


Sherry Stringfield:
B.F.A. from Acting Conservatory of the State of New York at Purchase.


Donald Sutherland:
B.A. in engineering from University of Toronto.


Marlo Thomas:
B.A. in English from University of Southern California; graduated cum laude.
Denzel Washington:
B.A. in journalism and drama from Fordham University in NY.


Sigourney Weaver:
M.F.A. from Yale.


Trisha Yearwood:
B.A. in business administration from Belmont College in Nashville, Tenn.


Renée Zellweger:
B.A. in English from University of Texas.

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Celebrities who were born in the picturesque coastal city of San Francisco, California include:

Herb Alpert

Gracie Allen

Bill Bixby

Mel Blanc

Lisa Bonet

Benjamin Bratt

Todd Bridges

Margaret Cho

Elisha Cook, Jr.

David Dukes

Isadora Duncan

Sheila E.

Clint Eastwood

René Enríquez

Jerry Garcia

Danny Glover

William Randolph Hearst
Steve Jobs

Joanna Kerns

Jack LaLanne

Bruce Lee

Mervyn LeRoy

Jack London

Courtney Love

Johnny Mathis

Lloyd Nolan

Alicia Silverstone

O. J. Simpson

Taran Noah Smith

Rider Strong

Nancy Wilson

Natalie Wood

B.D. Wong

Victor Sen Yung

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Celebrities born in St. Louis, Missouri include:

Maya Angelou

Josephine Baker

Scott Bakula

Yogi Berra

Chuck Berry

Bert Convy

Billy Davis, Jr.

Redd Foxx

Mary Frann

Joe Garagiola

John Goodman
Betty Grable

Robert Guillaume

Moses Gunn

Kevin Kline

Mark Linn-Baker

Marsha Mason

Virginia Mayo

Kathleen Nolan

Vincent Price

Leon Spinks

Shelley Winters

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Years before he became famous for his rubber-faced antics on TV's In Living Color and his first major films, The Mask and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, comedian Jim Carrey filled small roles in big-name films, like Peggy Sue Got Married, The Dead Pool, and Earth Girls are Easy.

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Unknown Richard Dreyfus had two lines in the blockbuster film The Graduate (1967), which also starred newcomers Dustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross, with veteran actress Anne Bancroft.

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David Niven's first film role was that of a Mexican wrapped in a blanket in a Hopalong Cassidy film. He was an extra or a walk-on in 26 other insignificant westerns, and then earned some small film parts, until he got his first major part in Splendor (1935).

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Sophia Loren made her film debut as an extra in crowd scenes in the film Quo Vadis (1950), seven years before she arrived in Hollywood with husband Carlo Ponti.

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Jamie Farr's signature role will always be that of Corporal Max Klinger, the resourceful enlisted man who wore women's clothing to get out of the Army on the TV's M*A*SH. Farr's film debut was as Santini, a student in Blackboard Jungle (1955), which credited him as Jameel Farah (his real name). He was a stock player as a delivery boy on The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961. Farr's role on M*A*S*H, from 1972 through 1983, evolved from a bit part as a transvestite in the fourth episode of the series. Following the success of his debut performance, Farr became a permanent and prominent character on the show.

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Some film stars got their first crack at stardom in television commercials. Susan Sarandon, Harrison Ford, and F. Murray Abraham are among those who later achieved fame on the big screen, but started as actors in ads. Tom Selleck was popular in Chaz commercials and Farrah Fawcett's face (and blonde tresses) became well-known to the public from Wella Balsam ads. Sela Ward, Sarah Michelle Geller, Shelley Long, Jaclyn Smith, Scott Bakula, Melissa Joan Hart, John Goodman, and Faith Ford also started in TV commercials.

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Sean Penn made his television debut in an episode of Barnaby Jones. He had one line.

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Product endorsement by well-known celebrities has lost the stigma it once had - it is also very lucrative for little work. Here are some famous people and the products they are (or were once) associated with in the past three decades:

Andre Agassi: Mountain Dew

Jason Alexander: Rold Gold pretzels

June Allyson: Depends

Christine Baranski: Cadillac Seville

Charles Barkley: McDonald's, Right Guard

Crystal Bernard: The Q exercise gym

Candice Bergen: Sprint

Chevy Chase: Doritos, Ocean Spray

Bill Cosby: Kodak, Jell-O

Jamie Lee Curtis: Equal sugar substitute

Catherine Deneuve: Chanel fragrance, Mercury Cougar

Angie Dickenson and Burt Bacharach: Martini and Rossi

Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson): Ocean Spray, Weight Watchers

Chad Everett: Aamco

Fabio: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Lola Falana: Fabergé Tigress perfume

George Foreman: Frito-Lay

Michael J. Fox: Pepsi-Cola

Cast of "Friends": Coca-Cola

James Garner: Kodak

Kathy Lee Gifford: Carnival Cruises

Whoopi Goldberg: MCI

Cuba Gooding, Jr.: Pepsi One

Kelsey Grammer: McDonald's

Mariette Hartley: Kodak

Kate Jackson: Lincoln Mercury

Michael Jackson: Pepsi-Cola

The Jefferson Airplane: Levi's

Michael Jordan: McDonald's, Nike, Hanes

Angela Lansbury: Ensure nutritional supplement

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Clairol Nice 'N' Easy

John Lithgow: 10-10-321 phone service

Reba McEntire: Fritos

Madonna: Pepsi-Cola

Karl Malden: American Express

Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg): Calvin Klein underwear

Penny Marshall: K Mart

Bebe Neuwirth: M & M candies

Rosie O'Donnell: K Mart

Roy Orbison: Coca-Cola

Shaquille O'Neal: Pepsi-Cola, Taco Bell

Bernadette Peters: Ocean Spray

Regis Philbin: Carnival Cruises, Earthgrains bagels

Annie Potts: Pop Secret popcorn

Jane Powell: Polident

Elvis Presley: Southern Maid Doughnuts

Burt Reynolds: Florida Citrus Growers

Jane Russell: Cross Your Heart bra

Jerry Seinfeld: American Express

Tom Selleck: AT & T, Chaz fragrance

Jane Seymour: Loving Care hair color

Ally Sheedy: Chevrolet

Cybill Shepherd: L'Oreal hair color

Brooke Shields: Calvin Klein jeans

Suzanne Somers: Thigh Master, Ace Hardware

Ringo Starr: Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza

James Stewart: Campbell soups

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara: Blue Nun wine

The Temptations: Coca-Cola

Cindy Williams: Jenny Craig

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Master of suspense, film director Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated with the power of the single-word film title, and used it 15 times. Those films include:


Blackmail
Murder!
Sabotage
Rebecca
Suspicion
Saboteur
Lifeboat
Spellbound
Notorious
Rope
Vertigo
Psycho
Marnie
Topaz
Frenzy

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All Academy Award winners since 1950 have been required by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences to sign releases indicating they will not sell their Oscars.

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Frances McDormand (Fargo) defeated Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient) to win the Best Actress Oscar in 1996. McDormand became the first star to win in a film directed by a spouse, husband Joel Coen. Her brother-in-law, Ethan Coen, was the film's producer.

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Other wives nominated for films made by their director husbands:
Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence), directed by husband John Cassavetes
Melina Mercouri (Never on Sunday), directed by husband Jules Dassin
Julie Andrews (Victor, Victoria) directed by husband Blake Edwards.
To date, no female directors have had their starring husbands receive an Oscar nod.

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Geoffrey Rush became the first Australian actor to win Best Actor since Peter Finch won posthumously for Network (1976). Rush's win was all the more surprising because he played only one-third of the role of the mad pianist in Shine (1996).

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Actress Linda Hunt was the first person to win an Academy Award for portraying a person of the opposite sex; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1983 for her brilliant performance as Billy Kwan, a male photographer, in The Year of Living Dangerously. Hunt also reaped the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award, and the National Board of Review award for her performance

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In 1953, Walt Disney (the man, not the studio) received Oscars in the categories of Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Cartoon Short Subject, and Two-Reel Short Subject. These four Academy Awards are the most ever won by one person in a single year. Disney personally received 26 Academy Awards during his lifetime, including a unique set of miniature Oscars for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, making him the Academy's most honored individual.

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Wings (1927-1928) was the first and only silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar.

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The following films won the Best Picture Oscar, yet didn't win any of the other major awards (i.e., Best Director or any of the four acting awards), which seems incongruous for a "Best Picture":

Wings (1928)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Cimarron (1931)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rebecca (1940)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Chariots of Fire (1981).

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Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs (1990) despite appearing in only a few scenes.

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To date, only five performers have won two Oscars back-to-back:

Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937).
Spencer Tracy for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938).
Katharine Hepburn for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and The Lion in Winter (1968).
Jason Robards, Jr. for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977).
Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).

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In 1978, at age 29, Richard Dreyfuss became the youngest man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Goodbye Girl. Marlee Matlin, at age 21, was the youngest female to win an Oscar for Best Actress, for the film Children of a Lesser God.

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Films with lengthy titles don't often crack into the line-up for Best Picture Academy Awards. During Oscar's history, the longest title for a Best Picture winner has contained six words, a distinction held by just seven films:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
You Can't Take it With You (1938)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Parents of celebrities have next-to-nothing in common with each other, as evidenced here in this list of their occupations:

Ben Affleck
Father: drug rehabilitation counselor
Mother: teacher.

Isaac Asimov
Father: candy store owner.

Steven Bochco
Father: Rudolph Bochco, child prodigy violinist who later played with Broadway-show orchestras and with Carnegie Hall leading artists.

Sandra Bullock
Mother: Helga Bullock, opera singer.

Tim Burton
Father: minor-league baseball player, Burbank parks official
Mother: shop manager, once owned a cat-accessory store.

Michael Caine
Father: dock worker
Mother: cleaning woman.

Drew Carey
"Father: General Motors draftsman
Mother: secretary.

Kurt Cobain
Father: auto mechanic
Mother: cocktail waitress."

Ted Danson
Father: director of a local Native American Museum.

Johnny Depp
Father: city engineer
Mother: waitress.

Charles Dickens
Father: British Naval Pay Office clerk.

Anthony Edwards
Father: architect
Mother: artist.

Federico Fellini
Father: traveling salesman of confections, preserves, and coffee.

Audrey Hepburn
Father: English banker
Mother: Dutch baroness.

Nicole Kidman
Father: biochemist
Mother: nursing instructor.

Jennifer Lopez
Father: computer specialist
Mother: kindergarten teacher.

Courtney Love
Father: author/publisher
Mother: psychologist.

Conan O’Brien
Father: doctor
Mother: lawyer.

Matthew Perry
Father: actor John Bennett Perry (Old Spice commercials in 1970s)
Mother: press aide to Pierre Trudeau.

Jada Pinkett-Smith
Father: contractor
Mother: nurse.

Brad Pitt
Father: trucking firm manager.

Julia Roberts
Father: vacuum salesman
Mother: church secretary.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Father: police chief in Graz, Austria.

David Schwimmer
Father: attorney
Mother: attorney who handled Roseanne’s first divorce.

Alicia Silverstone
Father: real estate investor
Mother: former airline stewardess.

Will Smith
Father: engineer
Mother: school board employee.

John Travolta
Father: tire salesman and former semiprofessional football player
Mother: high school teacher.

Barbara Walters
Father: owner of New York’s famed “Latin Quarter” nightclub before going bankrupt.

Denzel Washington
Father: Pentecostal minister
Mother: beautician.

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Father: Welsh candy factory manager
Mother: Irish seamstress.

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Some U.S. Presidents were more interesting than others. Here are a handful of "P.O.T.U.S. (President of the United States) Highlights"


First Cowboy P.O.T.U.S.:
Theodore Roosevelt worked as a cowboy on a ranch in the Dakota Territory while in his late twenties.

Last P.O.T.U.S. whom every visitor to Washington could meet:
Calvin Coolidge.

First P.O.T.U.S. on a postage stamp:
George Washington, in 1847.

Letters mailed in one day to the P.O.T.U.S.:
About 20,000.

P.O.T.U.S. birthplaces:
19 states (38 percent) - most of our 50 states (62%) have not had a P.O.T.U.S. born within their borders.

Only P.O.T.U.S. to have ever received a patent:
Abraham Lincoln, in 1849. He was granted a patent for his idea to lift vessels more easily over shoals by inflating air chambers near the water line. His invention never got past the patent stage.

Redheaded P.O.T.U.S.'s:
George Washington, Martin Van Buren, and Thomas Jefferson.

First "First Lady" to hold a press conference:
Eleanor Roosevelt.

Only P.O.T.U.S. to serve as U.S. Chief Justice:
William Howard Taft.

Only P.O.T.U.S. who did not once change his Cabinet at all during his four years in office:
Franklin Pierce.

Unusual P.O.T.U.S. pets:
Thomas Jefferson - Mockingbird. John Quincy Adams - Alligator. Abraham Lincoln - Goat. Theodore Roosevelt - Bear, badger. Calvin Coolidge - Wallaby, lion cub.

First P.O.T.U.S. aircraft:
Franklin D. Roosevelt's specially equipped Douglas DC-4, nicknamed "The Sacred Cow."

P.O.T.U.S. faux pas:
Pres. George Bush gave Chinese Premier Li Peng a gift pair of cowboy boots. One boot displayed the Chinese flag, the other, the Stars and Stripes. In Asia, the sole of the foot is considered the lowliest, dirtiest part of the body, so mixing flags and shoes was viewed as an act of exceedingly poor taste.

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Here's the complete list of 007 films through the year 2000; the next with Brosnan is due in 2002.

Film Title Actor Film's Release Date
Dr. No Sean Connery May 1963
From Russia with Love Sean Connery April 1964
Goldfinger Sean Connery December 1964
Thunderball Sean Connery December 1965
Casino Royale (unofficial) David Niven April 1967
You Only Live Twice Sean Connery June 1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service George Lazenby December 1969
Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery December 1971
Live and Let Die Roger Moore June 1973
The Man with the Golden Gun Roger Moore December 1974
The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore July 1977
Moonraker Roger Moore June 1979
For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore June 1981
Octopussy Roger Moore June 1983
Never Say Never Again (unofficial) Sean Connery October 1983
A View to a Kill Roger Moore May 1985
The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton July 1987
Licence to Kill Timothy Dalton July 1989
GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan November 1995
Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan December 1997
The World Is Not Enough Pierce Brosnan November 1999

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The Simpsons burst from its incubator on The Tracey Ullman Show and invaded television airwaves solo on December 17, 1989. The show's signature onslaught of rapid-fire sight gags, pop-cultural spoofing, and biting social satire hasn't shown signs of slowing.

Since then, the impertinent, half-hour series has successfully satirized (and barbecued) nearly every sacred cow known to modern civilization.

It is now the longest running animated prime time series in TV history, breaking the record held by The Flintstones when its 167th episode aired on February 9, 1997. It also holds the record for the most guest stars in a television series. In January 2000, a star for the Simpson family was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And, The Simpsons also has had several uncomfortable (but not unexpected) run-ins with the Catholic church.

Since the comedy's kickoff, actors Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer have regularly supplied the voices of the Simpson clan (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and Grampa) and many of the offbeat residents of hometown Springfield. Recurring characters have been played by Marcia Wallace, Phil Hartman, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Doris Grau, Frank Welker, Jo Ann Harris, and Russi Taylor, among others.

Following the success of The Simpsons' first season on the Fox network, celebrities first cautiously, then eagerly, agreed to be parodied on the show; oftentimes, they supplied their own voices for their cartoon counterparts. Now, more than a decade after the show's 1989 debut, more than 200 luminaries have joined in the keen lunacy of The Simpsons.

Many entertainers have lent their vocal talents, as well as leaders in science, industry, and sports, to the show. Groups such as The Who, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The B-52's, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Ramones have performed self-poking cameos. Paul and Linda McCartney agreed to portray themselves (episode 133, October 1995), on the stipulation that Lisa Simpson would remain a vegetarian through the show's run. Amid much publicity, Elizabeth Taylor supplied the voice of baby Maggie when she uttered her first word (episode 69, December 1992); Whoopi Goldberg had wanted the role. Even the voices of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (season 10) and astronaut Neil Armstrong (season 4), thanks to archival recordings, are part of Springfield's infamous family tree.

Here's a sampling of the venerable voices that have guest-starred on Matt Groening's multi-award-winning brainchild:

Alec Baldwin
Johnny Unitas
Alex Trebek
Kathie Lee Gifford
Anne Bancroft
Kelsey Grammer
Barry White
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Bette Midler
Kid Rock
Bob Hope
Kim Basinger
Bobcat Goldthwait
Leonard Nimoy
Britney Spears
Linda Ronstadt
Brooke Shields
Lucy Lawless
Buzz Aldrin
Mark McGwire
Charlie Rose
Martin Sheen
Christina Ricci
Mel Gibson
Darryl Strawberry
Meryl Streep
Daryl Gates
Mickey Rooney
David Crosby
Patrick Stewart
David Duchovny
Peter Frampton
Dennis Franz
Rhea Perlman
Dick Clark
Ringo Starr
Dolly Parton
Rod Steiger
Dr. Demento
Ron Howard
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Rupert Murdoch
Elton John
Steve Allen
Gillian Anderson
Steve Martin
George Harrison
Steven Hawking
Helen Hunt
Sting
Isabella Rossellini
Suzanne Somers
Jack LaLanne
Ted Danson
Jay Leno
Tito Puente
Jeff Goldblum
Tony Bennett
Jerry Springer
Troy Aikman
Joe Namath
Willem Dafoe
John Walsh
Willie Nelson
Johnny Carson
Winona Ryder
Johnny Cash
Woody Harrelson

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Here it is - the list of over 600 interesting and unusual town names in the Canada, as of 2001:


Alberta Acme
Alliance
Barrhead
Bearberry
Belly River
Bonanza
Bragg Creek
Byemoor
Carrot Creek
Castor
Cereal
Champion
Chin
Cold Lake
Community Punch Bowl
Consort
Coronation
Crooked Creek
Czar
Dead Man's Flats
Diamond City
Driftpile
Entrance
Fork Lake
Freedom
Frog Lake
Ghost Lake
Grassland
Grassy Lake
High Level
Lesser Slave Lake
Little Smoky
Loon Lake
Lucifer Mountain **
Ma-Me-O Beach
Manyberries
Marlboro
Medicine Hat
Milk River
Monitor
Nojack
Okotoks
One Four
Onion Lake
Pocahontas
Poe
Reno
Rosebud
Seven Persons
Skiff
Stand Off
Tiger Lily
Veteran
Viking
Vulcan
Wander River
British Columbia 100 Mile House
108 Mile House
108 Mile Ranch
150 Mile House
40 Miles Flats
7 Miles Corner
70 Mile House
93 Mile House
Anarchist Mountain **
Arrowsmith Mountain **
Austerity Mountain **
Avalanche Mountain **
Baldy Hughes
Blind Bay
Blubber Bay
Boat Basin
Boston Bar
Brilliant
Bugaboos, The-More Mountain Peaks
Buick
Canoe
Canyon
Chase
Chasm
Cheekye
Combatant Mountain **
Craigellachie
Cranberry Lake
Dawson Landing
Departure Bay
Fanny Bay
Fascination Mountain **
Field
Flathead
Fruitvale
Gang Ranch
Gold Bridge
Golden
Good Hope Mountain **
Grand Forks
Grindrod
Halfmoon Bay
Hooker Mountain **
Hope
Horsefly
Horseshoe Bay
Houston
Likely
Lillooet
Lions Bay
Loos
Lulu Island
Mansons Landing
Merritt
Mission
Mount Currie
Muncho Lake
Needles
Observatory Inlet
Ogre Mountain **
Oyster Bay
Parsnip River
Pavilion
Penney
Poopoo Creek
Pouce Coupe
Procter
Prophet River
Quincey Adams Mountain **
Radium Hot Springs
Razorback Mountain **
Remote Mountain **
Resplendent Mountain **
Royal Canadian Air Force Peak
Salmon Arm
Sandspit
Skidegate
Skookumchuck
Smugglers Cove
Sorcerer Mountain **
Spuzzum
Stupendous Mountain **
Ta Ta Creek
Teepee Mountain **
Terry Fox Mountain **
Tornado Mountain **
Tranquille
Ware
Wasa
Yahk
Ymir
Youbou
Zero Lake
Zeus Glacier
Zexwzaxw Glacier
Zippermouth Lake
Manitoba Bagot
Bird
BirdTail
Boggy Creek
Brokenhead
Button
Camper
Cooks Creek
Cranberry Portage
Crystal City
Dog Creek
Domain
Ebb and Flow
Eden
Finger
Flin Flon
Gambler
Gods Lake
Grand Rapids
Hone
Jackhead
Lizard Point
Miami
Minnedosa
Nonsuch
Optic Lake
Pilot Mound
Rapid City
Red Sucker Lake
Root Lake
Sandy Hook
Seven Sisters
Snowflake
Starbuck
Tidal
Wampum
Zbaraz
New Brunswick Bath
Brewers Mills
Cork
Currie
Dipper Harbour
Eel River Crossing
Five Fingers
Frosty Hollow
Gondola Point
Knowlesville
Mechanic Settlement
North Pole Mountain **
Partridge Island
Passamaquoddy Bay
Poodiac
Reversing Falls
Ripples
Sackville
Utopia Lake
Zealand Station
Newfoundland Ass Hill
Ass Rock
Back Cove
Bacon Cove
Badger
Bar Haven
Bareneed
Bay Bulls
Billy Butts Pond
Blow Me Down
Bottle Cove
Butter Cove
Cape Onion
Catalina
Change Islands
Chapel Arm
Coffee Cove
Come-By-Chance
Comfort Cove
Conception Bay
Cow Head
Cupids
Curling
Deadman's Bay
Deadman's Cove
Diamond Cove
Dildo
Exploits River
Ferryland
Fleur de Lys
Flowers Cove
Fortune
Fox Roost
Foxtrap
Frenchman's Cove
Funk Lake
Furby's Cove
Gander
Gin Cove
Goblin
Goobies
Halfway Point
Happy Adventure
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Hare Bay
Hatchet Cove
Hearts Content
Hearts Delight
Heart's Desire
Jerrys Nose
Lawn
Leading Tickles West
Little Seldom
Low Point
Mosquito
Mouse Island
Nameless Cove
New World Island
Nippers Harbour
Noggin Cove
Old Man's Head
Old Room
Paradise
Pasadena
Penetanguishene
Petty Harbour
Poor Boy Island
Quidi Vidi Harbour
Red Indian Lake
River of Ponds
Salvage
Seldom
Small Point
St. Jones Within
St. Jones Without
Stag Harbour
Tickle Cove
Toogood Arm
Virgin Arm
Wild Bight
Wreck Cove
Northwest Territories Artillery Lake
Buffalo River
Echo Bay
Enterprise
Eskimo Lakes
Great Bear Lake
Great Slave Lake
Jean Marie River
Reliance
The Ramparts
Thumb Island
Tuktoyaktuk
Yellowknife
Wrigley
Nova Scotia Advocate Harbour
Bangs Falls
Barneys River
Barneys River Station
Bible Hill
Brooklyn
Canada Creek
Canning
Catalone
Chance Harbour
Chimney Corner
Christmas Island
Coddle Harbour
Coffee Cove
Concession
Diligent River
Dingwall
Economy
Ecum Secum
Egypt Road
Eight Island Lake
Factorydale
Five Islands
Gore
Harmony
Harmony Mills
Homeville
Italy Cross
Lake Echo
Lapland
Liverpool
Meat Cove
Militia Point
Mink Cove
Monastery
Mushaboom
Noel
Nuttby
Old Sweat
Paradise
Poor Island
Portuguese Cove
Pugwash
Pugwash Junction
Sable Island
Sackville
Scotch Village
Shubenacadie
Skir Dhu
Spanish Ship Bay
Sugar Loaf
Sweetland
Upper Big Tacadie
Urbania
Whycocomagh
Nunavut Belcher Islands
Chesterfield Inlet
Eclipse Sound
Gjoa Haven
Old Squaw Islands
Prince Charles Island
Repulse Bay
Resolute
Royal Geographical Society Islands
Zebra Mountain **
Zigzag Island
Ontario Ajax
Apple Hill
Balm Beach
Bastard
Bath
Bobcaygeon
Bond Head
Borups Corners
Bright
Bruce Beach
Brussels
Buena Vista Park
Caesarea
Cankerville
Canoe Lake
Carlsbad Springs
Carp
Carrying Place
Cataract
Ceylon
Chalk River
Coldwater
Copenhagen
Credit River
Crooked Creek
Crotch Lake
Cruise Lake
Curve Lake
Dawn
Detroit River
Disney Island
Dome
Dummer
Ear Falls
East Gwillimbury
East Zorra
Eastwood
Field
Fire River
Forest
Front of Escott
Funnybone Lake
Gameland
Gargantua Cape
Gas Line
Gore Bay
Grimsby
Hagar
Happyland
Honey Harbour
Hungerford
Ingolf
Kee-Way-Win
Kiosk
Lagoon City
Larder Lake
Limoges
Little Britain
Lively
Lost Channel
Marathon
McDonalds Corners
Merlin
Middlesex
Monkland
Mono
Moonbeam
Moose Factory
Moscow
Mountain **
Nipissing
Nixon
Nobel
Nottawa
Nowhere Island
Old Woman Bay
Oldmans Pocket
Pain Court
Paisley
Paris
Parry Sound
Peel
Penetanguishene
Pickle Lake
Pooch Lake
Pooh Lake
Porcupine
Port Franks
Portland
Pronto East
Proton
Punkeydoodles Corners
Puppy Lake
Rainy Lake and Rainy River
Rear of Leed and Lansdowne
Rear of Yonge and Escott
Ripley
Sandwich South
Scotland
Shakespeare
Shallow Lake
Spanish
Sucker Creek
Sultan
Swastika
Thunder Bay
Tiny
Turkey Point
Wawa
Welcome
Winona
Wyoming
Zero Lake
Zigzig Island
Zone
Zorra
Zurich
Zywina Lake
Prince Edward Island 48 Road
Alaska
Cable Head and Cable Head East and West
Cardigan
Christoper Cross
Commercial Cross
Crapaud
Crossroads
Dingwells Mills
East Royalty
Ebenezer
Five Houses
Green Gables
Harmony
Harmony Junction
Head of Hillsborough
Head of Montague
Lady Slipper
Linkletter
Loyalist
Mermaid
Mount Carmel
Nail Pond
Nun's Island
Old Harry
Oyster Bed Bridge
Pennies Road
Poodles Corner
Priest Pond
Prince
Savage Harbour
Skinners Pond
Toronto
Uigg
Victoria Cross
Whim Road
Quebec Aachikaayusaakaasich Portage
Asbestos
Beebe Plain
Begin
Bury
Cadillac
Cleveland
Crabtree
Disraeli
Funny Lake
Godmanchester
Grande-Entree
Ha! Ha!, Baie des
Ham North
Ham South
Hope Town
Jesus Ile
Magpie
Mayo
Nitro
Nun's Island
Old Harry
Otter
Parent
Pointe-Comfort
Pontiac
Plaines of Abraham
Price
Puppy Lake
****agoo Lake
Saint Noel
Shigawake
Sillery
Vimy Ridge
Yarm
Zaza Lake
Zero Lake
Ziggy Lake
Zip Lake
Saskatchewan Amsterdam
Amulet
Aneroid
Antelope
Baldwinton
Big Beaver
Biggar
Blumenheim
B-Say-Tah
Buffalo Narrows
Cadillac
Candle Lake
Carrot River
Ceylon
Chicken
Choiceland
Climax
Congress
Conquest
Cut Knife
Druid
Earl Grey
Ebenezer
Edelman Lake
Elbow
Endeavour
Eyebrow
Foam Lake
Frontier
Grandmother's Bay
Grizzly Bear's Head & The Lean Man
Hague
Hitchcock
Holdfast
Hoosier
Imperial
Jackfish Lake
Knee Lake
Leader
Liberty
Limerick
Lipton
Little Bone
Loon Lake
Love
Lucky Lake
Lucky Man
Major
Milestone
Moose Jaw
Mozart
Nut Mountain **
Old Wives Lake
Onion Lake
Outlook
Oxbow
Pennant
Piapot
Plenty
Poor Man
Porcupine Plain
Quill Lake
Reserve
Revenue
Reward
Sanctuary
Semans
Smuts
Snipe Lake
Spy Hill
Stockholm
Swift Current
Uranium City
Uren
Xena
Yellow Grass
Zip Lake
Yukon Territories Avalanche Peak
Baldy Mountain **
Big Salmon
Champagne
Destruction Bay
False Canyon
Flat Top
Good Neighbour Peak
Hungry Lake
Hunker Creek
Ice Chest Mountain **
Midnight Dome
Money Creek
Mount Cockfield
Nogold Creek
Rough Top
Snafu Creek
Snag
Starvation Mountain **
Tombstone Mountain **
Welcome Mountain

** This is the name of a mountain - NOT a town.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Famous Canadians
Famous Canadians A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Adams, Bryan
Musician - "Cuts Like a Knife", "Everything I Do, I Do It For You"
Aitken, William Maxwell (1910 - 1985)
Publisher, Politician - Newspaper magnate, 1st Baron of Beaverbrook
Allen, John F
Physicist - Co-Discoverer of Superfluidity
Altman, Sidney (1939 - )
Biochemist - 1989 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Anderson, Pamela
Actress - "Baywatch", "Barb Wire"
Anka, Paul
Musician - "Diana", "My Way", "The Tonight Show Theme"
April Wine
Band - "You Could Have Been A Lady", "Bad Side Of The Moon"
Arcand, Denys
Director - "The Decline of the American Empire", "Jesus of Montreal", "Love and Human Remains"
Arden, Jann
Musician - "Living Under June"
Atwood, Margaret (1939 - )
Author - "The Handmaid's Tale", "Bodily Harm", "The Robber Bride"
Aykroyd, Dan
Comedian, Actor - "Saturday Night Live", "The Blues Brothers"
B
Bachman-Turner-Overdrive
Band - "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Bain, Conrad
Actor - "Diff'rent Strokes", "Maude"
Bairstow, Scott
Actor - "Lonesome Dove - The Series"
Banting, Frederick (1891 - 1941)
Physiologist - 1923 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine, Co-Discoverer of Insulin
Bantock, Nick
Author, Illustrator - "Griffin & Sabine"
Barenaked Ladies
Band - "If I Had $1,000,000", "Be My Yoko Ono"
Barker, William
Aviator - World War I Fighter Pilot, Took on 60 Enemy Planes at Once
Bateman, Robert
Painter -
Bellow, Saul (1915 - )
Author, Nobel laureate - "The Adventures of Augie March", "Humbolt's Gift"
Bennett, Nigel
Actor - "Forever Knight"
Berton, Pierre
Author - "Klondike", "The National Dream", "The Last Spike"
Bethune, Norman (1899 - 1939)
Doctor - Hero of the Chinese Revolution, Biographical Film "Bethune"
Bishop, Billy
Aviator - World War I Fighter Pilot, Shot Down 72 Enemy Planes
Black, Conrad (1944 - )
Publisher - Owns papers world wide, including London's Daily Telegraph
Blanchard, Rachel
Actress - "Clueless"
Bluteau, Lothaire
Actor - "Jesus of Montreal", "Black Robe"
Bochner, Lloyd
Actor - "Dynasty", "Naked Gun 2 1/2 - The Smell of Fear"
Bombardier, Joseph-Armand
Engineer, Businessman - Inventor of the Ski-doo
Bondar, Roberta
Astronaut -
Borduas, Paul-Emile
Painter, Author - "Refus Global"
Brockhouse, Bertram
Physiologist - 1994 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Bronfman Family
Business Dynasty - Owners of the Seagram Co and Universal Studios
Brown, Blair
Actress - Title role in "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd", "The Choirboys"
Brown, Roy
Aviator - World War I Fighter Pilot, Shot Down the Red Baron
Browning, Kurt
Champion Figure Skater -
Bujold, Genevieve
Actress - "Anne of a Thousand Days" (AAN), "Dead Ringers", "Coma"
Burr, Raymond (1917 - 1993)
Actor - "Perry Mason", "Ironside"
Burroughs, Jackie
Actress - "The Grey Fox", "John and the Missus", "Anne of Green Gables"
C
Cameron, James (1954 - )
Director - "True Lies", "The Terminator", "Aliens", "Titanic"
Cameron, Rod
Actor -
Campbell, Neve
Actress - "Party of Five"
Campeau, Robert
Financier - Former owner of Bloomingdales
Candy, John (1950 - 1994)
Comedian, Actor - "SCTV"
Cardinal, Tantoo
Actress - "Black Robe", "Dances with Wolves", "Legends of the Fall"
Cariou, Len
Actor - "A Little Night Music"
Carmichael, Frank
Painter -
Carr, Emily (1871 - 1945)
Painter -
Carrey, Jim (1962 - )
Comedian, Actor - "The Mask", "Ace Ventura - Pet Detective", "The Truman Show"
Carrier, Roch
Author - "La Guerre, Yes Sir!"
Carson, Jack
Actor - "Mildred Pierce", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Cattrall, Kim
Actress - "Star Trek VI"
Charlebois, Robert
Musician -
Chaykin, Maury
Actor - "Dances with Wolves", "Whale Music", "Buried on Sunday"
Chong, Thomas
Comedian, Actor - Half of Cheech and Chong
Clark, Susan
Actress - "Webster", "Amelia Earhart", "Babe"
Coates, Kim
Actor -
Cockburn, Bruce
Musician - "Wondering Where the Lions Are", "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"
Cohen, Leonard (1934 - )
Author, Musician - "Suzanne", "Beautiful Losers"
Colantoni, Enrico
Actor -
Cole, Holly
Singer - The Holly Cole Trio
Colicos, John
Actor - "Anne of a Thousand Days", "The Postman Always Rings Twice", played the first Klingon on "Star Trek", "Battlestar Galactica"
Colville, Alex
Painter -
Cooke, Jack Kent
Owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Daily News -
Coupland, Douglas
Author - "Generation X", "Microserfs"
Crewson, Wendy
Actress - "Getting Married in Buffalo Jump", "The Doctor"
Cronenberg, David (1943 - )
Director, Writer - "The Fly", "Dead Ringers", "Naked Lunch", "Madam Butterfly"
Cronyn, Hume (1911 - )
Actor - "Shadow of a Doubt", "Sunrise at Campobello", "Cocoon"
Cunard, Sir Samuel (1787 - 1865)
Businessman - Founder of the Cunard Shipping Line
Czerny, Henry
Actor - "The Ice Storm", "When Night is Falling"

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D
Davies, Geraint Wyn
Actor - "Forever Knight"
Davies, Robertson (1913 - 1995)
Author - "Fifth Business", "Rebel Angels", "The Cunning Man"
Davis, William B
Actor - "X-Files"
De Carlo, Yvonne (1922 - )
Actress - "The Munsters", "Salome, Where She Danced"
Dewhurst, Colleen (1926 - 1991)
Actress - "Anne of Green Gables", "Murphy Brown", "Annie Hall"
Dion, Celine
Singer - "Beauty and the Beast"
Dionne Quintuplets (1934 - )
Quintuplets - First Quintuplets Known to Have Survived Infancy, Appeared in Three Films
Dmytryk, Edward
Director - "Crossfire" (AAN), "The Sniper", "The Caine Munity", "Murder, My Sweet"
Doohan, James
Actor - Scotty on "Star Trek"
Douglas, Shirley
Actress - "Lolita", "The Wars", "Wind at my Back"
Dressler, Marie (1869 - 1934)
Actress, Comedienne - "Tillie's Punctured Romance", "Anna Christie", "Min and Bill" (AA), "Dinner at Eight"
Dunning, George
Animator, Director - "Yellow Submarine"
Dupuis, Roy
Actor - "Jesus of Montreal"
Durbin, Deanna (1921 - )
Actress - "Three Smart Girls", "That Certain Age"
E
Eaton, Cyrus (1868 - 1953)
Industrialist - Co-Founder of the Pugwash Conferences
Egoyan, Atom
Director - "Exotica", "The Adjuster", "The Sweet Hereafter"
Elliott, David James
Actor - "Melrose Place", "JAG"
Evangelista, Linda
Super Model
F
Ferguson, Maynard
Jazz Trumpeter - "Gonna Fly Now", Theme from Rocky
Findley, Timothy
Author - "Not Wanted on the Voyage", "The Wars"
Fleming, Sanford
Engineer - Inventor of standard time zones
Foley, David
Comedian, Actor - "Kids in the Hall", "News Radio"
Follows, Megan
Actress - "Anne of Green Gables"
Ford, Glenn
Actor - "Gilda", "The Big Heat", "The Blackboard Jungle"
Fox, Michael J (1961 - )
Actor - "Back to the Future", "Family Ties"
Fraser, Brendan
Actor - "Gods and Monsters", "The Mummy"
Frewer, Matt
Actor - Played "Max Headroom", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Star Trek - TNG"
Frid, Jonathan
Actor - "Dark Shadows"
G
Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908 - )
Economist, Author -
Garber, Victor
Actor - Mostly on Broadway, "Titanic"
Garneau, Marc
Astronaut -
George, Chief Dan
Actor - "Little Big Man" (AAN), "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
Giauque, William Francis (1895 - 1982)
Chemist - 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Gibson, William
Author - "Neuromancer", "Johnny Mnemonic"
Goodyear, Scott
Indy Car driver -
Gosling, James
Programmer - Inventor of Java
Gould, Glenn (1932 - 1982)
Classical Pianist - "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould"
Goulet, Robert (1933 - )
Singer, Actor - "Naked Gun 2 1/2, The Smell of Fear"
Green, Lynda Mason
Actress -
Greene, Graham
Actor - "Dances with Wolves" (AAN)
Greene, Lorne
Actor - Played Ben Cartwright on "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica"
Greenwood, Bruce
Actor - "Exotica", "St. Elsewhere", "Nowhere Man"
Gretzky, Wayne (1961 - )
Hockey player - Highest scorer in history
Griffiths, Linda
Actress, Writer - "Maggie and Pierre", "Reno and the Doc"
Gross, Paul
Actor - "Due South", "Buried on Sunday"

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H
Hadfield, Chris
Astronaut -
Hall, Monty (1924 - )
Game Show Host - "Let's Make A Deal"
Hanlan, Ned
Champion Rower - Played by Nicholas Cage in "The Boy in Blue"
Harris, Lawren
Painter -
Harron, Don
Actor, Comedian, Author - AKA Charlie Farquharson, "Hee Haw"
Hart, Corey
Musician - "Sunglasses at Night"
Hartman, Phil
Actor, Comedian - "Saturday Night Live", "News Radio"
Healey, Jeff
Musician - "Angel Eyes", "Confidence Man", Fan Page
Hébert, Anne
Author - "Kamouraska", "Héloise"
Hennessy, Jillian (1968 - )
Actress - "Law and Order"
Henning, Doug (1947 - 2000)
Magician -
Henstridge, Natasha
Actress - "Species" Biography
Hill, Arthur
Actor - "The Andromeda Strain", "A Bridge Too Far"
Hill, James J (1838 - 1916)
Businessman - Builder of the Great Northern Railroad
Hiller, Arthur
Director - "The Americanization of Emily", "Love Story"
Howe, Gordie
Hockey player - Second highest scorer in history
Hubel, David (1926 - )
Neurophysiologist - 1981 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
Huston, Walter
Actor - "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (AA), "Dodsworth", "The Devil and Daniel Webster", Father of John Huston
Hyslop, Jeff
Actor - "The Wars"
I
Ireland, John
Actor - "All the King's Men", "Spartacus"
Ironside, Michael
Actor - "Scanners", "Top Gun", "Total Recall"
Ito, Robert
Actor - "Quincy"
J
Jackson, A.Y.
Painter -
Jackson, Joshua
Actor - "Dawson's Creek"
Jackson, Tom
Actor, Musician - "North of 60", "The Diviners"
Jacobi, Lou
Actor - "Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex", "I.Q."
Jenkins, Ferguson
Baseball player - Hall of Fame pitcher
Jennings, Peter
Journalist - "ABC World News Tonight"
Jewison, Norman
Director - "Fiddler on the Roof", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Agnes of God", "The Cincinnati Kid"
Johansson, Paul
Actor - "Lonesome Dove", "Beverley Hills 90210"
Johnston, Frank H.
Painter -
Jutra, Claude
Director - "Mon Oncle Antoine"
K
Karsh, Yousuf (1908 - )
Photographer -
Keeler, Ruby
Singer, Tap Dancer, Actress - "42nd Street", "Dames", married Al Jolson
Kent, Arthur
Journalist - The "SCUD stud" of the Gulf War
Kidder, Margot
Actress - Lois Lane in "Superman"
Kinsella, W.P.
Author - "Shoeless Joe", filmed as "Field of Dreams"
Kirshner, Mia
Actress - "Exotica", "Love and Human Remains", "Mad City", 'Anna Karenina"
Kotcheff, Ted
Director - "Weekend at Bernie's", "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", "Joshua Then and Now", "Fun with Dick and Jane"
Krall, Diana
Jazz -
Kreviazuk, Chantal
Musician - "Under These Rocks and Stones"
Kuzyk, Mimi
Actress - "Hill Street Blues" and "LA Law"
L
Lafleur, Guy
Hockey player -
Lang, K.D.
Musician - "Absolute Torch and Twang", "Ingenue"
Lanois, Daniel
Producer, Musician - "Acadie", Also Produced U2 and Bob Dylan
Laure, Carole
Actress - "Get Out Your Hankerchiefs", "La Tête de Normande St-Onge"
Laurence, Margaret (1926 - 1987)
Author - "The Diviners", "The Stone Angel"
Le Cirque du Soleil
Avant Garde Circus -
Lemieux, Mario (1965 - )
Hockey player - Scoring champion for four years
Lepage, Robert
Theatre and Film Director - "Le Confessional"
Levy, Eugene
Comedian, Actor - "SCTV"
Lightfoot, Gordon
Musician - "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind"
Lillie, Beatrice (1898 - 1989)
Actress - "Exit Smiling", "On Approval", "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Linkletter, Art (1912 - )
Radio Broadcaster, TV Personality - Hosted "The Art Linkletter Show", "Inside Beverly Hills"
Little, Rich
Impressionist -
Lockhart, Gene
Actor - "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", "The Devil and Daniel Webster", "His Girl Friday", "Algiers" (AAN)
Lombardo, Guy (1902 - 1977)
Musician, Band Leader -

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M
MacDonald, James
Painter -
MacDonald, Norm
Comedian, Actor - "Saturday Night Live"
MacIsaac, Ashley
Musician - "Hi, How Are You Today?"
MacLean, Steven
Astronaut -
MacNeil, Robert (1931 - )
Journalist, Author - "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour", "The Story of English", "Wordstruck"
Maillet, Antonine (1929 - )
Author - "Pelagie-la-Charrette", "La Sagouine"
Mandel, Howie
Comedian, Actor - "St. Elsewhere"
Manners, David
Actor, Author - "Dracula" (1930), "The Mummy"
Marcus, Rudolph (1923 - )
Physical Chemist - 1992 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemisty
Martin, Andrea
Comedienne, Actress - "SCTV", "Star Trek - DS9"
Massey, Raymond (1896 - 1983)
Actor - "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"(AAN), "East of Eden", "The Naked and the Dead"
Maxwell, Lois
Actress - Played Moneypenny in the James Bond movies, starting with "Dr. No"
McCarthy, Sheila
Actress - "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing", "Die Hard 2", "Beautiful Dreamers"
McCormack, Eric
Actor - "Will & Grace", "Street Justice"
McCrae, John
Poet, Physician - "In Flanders Fields"
McCulloch, Bruce
Comedian - "Kids in the Hall"
McDonald, Bruce
Director, Writer - "Roadkill", "Highway 61", "Dance Me Outside"
McDonald, Kevin
Comedian - "Kids in the Hall"
McGarrigle, Kate and Anna
Musicians - "Heart Like a Wheel", "Heartbeats Accelerating"
McKay, Michael
Astronaut -
McKellar, Don
Actor, Writer - "Roadkill", "The Red Violin", "Last Night", "Twitch City"
McKennitt, Loreena
Musician - "The Mask and Mirror", "The Book Of Secrets"
McKinney, Mark
Comedian - "Kids in the Hall", "Saturday Night Live"
McLachlan, Sarah (1968 - )
Musician - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
McLaren, Norman
Animator - Noted for drawing directly on film, "Pas de Deux"
McLerie, Allyn
Actress, Singer, Dancer - "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd"
McLuhan, Marshall (1911 - 1980)
Media Theorist, Author - "The Medium is the Message", appeared in "Annie Hall"
Michaels, Lorne
Producer, Writer - "Saturday Night Live"
Mitchell, Joni (1943 - )
Musician - "Raised on Robbery", "Help Me", "Free Man in Paris"
Mitchell, W. O.
Author - "Who Has Seen the Wind", "Jake and the Kid"
Montgomery, Belinda J
Actress - "The Man From Atlantis", "Doogie Howser MD"
Montgomery, Lucy Maude
Author - "Anne of Green Gables"
Moranis, Rick
Comedian, Actor - "SCTV", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
Morgenstern, Stephanie
Actress, Film-maker - "The Sweet Hereafter", "P.T. Barnum", Biography
Morissette, Alanis
Musician - "You Oughta Know", "Jagged Little Pill"
Morrison, Kieth
Journalist - NBC "Dateline"
Morse, Barry
Actor - "The Fugitive" (the original series), "Space 1999"
Mowat, Farley
Author - "Never Cry Wolf"
Moyle, Allan
Director, Writer - "Pump Up the Volume"
Munro, Alice (1931 - )
Author - Short-stories often featured in The New Yorker
Murray, Anne
Musician - "Snowbird", "You Needed Me"
Myers, Mike (1963 - )
Comedian, Actor - Wayne Campbell on "Saturday Night Live", Austin Powers
N
Nagurski, Bronko (1908 - 1990)
Football player - Charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Naismith, James (1861 - 1939)
Physical education teacher - Inventor of basketball
Nelligan, Kate
Actress - "The Prince of Tides" (AAN), "Fatal Instinct"
Neville, John
Actor - "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
Nielsen, Leslie (1926 - )
Actor - "The Naked Gun", "Forbidden Planet", ** Brother was Deputy Prime Minister
O
Oh, Sandra
Actress - "Double Happiness", "The Red Violin", "Last Night"
O'Hara, Catherine
Actress - "SCTV" "Beetlejuice", "Home Alone"
Ontkean, Michael
Actor - "The Rookies", "Twin Peaks"
Orr, Bobby
Hockey player - Named best defenseman eight consecutive years
Osler, Sir William (1894 - 1919)
Physician - "Most influential Physician in History"
P
Parker, Cecilia
Actress - Played Andy Hardy's Sister
Parker, Jon Kimura
Classical Concert Pianist -
Parker, Molly
Actress - "Kissed", "Twitch City", "Sunshine"
Payette, Julie
Astronaut -
Pearson, Lester B (1897 - 1972)
Politician - Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Perry, Matthew (1969 - )
Actor - "Friends"
Peterson, Oscar (1925 - )
Jazz Pianist -
Petrie, Daniel
Director - "A Raisin in the Sun", "The Bay Boy"
Pickford, Mary (1893 - 1979)
Actress - "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "Coquette" (AA), known as "America's Sweetheart"
Pidgeon, Walter
Actor - "How Green Was My Valley", "Forbidden Planet"
Pinsent, Gordon
Actor, Writer - "The Rowdy Man", "Who has Seen the Wind?", "John and the Missus", "Due South"
Plamondon, Luc
Composer - "Starmania"
Plummer, Christopher
Actor - "The Sound of Music", "Star Trek VI"
Polanyi, John
1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry -
Polley, Sarah
Actress - "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", "Exotica"
Potter, Chris
Actor - "Kung Fu - The Legend Continues"
Priestley, Jason
Actor - "Beverly Hills 90210"

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Q
Qualen, John
Actor - "Casablanca", "The Devil and Daniel Webster", "The Searchers", "Anatomy of a Murder"
R
Reeves, Keanu (1964 - )
Actor - "Johnny Mnemonic", "Speed", "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"
Regehr, Duncan
Actor - "Zorro", "The Legend of Errol Flynn"
Reichman Brothers
Real Estate Developers - Started the Disastrous Canary Wharf Project in London
Reid, Kate
Actress - "Dallas", "Bye Bye Blues", "The Andromeda Strain", "A Delicate Balance"
Reitman, Ivan
Director, Producer - "Meatballs", "Stripes", "Ghostbusters"
Rennie, Callum Keith
Actor - "Double Happiness", "Last Night"
Reuben, Gloria
Actress - "ER"
Rhodes, Donnelly
Actor - "Soap", "Danger Bay", "The Young and the Restless"
Richard, Maurice (1921 - 2000)
Hockey player -
Richler, Mordecai (1931 - )
Author - "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", "Joshua Then and Now"
Robertson, Kathleen
Actress - "Beverly Hills 90210"
Robertson, Robbie
Musician - Formerly of The Band, "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", "Storyville"
Rogers, Garnet
Folk Musician -
Rogers, Stan
Folk Musician -
Rough Trade
Band - "All Touch (and No Contact)", "High School Confidential"
Roy, Gabrielle
Author - "Bonheur d'Occasion" (translation published as "The Tin Flute")
Roy, Patrick
Hockey player -
Rozema, Patricia
Director - "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing", "When Night is Falling"
Rubinek, Saul
Actor - "Unforgiven", "The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick", "Star Trek - TNG"
Rush
Band - "The Spirit of Radio", "Tom Sawyer", Newsgroup
Russell, Harold
Actor, Soldier - Received two Academy Awards for role in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Rutherford, Ann
Actress - Played Andy Hardy's Girlfriend
Ryan, Thomas Jay
Actor - "Henry Fool"
S
Safdie, Moshe
Architect - The National Gallery, Habitat
Safer, Morley
Journalist - "60 Minutes"
Sahl, Mort
Comedian, Actor -
Sainte-Marie, Buffy
Musician, Actress - "Universal Soldier", "Summer Boy"
Sarrazin, Michael
Actor - "They Shoot Horses Don't They?", "Joshua Then and Now"
Sawa, Devon
Actor - "Caspar"
Schellenberg, August
Actor - "Free Willy", "Black Robe"
Schnarre, Monika
Actress, Model - "The Bold and the Beautiful"
Scholes, Myron
1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics -
Sennett, Mack (1880 - 1960)
Director, Comedian, Actor, Producer - The Keystone Kops, "Tillie's Punctured Romance"
Shaffer, Paul
Musician - Band leader on "The Late Show with David Letterman"
Shatner, William (1931 - )
Actor - Captain James T. Kirk on "Star Trek"
Shaver, Helen
Actress - "Who has Seen the Wind?", "Desert Hearts"
Shearer, Douglas
Sound recording pioneer - Winner of 13 Oscars
Shearer, Norma
Actress - "The Divorcee" (AA), "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
Shields, Carol
Pulitzer Prize winning Author - "The Stone Diaries"
Short, Martin
Comedian, Actor - "SCTV", "Saturday Night Live", "Clifford"
Shuster, Frank
Comedian - Wayne and Shuster Made the Most Guest Appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Shuster, Joe
Creator of Superman -
Siberry, Jane
Musician - "Mimi on the Beach", "Love is Everything", Biography
Silverheels, Jay
Actor - Tonto on "The Lone Ranger", "Key Largo"
Singer, Marc
Actor - "V", "Beastmaster"
Skinny Puppy
Band - "Addiction", "Stairs and Flowers"
Smart, Elizabeth
Author - "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept"
Smith, Alexis
Actress - "The Constant Nymph", "Rhapsody in Blue", "Of Human Bondage"
Smith, Michael
1993 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry -
Smith, Steve
Comedian, Actor - "The Red Green Show"
Snow, Hank
Musician - "I'm Moving On", "I've Been Everywhere"
Snow, Michael
Painter, Sculptor, Film Maker -
Soles, Paul
Actor - The Original Voice of Spiderman
Steinberg, David
Comedian, Actor, Director - "Designing Women"
Stephenson, Sir William (1896 - 1989)
WWII Spy - Portrayed by David Niven in "A Man Called Intrepid"
Stratas, Teresa
Opera Singer -
Stratton, Dorothy
Actress - Biographical film "Star 80"
Sutherland, Donald (1934 - )
Actor - "M*A*S*H", "Klute", "Ordinary People", "Eye of the Needle", "Bethune"
Sutherland, Kiefer
Actor, Director - "The Bay Boy", "Stand By Me", "A Few Good Men"
T
Taube, Henry (1915 - )
Chemist - 1983 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Taylor, Richard
1990 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics -
The Cowboy Junkies
Band - "The Trinity Session", "Black-Eyed Man"
The Crash Test Dummies
Band - "God Shuffled His Feet", "Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm"
The Guess Who
Band - "American Woman"
The Pursuit of Happiness
Band - "I'm an Adult Now", "Two Girls In One"
The Tragically Hip
Band - "New Orleans is Sinking"
Thicke, Alan
Actor - "Hope and Gloria"
Thirsk, Robert
Astronaut -
Thomas, Dave
Comedian - "SCTV", "Strange Brew", "Grace Under Fire"
Thompson, Scott
Comedian Actor - "Kids in the Hall"
Thomson, Tom (1877 - 1917)
Painter -
Tilly, Jennifer
Actress - "Bullets Over Broadway"
Tilly, Meg
Actress - "The Big Chill", "Agnes of God"
Tracy, Paul
Indy Car driver -
Trebek, Alex
Game Show Host - "Jeopardy"
Tremblay, Michel (1942 - )
Playwright - "Sainte Carmen of the Main"
Tryggvason, Bjarni
Astronaut -
Twain, Shania (1965 - )
Musician - "The Woman In Me"
Tweed, Shannon
Actress - "Falcon Crest"
U
Unger, Deborah
Actress - "Crash", The Hurricane
V
Vannelli, Gino
Musician - "Black Cars Look Better in the Shade"
Varley, Frederick
Painter -
Vernon, John
Actor - "Animal House", "Dirty Harry"
Vickrey, William
1996 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics -
Villeneuve, Gilles
Formula One driver -
Villeneuve, Jacques
Indy Car driver - 1995 Indy 500 winner, 1997 Formula One World Champion
Voisine, Roch
Musician, Actor - "Hélène"
W
Warner, Jack (1892 - 1978)
Studio Executive, Producer - Co-Founder of Warner Brothers
Waxman, Al
Actor - "Cagney and Lacey", "King of Kensington"
Wayne, Johnny
Comedian - Wayne and Shuster Made the Most Guest Appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Welsh, Kenneth
Actor - "Twin Peaks", "Whale Music", "Legends of the Fall"
Wheeler, Anne
Director - "Bye Bye Blues", "The Diviners"
William "Bat" Masterson (1853 - 1921)
Gunfighter, Journalist -
Williams, Daffyd
Astronaut -
Wilson, Tuzo
Geophysicist- Plate Tectonics
Wincott, Jeff
Actor- "Night Heat"
Wincott, Michael
Actor - "The Crow", "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves", "1492 - Conquest of Paradise"
Wiseman, Joseph
Actor - "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", played "Dr. No"
Wray, Fay
Actress - "King Kong"
X
Y
Young, Neil (1945 - )
Musician - "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", "Needle and the Damage Done"

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British and Famous

Famous Brits A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Aspel, Michael
TV presenter
This is Your Life
Aherne, Caroline
Comedian
Mrs Merton
Ant, Adam
Musician
Prince Charming
Austen, Jane
Author

Anderson, Clive
TV presenter, comedian

Andrews, Julie
Actress, musician
The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins
Archer, Lord Jeffery
Politician, author
Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less, Kane and Abel
B
Beckham, David
Footballer
Star player at Manchester United
Boudeca, Queen
Chief of the Iceni Tribe
Led a revolt against Roman rule
Bowles, Camilla Parker
Lady in Waiting
Partner of Prince Charles
Blair, Cherie
Barrister
Wife of British Prime Minister
Baker, Cheryl
Singer
Eurovision song contest winner with Bucks Fizz
Burgh, Chris De
Singer

Black, Cilla
Singer, TV personality
Blind Date
Bowie, David
Musician, actor
The Never Ending Story
Bogarde, Dirk
Actor

Bligh, Captain William
Sailor
Mutiny on the Bounty fame, navigated 4,000 miles in an open boat after the mutiny
Blyton, Enid
Author
The Famous Five
Best, George
Footballer
Former Northern Irish international
Bisset, Jacqueline
Actress

Bowen, Jim
TV presenter, comedian
Bullseye
Baird, John Logie
Inventor
Television
Bolan, Marc
Musician

Bygraves, Max
Singer

Becket, Sir Thomas
Archbishop
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint
Bragg, Lord Melvyn
Broadcaster
The South Bank Show
Berry, Nick
Actor, singer
Heartbeat, Eastenders
Benn, Nigel
Boxer
The Dark Destroyer
Brosnan, Pierce
Actor
James Bond
Burton, Richard
Actor
Cleopatra
Barker, Ronnie
Comedian
The Two Ronnies
Bean, Sean
Actor
Sharpe, When Saturday Comes, Bravo Two Zero
Bassey, Shirley
Singer

Bon, Simon Le
Singer
Duran Duran
Blair, Tony
Politician
British Prime Minister 1997 -
Bruce, Robert the
Scottish King
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
Bronte, Charlotte
Author

Burns, Robert
Author
Famous Scottish writer
Brunell, Isambard Kingdom
Engineer
Built railways and bridges
C
Crabtree, Shirley
Wrestler
Big Daddy
Campbell, Donald
Adventurer
Held the land and water speed records
Connolly, Billy
Comedian, actor

Christie, Dame Agatha
Author
Crime Fiction
Cartland, Dame Barbara
Author
Romantic fiction
Clapton, Eric
Musician
Layla
Capes, Geoff
Athlete
Former Shot Put champion and World's Strongest Man
Cole, George
Actor
Minder, The Belles of St. Trinians
Charles, HRH Prince
Royal
Heir to the British throne
Cooper, Jilly
Author
Polo
Collins, Joan
Actress
Dynasty
Cook, James
Explorer and great navigator
Discovered Australia, New Zealand, and many other pacific islands
Cleese, John
Actor, comedian
Monty Python
Clary, Julian
Comedian, TV personality

Carroll, Lewis
Author
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Clifford, Max
Publicist

Crawford, Michael
Actor, singer, comedian
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Phantom of the Opera
Coltrane, Robbie
Actor, comedian
Cracker, Nuns on the Run
Cook, Robin
Politician
British Foreign Secretary 1997 -
Corbett, Ronnie
Comedian, actor
The Two Ronnies, Sorry
Connery, Sean
Actor
Former James Bond, The Rock, The Avengers, Entrapment
Caine, Sir Michael
Actor
Alfie, Get Carter, The Italian Job
Churchill, Sir Winston
Politician
Led Britain through World War Two
Cooper, Tommy
Comedian

D
Davis, Steve
Snooker Player
Former World Champion
Deayton, Angus
TV presenter
Have I Got News For You
Derby, Abraham
Steel
Developed steel making
Dobson, Anita
Actress
Eastenders
Dyson, James
Inventor
Developed the bag-free vacuum cleaner
Davro, Bobby
Comedian

Dickens, Charles
Author
Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
Dean, Christopher
Ice Skater
Former Olympic ice dance champion
Dors, Diana
Actress

Davidson, Jim
Comedian
The Generation Game
Dawson, Les
Comedian

Dennis, Les
Comedian

Davenport, Nigel
Actor

Diana, Princess of Wales
Royal
Icon of the 20th century
Dahl, Roald
Author
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach
Daltrey, Roger
Musician
Lead singer The Who
Dahl, Sophie
Model
Granddaughter of Roald Dahl
Drake, Sir Francis
Sailor
Defeated the Spanish Armada
Doonican, Val
Singer
Usually
E
Elton, Ben
Comedian, writer
Wrote Blackadder
Ecclestone, Bernie
Formula One Racing

Elizabeth I, Queen
Royal
The virgin queen, defeated the Spanish Armada
Elizabeth II, Queen
Royal
Current head of the commonwealth
Evans, Chris
DJ, TV presenter
TFI Friday
Essex, David
Singer

Emery, Dick
Comedian

Edwards, Eddie
Athlete
Olympic ski jumper, nickname Eddie the Eagle
Everett, Kenny
DJ, comedian

Edmonds, Noel
DJ, TV presenter
Created Mr Blobby
Easton, Sheena
Singer

F
Faith, Adam
Actor, singer

Ferry, Bryan
Musician

Ferguson, Sir Alex
Football Manager
Has led Manchester United to great success in England
Ford, Anna
TV presenter

Forsyth, Bruce
Comedian, TV presenter
The Generation Game
Fogarty, Carl
Motorcyclist
Former motorcycling world champion
French, Dawn
Comedian, actress
French and Saunders, Vicar of Dibley
Forester, C.S.
Author
Hornblower novels
Freud, Emma
TV presenter

Fleming, Ian
Author
Wrote the James Bond novels
Finnigan, Judy
Day-time TV presenter

Faraday, Michael
Inventor
Pioneering work with electricity
Fleetwood, Mick
Musician
Fleetwood Mac
Fiennes, Ralph
Actor
The English Patient
Fox, Samantha
Model
Page 3 of the Sun fame
Frost, Sir David
Broadcaster

Fiennes, Sir Ranulph
Explorer

Fry, Stephen
Comedian, actor
Fry and Laurie, Blackadder, Orson Welles
Feltz, Vanessa
TV personality

G
George, Boy
Singer
Lead singer of Culture Club
Green, Robson
Actor
Soldier Soldier
Graham Bell, Alexander
Inventor
Telephone
Grant, Russell
Astrologist

Giggs, Ryan
Footballer
Manchester United winger
Guinness, Sir Alec
Actor
Star Wars, Bridge Over the River Kwai
Geldof, Sir Bob
Singer
Lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, organiser of the Live Aid concerts
Griffiths, Terry
Snooker
Former World Snooker Champion
H
Hill, Benny
Comedian
The Benny Hill Show, The Italian Job
Hoskins, Bob
Actor
Mona Lisa, The Long Good Friday
Hill, Damon
Formula One Driver
Former Formula One World Driving Champion
Harry, Deborah
Singer
Lead singer of Blondie
Holmes, Eamonn
TV Presenter

Humperdinck, Englebert
Singer

Howard, Frankie
Comedian, actor
Up Pompei, Carry On films
Hunniford, Gloria
TV presenter

Hill, Graham
Formula One Driver
Former Formula One World Driving Champion
Hill, Harry
Comedian

Hunt, James
Formula One Driver

Henry, Lenny
Comedian, actor
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Hurley, Liz
Actress

Henry VIII, King
Royal
Established the Church of England
Henry V, King
Royal
Defeated the French at Agincourt
Hucknall, Mick
Singer
Lead singer in Simply Red
Harry, Prince
Royal
Son of Prince Charles
Hattersley, Roy
Politician

Hitchcock, Sir Alfred
Film Director
Psycho, The Birds
Hope, Sir Bob
Comedian, actor
English born American, Road to films
Howe, Sir Geoffery
Politician

Harrison, George
Musician
The Beatles
Harrison, Sir Rex
Actor
Dr Doolittle, My Fair Lady
Hendry, Stephen
Snooker
Former World Snooker Champion
Hood, Robin
Outlaw
Legendary outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
Hopkins, Sir Anthony
Actor
Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal
Henman, Tim
Tennis
Leading British tennis player
Hancock, Tony
Comedian
Hancock's Half Hour
I
Izzard, Eddie
Comedian

Irons, Jeremy
Actor

J
Jason, David
Actor
Only Fools and Horses, Pop Larkin
Jackson, Glenda
Actress, politician

Jagger, Mick
Singer
Lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Janus, Samantha
Actress

John, Sir Elton
Singer,songwriter
Candle in the Wind, Rocket Man
John, Little
Outlaw
Legendary outlaw and right hand man to Robin Hood
Jones, Dave
Musician
The Monkees
Jones, Tom
Singer
Sex Bomb, Delilah
K
Kingsley, Ben
Actor
Gandhi
Keating, Caron
TV Presenter

Kemp, Gary
Musician, actor
Member of Spandau Ballet, The Krays
Kemp, Martin
Musician, actor
Member of Spandau Ballet, The Krays
Knopfler, Mark
Musician

Kensit, Patsy
Actress

Kipling, Rudyard
Writer
The Jungle Book
L
Lennox, Annie
Singer, songwriter
Lead singer The Eurythmics
Lee, Christopher
Actor
Hammer House horror films, Dracula
Lawrence, D.H.
Writer

Lineker, Gary
TV presenter
Match of the Day, former star striker for English football team
Lynn, Dame Vera
Singer
War-time songs, We'll Meet Again
Lynam, Desmond
TV Presenter

Lawrie, Hugh
Comedian
Jeeves and Wooster
Lumley, Joanna
Actress
Absolutely Fabulous, The Avengers
Lennon, John
Musician
Former member of the Beatles, solo artist, Imagine
Lulu
Singer
Shout
Lloyd Webber, Sir Andrew
Writer, producer
West end show productions, Phantom of the Opera, The Beautiful Game
Laurel, Stan
Comedian, actor
Laurel and Hardy
Lawrence, T. E.
Writer

M
Milne, A.A.
Writer

Moyet, Alison
Singer

Manning, Bernard
Comedian
Renowned for his dirty and racist jokes
Monkhouse, Bob
Comedian, actor

Merryfield, Buster
Actor
Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses
Moore, Dudley
Comedian, Musician, actor
Arthur, 10
Morecambe, Eric
Comedian
Morecambe and Wise
Mercury, Freddie
Musician
Lead singer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions
Mabbutt, Gary
Footballer
Overcame diabetes to play Football for Spurs and England
Michael, George
Musician
Lead singer Wham, solo artist
Mason, James
Actor
General Rommel in The Desert Rats
Major, John
Politician
Former British Prime Minister
Messenger, Melinda
Model
Page 3 of the Sun
Morrissey, Neil
Actor
Men Behaving Badly
Moore, Patrick
Astronomer, TV presenter
The Sky at Night has been running for over 40 years
Merton, Paul
Comedian
Have I Got News For You
Mandelson, Peter
Politician

Mother, Queen
Royal
Mother of Queen Elizabeth II
Madeley, Richard
TV presenter
Day-time TV presenter
Maxwell, Robert
Publisher, thief
Was proprietor of Daily Mirror, stole his employee's pensions
Montgomery, Bernard
Soldier
Led the Desert Rats during WWII
Moore, Roger
Actor
Former James Bond, The Saint
Mills, Sir John
Actor
In Which We Serve
McCartney, Sir Paul
Musician
Former member of the Beatles, solo artist
Milligan, Spike
Comedian, actor

McFadden, Steve
Actor
Phil in Eastenders
Mitchell, Warren
Comedian, actor
Till Death Do Us Part
N
Numan, Gary
Singer

Nail, Jimmy
Singer, actor
Crocodile Shoes
Neeson, Liam
Actor
Michael Collins, Schlinder's List, Rob Roy, The Phantom Menace
Nightingale, Florence
Nurse
Nursed soldiers during the Crimean War
Newman, Nanette
Actress

Nelson, Horatio
Sailor
Most famous member of the Royal Navy, Trafalgar, The Nile
Newton, Sir Issac
Physicist
Ground breaking work in developing his theory of gravity
O
O'Connor, Des
Comedian

Oldman, Gary
Singer

O'Sullivan, Gilbert
Writer, song writer

O'Grady, Paul
Comedian
Lily Savage
O'Toole, Peter
Actor
Superwoman, Lawrence of Arabia
Olivier, Sir Lawrence
Actor
Many stage and film appearances including Henry V
P
Peel, Robert
Police force
Developed first organised police force
Parker Bowles, Camilla
Lady in Waiting
Partner of Prince Charles
Plummer, Christopher
Actor
The Sound of Music
Pleasance, Donald
Actor
The Great Escape
Palin, Michael
Comedian, actor
Original member of Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda
Phoenix, Pat
Actress
Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street
Q
Quentin, Caroline
Actress, comedian
Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek
R
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Adventurer
Brought the potato to England
Rickman, Alan
Actor
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rice, Anneka
TV presenter

Rayner, Claire
Agony aunt

Rigg, Dame Diana
Actress
The Avengers
Rhodes, Gary , Chef
TV celebrity chef

Rausing, Hans
Industrialist
Britain's richest man
Ross, Jonathon
Comedian
They Think It's All Over
Reed, Oliver
Actor
Oliver, The Three Musketeers, Gladiator
Reardon, Ray
Snooker
Former World Snooker Champion
Rushdie, Salman
Writer
The Satanic Verses
Ritchie, Shane
Comedian

Richard, Sir Cliff
Singer
The Young Ones, Wuthering Heights
Redgrave, Sir Michael
Actor
The Dambusters
Rice, Sir Tim
Lyricist

Redgrave, Steve
Rower
5 times Olympic Champion between 1984 and 2000
Reeves, Vic
Comedian
Reeves and Mortimer
Richard, Wendy
Actress
Pauline in Eastenders
S
Shearer, Alan
Footballer
Newcastle United and former English football captain
Sayle, Alexei
Comedian
The Young Ones
Stardust, Alvin
Singer

Smillie, Carol
TV presenter
Changing Rooms
Sykes, Eric
Comedian

Skinner, Frank
Comedian
Fantasy Football, Badiel and Skinner Unplanned
Starr, Freddie
Comedian

Seymour, Jane
Actress
Former Bond girl
Sayer, Leo
Singer

Sellers, Peter
Actor, comedian
The Pink Panther films, Ealing comedies
Stringfellow, Peter
Nightclub owner

Scales, Prunella
Actress
Cybil in Faulty Towers
Starr, Ringo
Musician
Former Beatle
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Writer
Scottish author
Stephenson, John
Railways
Developed first public railway
Stephenson, Robert
Inventor
Developed the first railway steam engine
Shakespeare, William
Writer, playwright
Perhaps the most famous English writer of all time
Stewart, Rod
Singer
I Am Sailing
Sade
Singer
Smooth Operator
Shaw, Sandie
Singer
Former winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
Scott, Selina
TV presenter
Former news presenter
Stevens, Shakin
Singer
Green Door
Sinclair, Sir Clive
Inventor
ZX Spectrum, Sinclair C5
Secombe, Sir Harry
Singer

Savile, Sir Jimmy
TV presenter
Jim'll Fix It
Steele, Tommy
Singer, actor
Singing in the Rain
T
Telford, Thomas
Inventor
Developed wrought iron
Thatcher, Margaret
Politician
First female British Prime Minister
Turner, Anthea
TV presenter

Tyler, Bonnie
Singer
Brown Eyes
Tarrant, Chris
DJ, TV presenter
Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Tarrant on TV
Thompson, Emma
Actress
Former wife of Kenneth Brannagh, Sense and Sensibility, Howard's End
Taylforth, Gillian
Actress
Formerly with Eastenders
Tarbuck, Jimmy
Comedian

Taylor, Dennis
Snooker
Former Snooker World Champion
U
Ustinov, Sir Peter
Actor, director
Poirot films
V
Vorderman, Carol
TV presenter
Countdown
W
Warhol, Andy
Writer

Watt, James
Inventor
Developed the steam engine
Windsor, Barbara
Actress
Eastenders, Carry On films
Wren, Sir Christopher
Architect
Designed St Paul's Cathedral
Wyman, Bill
Musician
Member of the Rolling Stones
Wells, H.G.
Writer
The Time Machine
Walters, Julie
Actress
Educating Rita
Wallis, Barnes
Inventor
Developed the bouncing bomb used during WWII
Winslet, Kate
Actress
Titanic
Winner, Michael
Food critic, director
The Death Wish films
Wilde, Oscar
Writer

William, Prince
Royal
Son of Prince Charles
Wilson, Richard
Actor
Victor in One Foot in the Grave
Williams, Robbie
Singer
Former member of Take That, solo srtist
Wilson, Sir Harold
Politician
Former British Prime Minister
Wogan, Terry
TV presenter
Wogan, The Eurovision Song Contest
Wordsworth, William
Writer, poet
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Westwood, Vivienne
Designer

X
Y
Yarwood, Mike
Comedian
Impersonator, The Mike Yarwood Show
Z
Zeta Jones, Catherine
Actress
Entrapment, The Mask of Zorro, The Larkins

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A
A row A fight
A rum go A bad experience
Abdabs Terror, the frights, nerves
Abroad Overseas
Absobloodylutely Absolutely
Abysinnia! I'll be seeing you!"
Ackers Money
Anchors Brakes
Ankle biters Babies
Anorak Parka
Arrows Darts
Articulated lorry Semi truck with more than one trailer
Axe A guitar
B
Backhander A bribe
Ballistic Mad with rage
Banged up Put in prison
Bangers Sausage
Barmy, balmy Mad or crazy
Bathing costume Swimsuit
Baton Sandwich on a long roll
Bedfordshire Bed or bedtime
Belt up Shut up
Bender Drinking spree
Biff To hit
Bikkies (short for biscuit) Cookies
Billy no mates A person who appears to have no friends
Bin Trash can
Bird Girl
Biro Ballpoint pen
Biscuit Cookie
Blag To lie or use clever talk
Bleeder An objectionable person
Blighter An insignificant or objectionable person
Bloke Guy
Bob To visit briefly
Bobbie Policeman
Bobs Shillings
Bonnet Hood of car
Boot Trunk
Braces Suspenders
Brilliant Great, terrific
Brolly Umbrella
Bugger! An expression of surprise or anger
Bum Rear end, derriere
Bumbag Fanny pack
Bung Throw out
Bussing Kissing
Butty Sandwich
C
Cabbie Taxi driver
Camp bed Cot
Candy floss Cotton candy
Car park Parking lot
Cardy Cardigan
Cheeky Flippant
Cheers Thanks
Chemist Pharmacy or drugstore
Chippy/Chippie Fish and chip shop
Chips French Fries
Choc ice Chocolate covered ice cream
Choc-a-block, chockers Full to overflowing
Chuffed Very happy, delighted
Ciggie A cigarette
Clingfilm Saran wrap
Coach Bus
Codger An eccentric old man
Cooker Stove, oven
Copper Policeman
Cor Blimey! An exclamation of surprise or anger
Crisps potato chips
Cupa Cup of tea
D
Daft Foolish or stupid
Dead clever Smart
Dipstick Idiot
Dishy Attractive or good looking
Do a runner Leave a crime scene immediately, leave an area quickly.
Don't get your knickers in a twist Don't get upset
Doss Sleep
Dozey mare Female fool
Dual carriageway Divided highway
Dummy Pacifier
Dustbin Trash can
Duvet Comforter
E
Eppy Freak out or go mad
F
Fancy To want something or have a crush on someone
Fanny around To muck about and waste time
Flat Apartment
Football Soccer
Fortnight Two weeks
Free phone A toll free number
Fringe Bangs (hair)
Frock Dress
G
Gander To look at
Gas Petrol
Get stuffed Get lost
Git Idiot
Glove box Glove compartment
Gob Mouth
Gobsmacked Flabergasted, surprised
H
Hapenny Half penny (no longer used)
Have another go To try again
Helter Skelter Children's slide
I
Ice Lolly Popsicle
Indicator Turn signal
J
Jacket potato Baked potato
Jammy Lucky
Jelly Jello Gelatin
Jumper Sweater
K
Keep your pecker up Stay positive, look on the bright side
Knackered Tired
Knees-up Party, normally with dancing
Knickers Underpants
L
Leave off Stop doing that
Lift Elevator
Limey Englishman
Loo The Toilet
Lorry Truck
M
Mac A raincoat
Made redundant Laid off, not fired.
Making music in the street for money Busking
Mate Friend
Miffed Fed up
Mitts Hands
Motorway An interstate
Muck about Mess around
Mum Mother
N
Naff Uncool
Nappies Diapers
Nosh Eat
Not on Inappropriate, wrong
Nugget Pound coin
Nutter Crazy person
O
Off-License Liquor store
On the blower On the telephone
On the dole Receiving government assistance
Oy Like the American "Hey,"
P
Page 3 girl A scantilly (or not at all) dressed woman on page three of many newspapers
Peckish Hungry
Pie and Mash Meat pie with mashed potatoes
Pillock A moron
Pinch Steal
Pissed Drunk
Plimsolls Sneakers
Polo neck sweater Turtle neck sweater
Posh Fancy
Post a letter Mail a letter
Potty Crazy
Pram Baby Carriage
Prat Idiot
Prawn Shrimp
Pressie Present
Proper Cupa Cup of tea with cream and sugar
Pub Crawl Bar hopping
Public baths Community swimming pool
Punter The paying public, a customer
Pushpin Thumbtack
Q
Queue (up) To stand in line
Quid One pound sterling
R
Randy Horny
Ring road Circumferential Highway
Ring someone up Call someone on the phone
Roundabout Traffic circle
Rounders Game similar to baseball
Row Argument
Rubber Eraser
Rubbish Garbage or Nonsense
S
Sacked Fired, laid off
Scrounge To beg or sponge off others
Secateurs Gardening shears
Sent to Coventry Being ignored by everyone
Shoving off Leaving
Silencer The muffler
Skank To steal
Skint To have no money, penniless
Skip Dumpster
Skiving off Not working when you should be
Slag Loose woman
Sloshed Drunk
Snog Kiss
Sod An idiot or silly person
Solicitor Lawyer
Spanner Wrench
Spending a penny Using a pay toilet
Spot on Exactly right, you've got it
Squiffy Something has gone wrong
Straight up Genuine
Strimmer String trimmer, weed wacker
Stroppy Hostile, beligerant
Stuffy Puff Fart
Suss someone out Figure someone out
T
Ta Thank you
Take a Kip Take a Nap
Takeaway Take out food
Taking the mick Joking around
Telly Short for television
That's not quite cricket That's not quite fair
The Underground Subway
Tights Pantyhose
Tip Dump, landfill
To let For rent
To nick To steal
Toerag Moron
Toodle pip Goodbye
Torch Flashlight
Trainers Running shoes
Trolley Shopping cart
Trousers Pants
TTFN Ta ta for now
Tube Underground train system
Tube Station Subway Station
Twit Jerk
U
Using your loaf Using your brain
V
Verge Shoulder of road
Vest Undershirt
W
Wally Deli Pickle
Washing-up Doing the dishes
WC (water closet) Bathroom
Wellies or Wellingtons Galoshes
Whimpy Bar Hamburger Restaurant
Whinge Whine
Windscreen Windshield
X
X-directory Unlisted phone number
Y
Z
Zebra crossing Pedestrian crossing
Zonked Totally exhausted

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Here it is - the list of over 500 interesting and unusual town names in the United States, as of 2001:


Alabama Aimwell
Bobo
Burnt Corn
Eclectic
Intercourse
Muck City
Alaska Chicken
Deadhorse
Eek
Lefthand Bay
Nightmute
Unalaska
Arizona Bagdad
Boneyard
Bootlegger Crossing
Bumble Bee
Carefree
Chloride
Floss
Goobertown
Goodyear
Many Farms
Nothing
Show Low
Strong
Surprise
Three Forks
Tuba City
Two Guns
Why
Winkleman
Arkansas Bald Knob
Beaver
Biggers
Blue Eye
Experiment
Fannie
Fifty-Six
Flippin
Gassville
Greasy Corner
Grubbs
Hasty
Hooker
Magazine
Moscow
Nuckles
Okay
Pocahontas
Possum Grape
Romance
Smackover
Strawberry
Toad Suck
Turkey Scratch
Umpire
Weiner
Yellville
California 5 Brooks
Advance
Alliance
Arcade
Aromas
Avocado
Badger
Badwater
Bagdad
Bee Rock
Bend
Bivalve
Blunt
Booneville
Bumblebee
Bummerville
Cabbage Patch
Cactus
Chiquita
Clapper Gap
Confidence
Cool
Cow Creek
Dairyville
Date City
Deadman Crossing
Deadwood
Dixieland
Doghouse Junction
Dogtown
Dunmovin
Eureka
Fair Play
Fallen Leaf
False Klamath
Forks of Salmon
Fort Dick
Freedom
Fruitland
Frying Pan
Gas Point
Globe
Grand
Hallelujah Junction
Hardy
Harmony
Hellhole Palms
Hells Kitchen
Honda
Honeydew
Hooker
Idlewild
Igo
Java
Jupiter
Keg
King Salmon
Klondike
Last Chance
Laws
Little Penny
Mad River
Mormon Bar
Mystic
Nashville
Needles
Ono
Orange
Peanut
Plaster City
Priest
Ragtown
Rainbow
Rancho Cucamonga
Relief
Rescue
Rice
Roads End
Rough and Ready
Sargent
Scarface
Secret Town
Shrub
Siberia
Skidoo
Sky High
Skytop
Soapweed
Soda Springs
Squabbletown
Standish
Steam
Stone
Stovepipe
Strawberry
Sucker Flat
Surf
Surfside
Surprise
Tarzana
Teakettle Junction
Thorn
Timbuctoo
Toadtown
Truths Home
Volcano
Weed
Weedpatch
Wimp
You Bet
Yreka Zzyzx


California Spanish Town Name Translations
Asuncion (Translation = Assumption)
Boca (Translation = Mouth)
Bonita (Translation = Beautiful)
Chico (Translation = Little Boy)
Chula Vista (Translation = Insolent View)
Concepcion (Translation = Conception)
Escondido (Translation = Hidden)
Fortuna (Translation = Fortune)
Hacienda Del Florasol (Translation = Ranch of the Sun Flower)
Los Gatos (Translation = The Cats)
Los Olivos (Translation = The Olive Trees)
Los Osos (Translation = The Bears)
Mariposa (Translation = Butterfly)
Pajaro (Translation = Bird)
Palo Verde (Translation = Green Wood)
Rancho Llano Seco (Translation = Dry Level Farm)
Roblar (Translation = To Rivet)
Salinas (Translation = Salt Mines)
Sandia (Translation = Watermelon)
Soledad (Translation = Solitude)
Tierra del Sol (Translation = Land of Sun)
Tortuga (Translation = Turtle)
Verde (Translation = Green)
Colorado Climax
Dinosaur
Hygiene
Last Chance
No Name
Parachute
Security
Tincup
Yellow Jacket
Connecticut Giants Neck
Mianus
Moodus
Moosup
Delaware Blue Ball
Cocked Hat
Hourglass
Little Heaven
Florida Christmas
Frostproof
Jupiter
Howey-in-the-Hills
Kissimmee
Lorida
Mayo
Niceville
Okahumpka
Panacea
Plant City
Red Head
Sopchoppy
Two Egg
Webster
Weeki Wachee
Weewahitchka
Yeehaw Junction
Yellow Water
Georgia Between
Chickasawhatchee
Climax
Enigma
Cumming
Hopeulikit
Jinks
Santa Claus
Snapfinger
Talking Rock
Hawaii Papa
Idaho Beer Bottle Crossing
Fruitland
Star
Illinois Big Foot Prairie
Fishhook
Grand Detour
Kickapoo
Metropolis
Normal
Oblong
Paw Paw
Roachtown
Sandwich
Wonder Lake
Indiana Acme
Ballstown
Beanblossom
Beehunter
Buddha
Carefree
Fickle
Floyds Knobs
French Lick
Gas City
Gnaw Bone
Loogootee
Munster
Pinhook
Plainvillle
Roachdale
Santa Clause
Spraytown
Steam Corner
Surprise
Toad Hop
Iowa Diagonal
Gravity
Manly
What Cheer
Kansas Admire
Beaver
Buttermilk
Cuba
Denmark
Gas
Holland
Hope
Jetmore
Plainville
Ransom
Rome
Zurich
Kentucky Beaver Lick
Beefhide
Bug
Bugtussle
Busy
Butterfly
Combs
Crummies
Do Stop
Drip Rock
Dwarf
Eighty-eight
Hand Shoe
Hi Hat
Jinks
Jugville
Lick Fork
London
Monkey's Eyebrow
Mousie
Mud Lick
Oddville
Ogle
Ordinary
Oven Fork
Paint Lick
Paris
Possum Trot
Rabbit Hash
Soft Shell
Spring Lick
Typo
Uno
Louisiana Belcher
Bunkie
Convent
Cut-Off
Dry Prong
Eros
Fort Necessity
Goodbee
Grosse Tete
Jigger
Metropolis
Mudville
Tickfaw
Uncle Sam
Waterproof
Zylks

Maine Bald Head
Bath
Beans Corner Bingo
Dickey
Robinhood
Maryland Accident
Assawoman Bay
Boring
California
Cockeysville
Hollywood
Pomonkey
Secretary
Massachusetts Belchertown
Braintree
Cow Yard
Dorothy Pond
Egypt
Gay Head
Marblehead
Mashpee
Sandwich
Swampscott
Ware (I'm from Ware?)
Michigan Bad Axe
Christmas
Climax
Eden
Gay
Hell
Jugville
Kalamazoo
Olive Branch
Paradise
Pigeon
Pine Stump Junction
Podunk
Slapneck
Minnesota Blue Earth
Climax
Embarass
Fertile
Nimrod
Nowthen
Savage
Sleepy Eye
Mississippi Alligator
Arm
Askew
Basic
Battles
Bobo
Chunky
Coffeeville
Cold Water
Darling
Denmark
D'Lo
Dragon
Eden
Egypt
Hollywood
Hot Coffee
Kokomo
Midnight
Olive Branch
Onward
Paris
Pocahontas
Possumneck
Sanatorium
Scooba
Soso
Tie Plant
Walls
Yazoo
Missouri Bean Lake Station
Bible Grove
Blue Eye
Coldwater
Conception
Enough
Fairdealing
Fidelity
Frankenstein
Humansville
Licking
Mexico
Nevada
Paris
Peculiar
Pleasant Hope
Reform
Roach
Romance
Sleeper
Tightwad
Useful
Montana Belt
Big Arm
Eureka
Bigfork
Big Sky
Bitterroot
Checkboard
Divide
Elmo
Happy's Inn
Hungry Horse
Offer
Opportunity
Outlook
Rocky Boy
Saint Regis
Square Butt
Sweetgrass
Two-dot
Yaak
Nebraska Beaver Crossing
Colon
Fort Crook
Loup City
Roach
Surprise
Valentine
Wahoo
Weeping Water
Worms
Nevada Jackpot
Searchlight
Weed Heights
New Hampshire Berlin
Bow
Bungy
Contoocook
Grape Corner
Hell Hollow
Lost Nation
Sandwich Landing
Rye
New Jersey Bivalve
Brick
Cheesequake
Cherry Hill
Cologne
Colts Neck
Egg Harbor
Good Intent
Ho-ho Kus
Little Egg Harbor
Love Ladies
Succasunna
New Mexico Elephant Butte
Texico
Tingle
Truth or Consequences
New York Bath
Cat Elbow Corner
Climax
Florida
Gayhead
Hicksville
Horseheads
Neversink
Painted Post
Place Corners
Result
Ronkonkoma
Surprise
Yaphank Yonkers
North Carolina Askewville
Avon
Bahama
Bat Cave
Bath
Big Lick
Blowing Rock
Bolivia
Bunlevel
Climax
Duck
Frog Level
Frog Pond
Grimesland
Gum Neck
Horneytown
Kill Devil Hills
Meat Camp
Lizard Lick
Speed
Tick Bite
Toast
Welcome
Wise
Whynot
North Dakota Antler
Colgate
Concrete
Hoople
Voltaire
Zap
Ohio Ai
Blue Ball
Climax
Fly
Hicksville
Home
Knockemstiff
Three Legs Town
Tobasco
Oklahoma Bowlegs
Cookietown
Frogville
Happy Land
Hooker
Kremlin
Okay
Pumpkin Center
Slapout
Slaughterville
Oregon Beaver
Boring
Drain
Eureka
Half.com
Idiotville
Sodaville
Windmaster Corner
Zig Zag
Pennsylvania Bath
Balltown
Bath Addition
Beaver
Beverly Hills
Big Beaver
Bird-in-Hand
Blue Ball
California
Climax
Corner Store
Desire
Drab
Edelman (not funny but same name as The Useless-Infomaster!)
Eighty Four
Experiment
Fear Not
Forty Fort
Gravity
Hershey
Home
Indiana
Intercourse
Jersey Shore
King of Prussia
Loyalsockville
Mars
Moon (On the border of the Pittsburgh Int'l Airport - "Fly me to the moon...")
Moscow
Nanty Glo
New Beaver
Ono
Panic
Paradise
Peach Bottom
Pillow
Porkey
Possum Hollow
Pottstown
Quiggleville
Scalp Level
Slate Lick
Slippery Rock
Transfer
Telescope
Torpedo
Uno
Virginville
Rhode Island Mooseup Valley
Quidnick
Quonochontaug
Woonsocket
South Carolina Coward
Due West
Little Switzerland
Ninetimes
Ninety Six
North
Round O
Six Mile
Southern Shops
South of the Border
Townville
Welcome
South Dakota Bath
Epiphany
Faith
Farmer
Gayville
Green Grass
Hammer
Hitchcock
Ideal
Igloo
Java
Kidder
Lemmon
Oral
Parade
Peever
Porcupine
Potato Creek
Pringle
Pumpkin Center
Red Shirt
Tolstoy
Vienna
Wall
White
Wood
Yale

Tennessee Blue Goose
Bugscuffle
Bugtussle
Bucksnort
Defeated
Difficult
Disco
Ducktown
Finger
Life
Nameless
Only
Paris
Smartt
Static
Sweet Lips
Texas Bacon
Bean Station
Ben Hur
Black Jack
Canadian
China
Comfort
Converse
Cut -n- Shoot
Ding Dong
Dime Box
Earth
Echo
Energy
Flower Mound
Grapevine
Gun Barrel City
Happy
Hoop and Holler
Humble
Little Hope
London
Looneyville
Marathon
Muleshoe
Noodle
Oatmeal
Paint Rock
Paris
Pointblank
Quail
Smiley
Sour Lake
Spur
Sugar Land
Tarzan
Telegraph
Telephone
Trophy Club
Turkey
Uncertain
Valentine
Veribest
Waxahachie
West
Wink
Utah Eureka
Hurricane
Mexican Hat
Orangeville
Orderville
Paradise
Plain City
Vermont Bread Loaf
Mosquitoville
Notown
Moscow
Satans Kingdom

Virginia Antlers
Bagdad
Bane
Ben Hur
Bosses
Bumpass
Butts
California
Clam
Croaker
Cuckoo
Delaware
Eureka
Fourway (2 of them)
Fries
Frogtown
Goochland
Hurricane
Hurt
Jamaica
Java
Joe Neets
Kermit
Lick Skillet
Lipps
Moon
Moonlight (2 of them)
Mutt
Needmore
Nuttsville
Ontario
Ordinary
Peach Bottom
Shiny Rock
Short Pump
Simplicity
Threeway
Pocket
Washington Forks
George
Humptulips
Index
Tukwila
Tumtum
Tumwater
Walla Walla
West Virginia Big Chimney
Big Ugly
Crum
FiveMile
Friendly
HooHoo
Hundred
Hurricane
Junior
Kermit
Left Hand
Looneyville
Lost City
Man
Nitro
Odd
Paw
Pinch
Quick
Van
War
Wisconsin Beetown
Embarrass
Footville
Imalone
Spread Eagle
Ubet
Wanderoos
Wyoming Baggs
Big Sandy
Camel Hump
Chugwater
Cokeville
Meeteetse
Muddy Gap
Point of Rocks
Sand Draw

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

When veteran actor James Cromwell was considering the role of Farmer Arthur Hoggett for the movie Babe (1995), he browsed through a copy of the screenplay to count how many lines he would have. Seeing that there were relatively few lines, he agreed to the part, which he believed would be an effortless, quick job. That misconception was quickly quashed. Cromwell didn't realize that he would have more screen time, although much of it was non-speaking, in this film than any previous roles in his career.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Christianity has a billion followers. Islam is next in representation with half this number.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

When she was a girl, former Radio City dancer Valerie Harper lived all over the U.S. because her father was a traveling salesman. When she was 18, she left upstate New York to be a member of the "Li'l Abner" chorus in 1958. A few years later, Harper contracted hepatitis. Her doctor prescribed loads of candy, and she ballooned to 155 pounds. In 1970, TV producers found her dumpy shape perfect for the part of Mary Tyler Moore's outspoken, overweight friend, Rhoda Morgenstern. Harper earned three Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmys for the role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (in 1971, she tied with Sally Struthers in All in the Family), and won a Best Actress in a Comedy Emmy in 1975 for her own spin-off, Rhoda. By this time, Harper had shed much of the weight.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Candlestick Park in San Francisco was the site of the Beatles' last performance on August 29, 1966.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

According to the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, a tennis ball is supposed to bounce between 53 and 58 inches when it is dropped on concrete from a height of 100 inches. The concrete surface should be 4 inches thick.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In May 1844, James Knox Polk of Tennessee became the first "dark horse" candidate in American political history to receive the presidential nomination as the Democrats ended their Baltimore national convention. Polk surprised his opponents by winning the presidential election the following December.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Although most weddings now take place on a Saturday, it was considered unlucky in the past. Fridays were also considered unlucky for marriage ceremonies, particularly Friday the 13th.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

The U.S. Coast Guard motto, semper paratus, means "always prepared."

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Every bird must eat at least half its own weight in food each day to survive. Young birds need even more. A young robin, for example, eats as much as 14 feet of earthworms a day.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

A 45-letter word connoting a lung disease, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, is the longest word in Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary means the act of estimating as worthless – floccipaucinihilipilification, which has 29 letters.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Jane Pauley was Chicago’s first evening TV news anchorwoman.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Any onion that does not form a large bulb is called either a scallion or shallot. These onions are also called green onion, and in larger, variety, leek.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Approximately 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water. Only 1 percent of the water is drinkable.

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

In hospital slang, a GOMER is a patient seeking emergency treatment for a minor complaint. The term is an acronym for "Get Out of My Emergency Room."

[Truthteller]

Kerrrrshhhhhhh . . . Earth to DragnFire22. . . .

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

I think it is safe to say that I have conquered this thread.

[Truthteller]

Doooooood..... You find a thread ya like and just latch right on, eh? :cool: :D

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Originally posted by truthteller
Kerrrrshhhhhhh . . . Earth to DragnFire22. . . .

Hello? OMG, the Earth was just talking to me!! Cool! Dood I'm gunna try talking to the moon!

[Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Originally posted by truthteller
Doooooood..... You find a thread ya like and just latch right on, eh? :cool: :D

I am really bored.

[Truthteller]

You're about to break my freakin' browser Man!! Heehehhe:D

[Truthteller]

Well, we certainly have plenty to read now! lol :D

[spiderrasmon]

Did you know that you should close the toilet lid before flushing?
Aerosolized particles from inside the bowl can jump 20 feet in the air! :eek:

[Winter Spleen]

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

[The Question]

Robin Milliams and Christopher Reeve were colledge roommates.

[Winter Spleen]

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

[gap5ewl]

6% of Americans believe Elvis is still alive

[comicgirl]

6% of Americans believe Elvis is still alivehe's not............ :confused:

[Franklin Richards]

George Spelvin


I'd hazard a thought that almost everyone connected with 'legit theatre' is familiar with the tradition that any actor who plays two different roles in the same show often adopts the alias of "George Spelvin" for his second character. Many are the surmises as to the origin of this name, but the one given most credence is that one of the great producers, if not the greatest, on the American theatrical scene originated this alias.

During early readings for one of his productions he suddenly realized to his horror that there were 13 characters in the play. Aquiver with righteous superstition and not wishing to offend the deities of the theatre by opening a new play with 13 actors in the cast, he hired only 12 and had one them double the 13th character. Presumably the actor did a complete change of wardrobe and makeup so that hopefully the audience wouldn't know that he was playing two parts. To further compound the subterfuge he was listed in the programme as playing the first role under his real name and his second role was accredited to "George Spelvin", a name created for the occasion by that super-superstitious late, great showman, David Belasco.

Thus, it is opined, was George Spelvin the legendary character created.


:thing: :doom: :thing:

[JLBats]

Operation Northwoods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods), a 1962 United States Department of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense) plan to commit acts of terrorism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism) (real and/or simulated) on American tourists in Cuba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba) and blame them on the Castro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) government to encourage support for an invasion of the country to depose Castro, was long considered to be a groundless conspiracy theory until the project's documents were declassified and published. The operation was approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff), but was rejected by Defense Secretary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense) Robert McNamara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara). General Lyman Lemnitzer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Lemnitzer), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was fired shortly after.

[comicgirl]

Operation Northwoods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods), a 1962 United States Department of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense) plan to commit acts of terrorism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism) (real and/or simulated) on American tourists in Cuba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba) and blame them on the Castro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) government to encourage support for an invasion of the country to depose Castro, was long considered to be a groundless conspiracy theory until the project's documents were declassified and published. The operation was approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff), but was rejected by Defense Secretary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense) Robert McNamara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara). General Lyman Lemnitzer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Lemnitzer), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was fired shortly after.oh, I heard about this one a while ago....we wanted Castro in the worst way back in the day

[gap5ewl]

what a surprise....

[JLBats]

oh, I heard about this one a while ago....we wanted Castro in the worst way back in the day

Enough to kill innocent citizens. This ****ing sickens me.

[comicgirl]

Enough to kill innocent citizens. This ****ing sickens me.sure, I think all goverments sometimes view individuals as expendable to the bigger picture :(

[JLBats]

sure, I think all goverments sometimes view individuals as expendable to the bigger picture :(

It's greatly disturbing to me.

[JLBats]

Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler), an outspoken isolationist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolationism) and anti-war activist, testified to the U.S. Congress in 1934 that a group of the wealthiest American industrialists had approached him to organize a coup d'état (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat) to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt) and establish a fascist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism) government. The alleged Business Plot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot) was not publicly verified beyond Butler's congressional testimony.

[Winter Spleen]

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

[Riven]

When you bump your head, your brain will not suffer damage on the side you bumped it, but on the opposite side. This is because your brain floats in liquid to cushion the blow from exactly such a bump. It does however repercuss against the opposite side, causing brain damage to that side instead.

:marv:

[TheSumOfGod]

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

Who the f*** thought that celery Jell-O would work?

Anyway, POINTLESS FACT: Stimulating your prostate while masturbating on a regular basis will PREVENT both prostate cancer and testicular cancer, which is why very few gay men have either. :)

[Dark Phantom]

Anyway, POINTLESS FACT: Stimulating your prostate while masturbating on a regular basis will PREVENT both prostate cancer and testicular cancer, which is why very few gay men have either. :)

So you're saying that I'm staying healthy?!!:eek:

[Jolie_Desastre]

a camel can drink a bathtub full of water in less than an hour

shrimps brains are located in their butts....there i said it!!!

[PEE WEE HERMAN]

Holy Crap Erik, what's wrong with you.

You could've just posted the site where you got all those, jesus...

[Riven]

The phenomenon of having more than five fingers on a single hand is called polydactyly and is considered by oriental cultures to be a sign of much good fortune.

[Da Docta]

wow, nice thread
too bad i cant contribute

[Wilhelm-Scream]

This is the 201st post on this thread.

[Riven]

This is the 201st post on this thread.Tell them the story behind your name! that makes for a good pointless fact...

[Exabyte]

...they're coming...

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Tell them the story behind your name! that makes for a good pointless fact...Very Well...

One sound effect that has found a following with many sound editors and observant movie fans is a distinctive scream named Wilhelm.

In 1951, the Warner Brothers film "Distant Drums" directed by Raoul Walsh starred Gary Cooper as Captain Quincy Wyatt, who leads a group of soldiers to stop some Seminole Indians from threatening settlers in early 19th Century Florida. During a scene in which the soldiers are wading through a swamp in the everglades, one of them is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator.

As is usually the case with the making of a movie, the scream for that character was recorded later. Six short pained screams were recorded in a single take, which was slated "man getting bit by an alligator, and he screams." The fifth scream was used for the soldier - but the 4th, 5th, and 6th screams recorded in the session were also used earlier in the film when three Indians are shot, one after another, during a raid on a fort.

http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/pictures/films/distantdrums/distantdrumswil.jpg
After "Distant Drums," the recording was archived into the studio's sound effects library, and was re-used in many Warner Brothers productions.

In "The Charge at Feather River" (1953), the scream is heard when a soldier named Pvt. Wilhelm (played by Ralph Brooke) gets shot in the leg by an arrow. Originally released in 3-D, the film used the "Distant Drums" scream recording two other times as well.

Up until the mid-70's, the scream recording was used exclusively in Warner Brothers productions, including "Them!" (1954), "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955), "The Sea Chase" (1955), "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), "PT-109" (1963) and "The Green Berets (1968).

In "A Star is Born" (1954), the scream is heard twice - one of the times because a scene with the scream in "Charge at Feather River" is playing in a screening room.

One person who noticed the same distinctive scream reoccurring in so many movies was sound effects fan Ben Burtt. Ben and his friends in the cinema department at USC, Rick Mitchell and Richard Anderson, noticed that a scream was popping up in a lot of movies. One of the films they made together, a swashbuckler parody "The Scarlet Blade" (1974) included the scream - which they borrowed off another film's audio track.

A few years later, when Ben Burtt was hired to create sound effects for Star Wars (1977), he had an opportunity to do research at the sound departments of several movie studios. While looking for sound elements to use in the space adventure at Warner Brothers, he found the original "Distant Drums" scream - which he named "Wilhelm" after the character that let out the scream in "Charge at Feather River."

http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/pictures/films/chargefeatherriver/featherriverwil.jpg
Ben adopted the scream as a kind of personal sound signature, and included it in all the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" films, and many of the other films he has worked on including "More American Graffiti" (1979) and "Willow" (1988).

Ben's friend Richard Anderson also continued the tradition. Both Anderson and Burtt worked on "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), and Richard used the screams in the film's truck chase - one of the sequences he cut sounds for himself.

Anderson also used it in many of the films he supervised sound editing for, including "Poltergeist" (1982), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Planet of the Apes" (2001), "Agent Cody Banks" (2003), and "Madagascar" (2005).

Because of Ben Burtt, the Wilhelm has lived in the sound library at Skywalker Sound. Other colleagues there including Gary Rydstrom and Chris Boyes have used it in such films as "Toy Story" (1995), "Hercules" (1997) and "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003).

[Mr.Webs]

Is their a site where I could hear this seemingly infamous scream?

[Wilhelm-Scream]

http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_020901_wilhelm.html

[Riven]

The acronym S.P.E.C.T.R.E from the James Bond movies stands for "SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion".

[Riggs15382]

I'm right handed

[SLVRSR4]

superman and flash tied in there first two races against each other?:0

[psychocheeseman]

the average gorilla has a penis that is two inches long

[gregtestagent]

One more week untill Hulk: Ultimate Destruction comes out for XBOX,PS2, and Gamecube.

[Riven]

There is a batsymbol hidden in the background in each of Christopher Nolan's movies, prior to filming Batman Begins.

[The Question]

^^^^really? Cool.



Comic book writer Alan Moore was in a band called "The Sinister Ducks".

[Equinox]

the average gorilla has a penis that is two inches long

Thats it??? :eek: :eek:

[Babs Gordon]

the indian tectonic plate has the same kinetic energy as a burger king whopper flying through the air at 60 MPH. scientifically calculated by my ex-tectonics professor.

[Mr. Thing]

There is a batsymbol hidden in the background in each of Christopher Nolan's movies, prior to filming Batman Begins.

Pics please...

[Riven]

Pics please...
Well, I don't have pics, but it is true. In Memento, it's among a lot of images on the window of the last tattoo parlor the guy visits. In Following, it's a sticker on the main character's appartment door. I haven't seen it myself in Insomnia, but I've been told there is one there as well. Wish I had screencaps or the DVD's to prove it... but it is a fact.

[lovesteppenwolf]

-its got to be a budget-- its got lots of MuMbers in it

[Mr. Thing]

-its got to be a budget-- its got lots of MuMbers in it

Don't copy me biatch! :mad:

And it's "It's clearly a budget"

[lovesteppenwolf]

-in "Dr.No" Sean Connery leans back to punch the imposter with his left hand and then the camera cuts and he punches him with his right

[lovesteppenwolf]

Don't copy me biatch! :mad:

And it's "It's clearly a budget"

well he DID say it *cough*moron*cough*

[lovesteppenwolf]

Don't copy me biatch! :mad:

And it's "It's clearly a budget"

well he DID say it *cough*moron*cough*

EDIT:sorry,double post

[Mr. Thing]

well he DID say it *cough*moron*cough*


I know...but I told you it...biatch! :mad:

[lovesteppenwolf]

no actually i knew it before you told me................................................ ..................BIATCH!!!!!!

[Mr. Thing]

no actually i knew it before you told me................................................ ..................BIATCH!!!!!!

Really?

[Riven]

What are you two biatches talking about? :confused:

[Mr. Thing]

What are you two biatches talking about? :confused:

George Bush

[Riven]

O-kaaaaay.... :o



The ability to curl up the tongue is genetically hereditary. It's a specific trait that you either have or you don't. It can't be "trained". Also, if your father can do it and you can't, yo daddy ain't yo daddy.

[Winter Spleen]

Audrey Hepburn presented the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards four times (in 1955, 1960, 1966, and 1975) more than any other actress.

[Riven]

The word "mesmerizing" (meaning hypnotically beautiful or enthralling) derives from Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), a German scientist and one of the first medical hypnotists.

[psychosully]

This is my 300th Post

[punishermax]

Pointless fact: Hippoes kill more people in Africa than any animal.

[Riven]

The word "sincere" meaning pure and genuine comes from the Latin phrase "sin cere" which means "without wax". When classical sculptors carved statues out of marble, often it had tiny flaws and some roughness to it. To hide this, they coated the less than perfect spots with wax, smoothing it over. If a statue was near perfect and didn't have any apparant flaws, it was dubbed "sin cere", without wax and thus an honest, genuine sculpture. The phrase was re-adopted in the Italian renaissance.

[Riven]

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

[Equint77]

FACT: Babies don't come from Storks... they come from Vagina.

[Drakon]

FACT---Ska musicians are the most clumsy of all musicians. That's why every Ska song you hear, "Pick it up! Pick it up!" is in there somewhere.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Julie likes her newspaper left right against the door on the side where it opens because she sleeps nude and wants to be able to get her paper without having to go out into the hall where a neighbor might see her naked.

[J.K]

Pointless fact: Hippoes kill more people in Africa than any animal.That may not be pointless actually. A person could hear that and decide not to pet a hippo when they go to a safari park. :p

Then again, anyone who would try and pet a hippo deserves to die.. so maybe it is pointless.

[J.K]

FACT: Babies don't come from Storks... they come from Vagina.You lie! YOU LIE!!!!! :eek:

[WeaponZ2]

In Canada $1 and $2 are represented by coins. Nicknamed the "loonie" (because there is a loon on it) and the Twonie (I guess because it rhymes with loonie.)

[musclesforsupes]

A pencil has an eraser

[C.F. Kane]

The word "tragedy" is derived from an ancient Greek phrase meaning "goat-song". Worshippers of Dionysus god of wine and jollity performed estastic dances in his honor called dithyrambs. They were said to have been invented by the satyrs, half-men, half-goats who worked as servants to Dionysus in his revelry.

[hey yo its sean]

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

[C.F. Kane]

France, now considered today by many non-French as weak and pacifist, may have had it's name taken from a weapon. France was named for the Franks, a Germanic tribe who adopted the name around the year 11 BC. The Franks' name in turn may have been taken from "francisca", a throwing axe used by many in the tribe.

[C.F. Kane]

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

[POWdER-man]

George Bush doesn't care about black people.


LMAO....

[user123456789]

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

LOLOLOLolololol

[Equint77]

if you yell at someone you hurt their feelings.

[Lobo]

Morgan Freeman has never had a sex scene in his career

[POWdER-man]

The knowledge of pointless facts does not benefit oneself.....