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Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - Part 8 [View all]

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Alyssa Milano began her career at age 7, when her babysitter, without notifying Milano's parents, took her to an audition for one of the four principal parts in a national touring company of "Annie."
Milano was one of four selected from more than 1,500 girls.

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Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - Part 8 [View all] red dog 1 Oct 2018 OP

Robin Leach (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous) lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1

That's sick! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #2

What ever blows your hair back. I would hope it was consensual. juxtaposed Dec 2018 #102

You mean (Lifestyles of the Sick and Famous)? dem4decades Jan 2019 #151

"AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!!!!" /nt sdfernando Feb 2019 #355

Eddie Albert was a spy! CloudWatcher Oct 2018 #3

Didn't know that, thanks red dog 1 Oct 2018 #4

very cool trixie2 Oct 2018 #11

Ted Knight (Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka) was the first uniformed soldier in Berlin underpants Dec 2018 #112

Very interesting! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #116

Ted Knight was also in Psycho (the original Hitchcock movie) luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #315

Awesome! trixie2 Dec 2018 #121

I remember the first time I saw 'Psycho' Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #578

Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing that! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2019 #583

Very interesting info. My husband's aunt was LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #180

Julia Child worked for the OSS tymorial Feb 2019 #278

not a LITTLE known fact..Hedy Lamarr....inventor.. samnsara Mar 2019 #399

Carol O 'Conner was was a Liberal.. samnsara Mar 2019 #400

And he was good friends with my sixth grade schoolteacher from LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #603

So was Julia child! tymorial Apr 2019 #426

Julia Child was a spy! flyingfysh May 2019 #452

Also Submariner Jul 2019 #551

Woody Harrelson is an environmental activist and a Vegan red dog 1 Oct 2018 #5

And his dad went to prison for assassinating a federal judge GumboYaYa Nov 2018 #49

Yes, he was a hit-man, and he received a life sentence for that 1979 killing. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #50

Woody ws born in Texs, but grew up in Lebanon, Ohio. True Blue American Feb 2019 #272

John Lennon loved cats ailsagirl Oct 2018 #6

Interesting! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #7

Neither did I until a few days ago ailsagirl Oct 2018 #9

Ringo Starr was Scarsdale Feb 2019 #317

I did not know that ailsagirl Feb 2019 #318

I read that in the book about the Beatles. Scarsdale Feb 2019 #319

I did not know that Ailsa is the Scottish equivalent of "Elsie" ailsagirl Feb 2019 #323

My nephew lives in Liverpool Scarsdale Feb 2019 #324

Wow! You lucky person!! ailsagirl Feb 2019 #332

OMG. I'm so jealous! skylucy Aug 2019 #601

Steven Van Zant, who played Sylvio Dante on The Sopranos, also plays guitar & mandolin red dog 1 Oct 2018 #8

I met his wife Maureen, who was also on The Sopranos, Croney Nov 2018 #28

And led a great band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #528

Thanks for that red dog 1 Jul 2019 #530

My pleasure, friend. I love that guy. Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #534

He also: Miles Archer Aug 2019 #602

Rosa Parks used to shop at Harbortown Market trixie2 Oct 2018 #10

Very cool underpants Dec 2018 #107

Andy Griffth played Lonsome Rhodes' beater guitar on The Andy Griffith Show Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #12

I learned a couple of songs by watching Andy. panader0 Feb 2019 #257

Cool beans! Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #258

1968 in Hawaii, the year I graduated from high school. panader0 Feb 2019 #261

Steve Jobs modified his diet to primarily fruits and vegetables believing that it would reduce body Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2018 #13

Elvis took pills to reduce body odor red dog 1 Oct 2018 #15

Yeah, he was a "fruitarian" for a while TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #23

Adolph Hitler was a vegetarian Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #304

The actress Sarah Miles from Ryan's Daughter drinks her own urine Beringia Oct 2018 #14

Years ago, there was a story about the Prime Minister of India drinking his own urine every day. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #264

I think I read that Ghandi did that. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #313

As if a fad is wiser than our evolved biology? mahina Feb 2019 #288

Ugh! I don't care what wonders it would do for me. smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #431

It's called Disaffected Aug 2019 #571

Urine big trouble now Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #579

The character "Basil Fawlty" was based on a real hotel owner named Donald Sinclair, red dog 1 Nov 2018 #16

That show was hilarious. One of my faves. n/t ekelly Feb 2019 #240

They used the name Donald Sinclair in an episode as well. java108 Feb 2019 #340

The Pythons stayed at his hotel/inn TlalocW Sep 2019 #607

Donald Sinclair put Eric Idle's briefcase behind a brick wall in the back yard because he thought red dog 1 Sep 2019 #617

Steven Van Zant, who is one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, red dog 1 Nov 2018 #17

He also has a radio show TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #24

He still tours the Disciples. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #248

I like the guy, a lot. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #267

I think seeing him with The Disciple Of Soul is the way to go. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #281

Jerry Stiller's father, William Stiller, was a New York City bus driver red dog 1 Nov 2018 #18

Muddy Waters grew up on a Mississippi plantation red dog 1 Nov 2018 #19

I got to see Muddy Waters play with Eric Clapton. iscooterliberally Feb 2019 #320

Wow! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #326

I'll have to check that out. iscooterliberally Feb 2019 #335

Orson Bean, actor, comedian -- his father helped found ACLU, his daughter married Andrew Breitbart. zonkers Nov 2018 #20

According to Wikipedia, since 2008, he's been a regular guest on "The Dennis Miller Show" red dog 1 Nov 2018 #21

Bean was also famous for his dinner parties underpants Dec 2018 #108

William Randolph Hearst was once a Democratic U.S. Congressman red dog 1 Nov 2018 #22

Will Ferrell's dad, Roy Lee Ferrell, played with The Righteous Brothers TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #25

I waitressed at a nightclub where they performed trixie2 Dec 2018 #122

I've never understood people who are cheap tippers TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #123

This was above and beyond good tipping trixie2 Dec 2018 #125

Posted in the wrong spot! java108 Feb 2019 #343

Johnny Carson spoke fluent Russian. Chipper Chat Nov 2018 #26

Barbara Streisand's boyfriend in eighth grade was... Mister Ed Nov 2018 #27

Liza Minnelli once was married to Jack Haley Jr. Raven123 Nov 2018 #29

Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew earned a Bronze Star in WW2 red dog 1 Nov 2018 #30

When he was 16, Johnny Depp dropped out of Miramar high school to become a rock musician. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #31

He decided to try acting because Nicolas Cage told him he could make some $$$ n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #32

Yes! FM123 Mar 2019 #402

Former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve lives in Seattle, WA, where he plays in a fusion red dog 1 Nov 2018 #33

Shrieve was 20 Mendocino Nov 2018 #65

Well.... fNord Nov 2018 #34

Sounds like something Janis would do red dog 1 Nov 2018 #35

She did love her Southern Comfort n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #99

That's a pretty good story! smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #40

Judge George Greer (Terri Schiavo case) was a roommate of Morrison's at Florida State underpants Dec 2018 #109

Corso once rode an elephant in a parade when he coached at Indiana. Homecoming I think. dameatball Feb 2019 #217

Jerry Lee Lewis's parents mortgaged their farm to buy him a piano. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #36

Carol O'Connor's best friend was Larry Hagman red dog 1 Nov 2018 #37

Larry Hagman's mother was Mary Martin of Broadway "Peter Pan" fame. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #155

I seem Rebl2 Feb 2019 #235

Wow, a Weatherford reference. lark Feb 2019 #247

Carroll was also very good friends with Marlon Brando Skittles Jul 2019 #562

When she was only 15, singer Jewell lived in a remote Alaska cabin by herself red dog 1 Nov 2018 #38

She lived with her father TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #70

Her family has a show on National Geographic channel underpants Dec 2018 #113

Alaska - The last frontier....the Kilcher family OnDoutside Dec 2018 #127

Mimi Farina is Joan Baez's sister red dog 1 Nov 2018 #39

Faria died at 29 in a motorcycle accident. Baez married David Harris who served over a year in a emmaverybo Jun 2019 #502

Mimi Farina founded "Bread and Roses," a non-profit cooperative organization that brings free music red dog 1 Jun 2019 #510

Al Franken wrote... RealityChik Nov 2018 #41

I didn't know that, thanks red dog 1 Nov 2018 #43

And Franken has proudly stated his membership in Alanon for decades....voila Stuart Smally stuffmatters Dec 2018 #76

Film director john carpenter is a helicopter pilot TeamPooka Nov 2018 #42

Tommy Chong was born in Canada, and became a naturalized US citizen in the late 1980s red dog 1 Nov 2018 #44

Canadians DO NOT say "out and about", red! luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #316

"Ooot" and "aboot" red dog 1 Feb 2019 #327

Damn autocorrect! Forgot to check before posting. luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #334

Tom Dowd Mendocino Nov 2018 #45

Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 Nov 2018 #46

John Callahan drew cartoons by clutching a pen with both hands red dog 1 Nov 2018 #47

Novelist Pat Conroy attended 11 schools by the time he was 15. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #48

Bo Schembechler was Godfather to Woody Hayes' son Botany Nov 2018 #51

Justice Sonia Sotomayor loved reading Nancy Drew books when she was little. FM123 Nov 2018 #52

John Ritter died in the same hospital he was born in - Providence St. Joseph Medical Center red dog 1 Nov 2018 #53

"Nervous Norvis" aka Jimmy Drake, who had the hit song "Transfusion," was so shy that red dog 1 Nov 2018 #54

Here it is..."Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus... GReedDiamond Dec 2018 #71

Excellent! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #82

Actor, comedian, and Tonight Show writer Pat McCormick played basketball at Harvard red dog 1 Nov 2018 #55

Author Pat Conroy's father, Donald Conroy, served in WW2, the Korean War, and also red dog 1 Nov 2018 #56

Pat Conroy was fired from a teaching job because he refused to use corporal punishment red dog 1 Nov 2018 #57

Shitler's grandfather, Friedrich Drumpf, left Bavaria when he was 16 to avoid being drafted red dog 1 Nov 2018 #58

Now we know Rebl2 Feb 2019 #236

Roald Dahl was born and raised in Cardiff to Norwegian parents. geardaddy Nov 2018 #59

He also married Patricia Neal and helped her recover from severe strokes BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #245

Sue Jones-Davies, the woman who played Judith in "Life of Brian," was mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales geardaddy Nov 2018 #60

Thanks for that red dog 1 Nov 2018 #63

Julia Child worked for OSS, the precursor to the CIA during WWII geardaddy Nov 2018 #61

Interesting! red dog 1 Nov 2018 #62

she really wanted to be a spy. mopinko Dec 2018 #94

I remember Rebl2 Feb 2019 #238

I was going to post that one wryter2000 May 2019 #451

Dennis Hopper Mendocino Nov 2018 #64

He is also a an avid republican. AJT Jul 2019 #535

Sam Phillips of Sun Records arranged for an unknown singer named Elvis Presley to come red dog 1 Nov 2018 #66

Credence Clearwater Revival, or CCR, first started playing together in 1959, first as red dog 1 Nov 2018 #67

Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Rodney Cohen red dog 1 Nov 2018 #68

In the Fifties, his professional name was Jackie Roy. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #289

Jack Rose fits in somewhere empedocles Aug 2019 #576

Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone dropped out of high school before graduating red dog 1 Dec 2018 #69

Fantastic wit, that woman. JudyM Sep 2019 #609

She and Sara Silverman are my two favorite female stand-up comedians red dog 1 Sep 2019 #616

Eric Clapton married or dated three Boyd Sisters. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #72

Wasn't George Harrison married to Patty Boyd? red dog 1 Dec 2018 #75

Yes and yes. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #80

Boyds of a feather. JudyM Sep 2019 #610

Clapton wrote "Layla" for her to woo her away. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #251

Richard Belzer survived Testicular Cancer in 1983 red dog 1 Dec 2018 #73

Robert L. Ripley, of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, couldn't drive. Aristus Dec 2018 #74

Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli aka.. lancelyons Dec 2018 #77

Mookie Betts, MVP of the Boston Red Sox, is also a professional bowler who redstateblues Dec 2018 #78

Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez) went to high school with my brother. wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #181

Vincent Price, Hollywood screen and TV star of COLGATE4 Dec 2018 #81

He worked with Sears to bring art to the masses TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #98

I've had many pieces of art with the label behind him during the first part of the video juxtaposed Dec 2018 #104

Very cool! n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #105

Of all the great gentleman horror masters I adored growing up, Aristus Dec 2018 #114

He was also quite the gourmand. Loved French cooking. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #293

The Prices published several cookbooks LunaSea Feb 2019 #296

He even hung out with Alice Cooper rickyhall Feb 2019 #321

He also hung out with Alice Cooper rickyhall Feb 2019 #322

Sears at the time sold the "Vincent Price Collection". If you have art work on the wall with a juxtaposed Dec 2018 #103

I have the cookbook that he and his then-wife, Mary, published. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #290

He was also a gourmet chef. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #305

Mr. Price also endowed a small art museum at East L.A. College. denbot Aug 2019 #590

When he was 14, Martin Sheen organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a red dog 1 Dec 2018 #83

I had to check the Golf Club.:) True Blue American Feb 2019 #274

Thanks for that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #276

My neighborhood. True Blue American Feb 2019 #277

In his book "Dogs That Know Their Owners are Coming Home," Rupert Sheldrake puts red dog 1 Dec 2018 #84

We replicated some of the tests happybird Feb 2019 #300

I'm convinced... JustThinking... Jul 2019 #518

I think the answer is that dogs qazplm135 Jul 2019 #532

John Mack, Harvard Medical School professor who, as a psychiatrist, had hundreds of red dog 1 Dec 2018 #85

The term "out-of-body" experience was popularized by Robert Monroe, who's first book red dog 1 Dec 2018 #86

Woody Harrelson married Neil Simon's daughter, Nancy Simon red dog 1 Dec 2018 #87

Woody Guthrie wrote a column for the Communist newspaper "People's Voice" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #88

The Rolling Stones played their first gig on July 12, 1962 at the Marquee Club in London red dog 1 Dec 2018 #89

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, who knew each other since grammar school, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #90

"Saturday Night Live" has won 65 Emmy Awards red dog 1 Dec 2018 #91

Legendary rock musician Gram Parsons' father was "Coon-Dog" Connor red dog 1 Dec 2018 #92

Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman married a 14-year-old girl named Mandy Smith red dog 1 Dec 2018 #93

They began a relationship when she was 13 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #100

Didn't Wyman's son marry Bill's ex-wife underpants Dec 2018 #111

Yes. Bill's son was his father-in-law and his wife's stepfather and step son TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #120

William George Perks Jr. underpants Dec 2018 #110

I'm currently reading a great book about The Stones titled: red dog 1 Dec 2018 #117

Keith Richards has an estimated net worth of $340 million red dog 1 Dec 2018 #95

Brian Jones founded & was the original leader of The Rolling Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #96

Have you read "Old Gods Almost Dead"? underpants Dec 2018 #106

No, the book I'm reading now is the 1st book I've ever read about The Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #118

March 17, 1961 or 62 was the first time they were all in the same room underpants Dec 2018 #119

Jerry Garcia's father was Spanish & his mother was half Irish & half Swedish red dog 1 Dec 2018 #97

Marshall "Herf" Applewhite, of the Heaven's Gate cult, was the choir director at my church TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #101

Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate on the moon. edbermac Dec 2018 #115

Good one! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #128

Bonus: His mother's maiden name was Moon. edbermac Dec 2018 #130

My favorite drummer's name was Moon. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #131

Cesar Romero - Batman's original joker was supposedly gay LeftInTX Dec 2018 #124

Here's a twofer cannabis_flower Dec 2018 #126

The first band Ginger Baker was in was "Blues Incorporated" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #129

At The Rolling Stones' first gig, July 12, 1962, they were billed as The Rollin' Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #132

Phil Spector began his career in 1958 as the co-founder of The Teddy Bears, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #133

Besides the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway Free red dog 1 Dec 2018 #134

The reason Brian Jones left The Rolling Stones (which he founded) was because red dog 1 Dec 2018 #135

When she was a teenager, Janis Joplin Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #312

That's somewhat incredible, but quite possible, I guess. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #345

This message was self-deleted by its author java108 Feb 2019 #341

Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991 while returning from a Huey Lewis and red dog 1 Dec 2018 #136

The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June, 1964 was "a disaster" according to red dog 1 Dec 2018 #137

I saw them on that tour in Chicago. world wide wally Feb 2019 #253

Was the place filled? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #265

Packed. world wide wally Feb 2019 #283

The video is on YouTube! robbob Mar 2019 #378

Robin Williams and Mort Sahl were neighbors and good friends. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #138

It's a small world in Marin County... musette_sf Jun 2019 #506

I think it was a gated community in Tiburon. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #509

In 1987, Keith Richards formed his own band called the "X-Pensive Winos" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #139

Author Stanley Booth lived with The Rolling Stones during their 1969 American tour, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #140

Sinclair Lewis's wife once interviewed Adolph Hitler. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #141

Johnny Cash was not in any way responsible for his brother Jack dying from red dog 1 Dec 2018 #142

lived a week. True Blue American Feb 2019 #279

Yep! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #280

Sixty women filed a class-action lawsuit against Chuck Berry luvallpeeps Dec 2018 #143

In May, 1963, The Rolling Stones signed Andrew Long Oldham as their manager red dog 1 Dec 2018 #144

Mort Sahl is still alive! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #145

at the Throck musette_sf Jun 2019 #507

In high school, Ed Sullivan was an "all around athlete," playing halfback in football, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #146

Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts is worth over $170 milliom red dog 1 Jan 2019 #147

Dion DiMucci's father, Pasquale DiMuccci, was a Vaudeville entertainer, and Dion red dog 1 Jan 2019 #148

After he married his first cousin once removed, Jerry Lee Lewis's live performance red dog 1 Jan 2019 #149

And she was 13 TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #163

Oliver Hardy's father was a Confederate veteran who was injured at Antietam in 1862 Ron Obvious Jan 2019 #150

Interesting factoid NoPasaran Sep 2019 #608

Fred Gwynne, Herman Munster, was a Harvard grad. nature-lover Jan 2019 #152

Meat Loaf prefers to be addressed as Mr. Loaf. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #153

At a DC area show some years' back, Meatloaf LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #182

Legal thriller author John Grisham's first novel, a Time to Kill was rejected 28 times Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #154

Interesting! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #360

steven segal wears a girdle NinaNeon Jan 2019 #156

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #158

Ty NinaNeon Jan 2019 #161

Red Skelton's facial expressions came from having arthritis at an early age RainCaster Jan 2019 #157

During an interview on Art bell's radio show (Coast to Coast AM) actor Steven Segal red dog 1 Jan 2019 #159

The Grateful Dead were scheduled to play at the free concert at Altamont in 1969, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #160

Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin was knocked unconscious by a Hell's Angel red dog 1 Jan 2019 #162

Meredith Hunter, an 18-year-old student from Berkeley, was stabbed & beaten to death red dog 1 Jan 2019 #164

In the movie... tonedevil Jun 2019 #504

I think Sonny Barger died of throat cancer....He was a heavy smoker. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #511

Ann B Davis (Alice) annabanana Jan 2019 #165

James Gandolfini was a very generous guy red dog 1 Jan 2019 #166

I miss him so much. Sounds like he was a great guy. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #230

Yeah, I miss him too. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #268

I think so too. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #282

The Beatles had a skiffle band before The Quarrymen called "The Blackjacks" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #167

Charlie Watts' first gig as drummer for The Rolling Stones was on Jan. 14, 1963 red dog 1 Jan 2019 #168

Dick Rowe, head of A & R for Decca Records, is the man who turned down The Beatles, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #169

The Rolling Stones' first gig was July 12, 1962, at the Marquee Club in London, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #170

Music journalist Stanley Booth wrote about Otis Redding, and was with him when he red dog 1 Jan 2019 #171

Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Oldham locked Mick Jagger & Keith Richards in a kitchen red dog 1 Jan 2019 #172

The Rolling Stones first American tour was a disaster red dog 1 Jan 2019 #173

Gram Parsons died from an overdose of Morphene red dog 1 Jan 2019 #174

Before "Satisfaction" was released, The Rolling Stones weren't all convinced it was a good song red dog 1 Jan 2019 #175

Sam Houston and Mexican General Lopez de Santa Anna were both opium users. dameatball Jan 2019 #176

The first thing Ronald Reagan did when he moved into the White House was red dog 1 Jan 2019 #177

Former Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Long Oldham, was a self-proclaimed hustler, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #178

After Keith Richards saw Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones beat up his girlfriend red dog 1 Jan 2019 #179

3 Presidents... KBlagburn Jan 2019 #183

Very interesting! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #184

There was no Fox News then. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #250

Pierce was the only one... Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #580

After a guy was stabbed to death at the 1969 Free Concert at Altamont, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #185

Keith Richards came this close to punching out Donald Trump world wide wally Feb 2019 #255

When & where was that? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #263

David Crosby Mendocino Jan 2019 #186

Sam Cutler was road manager for The Rolling Stones 1969 "Tour of America" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #187

Jorma Kaukonen Mendocino Jan 2019 #188

Thanks for that red dog 1 Jan 2019 #189

As a teenager, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady red dog 1 Jan 2019 #190

If you don't know Jorma, Mendocino Jan 2019 #191

Mick Jagger has a new worth of $360 million red dog 1 Jan 2019 #192

In 1940, Josh White co-starred with Paul Robeson in a Broadway musical called red dog 1 Jan 2019 #193

Rod Stewart's first band was called Rod Stewart & The Moonrakers red dog 1 Jan 2019 #194

Actor Mark Harmon (Gibbs on NCIS) frogmarch Jan 2019 #195

Wow! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #197

Harmon worked as a carpenter before he made it as an actor TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #231

Cool! frogmarch Feb 2019 #246

Redd Foxx walked off Sanford & Son twice red dog 1 Jan 2019 #196

The loud, distorted guitar riff on the Kink's 1st hit, "You Really Got me' red dog 1 Jan 2019 #198

When Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton was interested in replacing him red dog 1 Jan 2019 #199

When Clapton was being Mendocino Feb 2019 #295

Did Jeff Beck later become the lead guitarist for Ten Years After? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #297

No. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #311

I got Jeff Beck mixed up with Alvin Lee, who played lead guitar for Ten Years After. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #331

Alvin Lee MNPM Mendocino Feb 2019 #336

Alvin Lee played fast, that's for sure. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #351

Dana Barron, who played Audrey Griswald in "Natlional Lampoon's Vacation" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #200

Sandy Denny, vocalist and songwriter for the legendary folk rock band, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #201

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is running for POTUS as an independent, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #202

Jerry Lee Lewis' parents mortgaged their farm in order to buy him a piano red dog 1 Feb 2019 #203

Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 Feb 2019 #204

Before playing drums for Santana, Michael Shrieve played in the house band red dog 1 Feb 2019 #205

Gummo Marx's real name was Milton Marx red dog 1 Feb 2019 #206

Chico Marx's real name was Leonard Marx red dog 1 Feb 2019 #207

According to Marx lore TlalocW Mar 2019 #403

I think the Wikipedia article on him mentions that. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #408

Groucho Marx's real name was Julius Henry Marx. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #208

Harpo's was Adolph TlalocW Mar 2019 #404

Zeppo Marx was married to a showgirl named Barbara Marx who left him for a guy named Frank empedocles Jul 2019 #552

Harpo was a member of the Algonquin Round Table solara Aug 2019 #604

Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson, was convicted of red dog 1 Feb 2019 #209

Kinda OT, but... happybird Feb 2019 #292

I like the guy red dog 1 Feb 2019 #298

I love Woody happybird Feb 2019 #302

It's a superb Coen brothers film! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #306

Rolling Stones co-founder and pianist Ian Stewart was "removed from the red dog 1 Feb 2019 #210

Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Oldham, discovered Marianne Faithful at a party red dog 1 Feb 2019 #211

British Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was born in Ireland red dog 1 Feb 2019 #212

He died in 1922 of a heart attack Mendocino Feb 2019 #241

I think he's buried there, on South Georgia Island. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #266

He is buried there, Mendocino Feb 2019 #269

Yeah, Shackleton apparently trusted Wild more than anyone else red dog 1 Feb 2019 #271

Back in 2010, Rudolph Giuliani's daughter, Caroline, was arrested for shoplifting red dog 1 Feb 2019 #213

Tom Petty was in the Traveling Wilburys because George Harrison had to go red dog 1 Feb 2019 #214

Anne Boleyn had six fingers... according to Clairee Belcher (in Steel Magnolias). NurseJackie Feb 2019 #215

CoS Jennifer82 Feb 2019 #216

Balls Mahoney died at 44 red dog 1 Feb 2019 #219

Jayne Mansfield was actually a brunette, not a blonde red dog 1 Feb 2019 #218

Now you can see a resemblance TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #232

And Elvis Presley was a blonde who dyed his hair black. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #307

Didn't know that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #309

Elvis also had a twin who died at birth. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #310

Yeah, Elvis always felt a little guilty about that. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #330

Sorry, Mr. Bill, but Elvis wasn't a blonde red dog 1 Feb 2019 #349

Well, theres a fine line between Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #350

Yes, he did dye his hair black. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #352

He first dyed his hair black during the making of his 2nd film, "Loving You" in 1957 red dog 1 Feb 2019 #362

Glen Hansard, who played guitarist Outspan Foster in "The Commitments," red dog 1 Feb 2019 #220

Lovely little film TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #227

Chuck Berry wrote the lyrics to "Promised Land" while he was in prison red dog 1 Feb 2019 #221

On Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Europe and Australia, his show was split in two. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #222

LBJ loved Fresca so much he had it installed on tap in Air Force One pamela Feb 2019 #223

Wow! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #224

Diet Pepsi pertello Sep 2019 #613

That had to be the cyclamate sweetened version TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #233

Despite the fact that they were old friends, when Jerry Lee Lewis got drunk & accidentally drove red dog 1 Feb 2019 #225

Ken Kesey had a magic show on Eugene TV when he was a kid. Hassler Feb 2019 #226

Jerry Lee Lewis Dave in VA Feb 2019 #228

Gunsmoke star James Arness was the first soldier to land on Anzio Beach during WWII GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #229

The Gabor sisters were married a total of 20 times. BHDem53 Feb 2019 #234

I still remember the time Zsa Zsa appeared on The Tonight Show with one of her many cats red dog 1 Feb 2019 #259

I don't remember watching that episode but BHDem53 Feb 2019 #285

I remember seeing it. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #286

Walter Cronkite in his Rebl2 Feb 2019 #237

Brock Peters and Gregory Peck BHDem53 Feb 2019 #239

I pissed on Ronald Regan's birthplace in Tampico, IL. Capt. America Feb 2019 #242

Johnny Cash once played at a theater in Easton, Pa. This was when his career was going sideways. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #243

Buddy Holly wanted to act and registered with Lee Strasburg in NY pepperbear Feb 2019 #244

Katy Tur's father flew the chopper that chased OJ Simpson JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #249

Mookie Betts, Baseball's MVP, is also a professional bowler redstateblues Feb 2019 #252

Here's a two-fer in the same NYT article. japple Feb 2019 #254

The earliest rocking chairs only rocked forward world wide wally Feb 2019 #256

What good would a rocking chair be that only rocked forward? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #260

It's a good thing technology always advances world wide wally Feb 2019 #284

Both Harry Houdini and Rudolf Valentino died of peritonitis. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #262

Dan Akroyd Mendocino Feb 2019 #270

A twofer ChazInAz Feb 2019 #273

I always get Boris Karloff mixed up with Bela Lugosi red dog 1 Feb 2019 #275

Jose Antonio Aguirre was shot at at his desk. Wolf Frankula Feb 2019 #287

Sandra Bullock also speaks fluent German TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #291

Melissa Etheridge went by Missy in high school. diverdownjt Feb 2019 #294

Sounds impressive. She has real presence too, I chatted with her once. JudyM Sep 2019 #611

Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Presley, was found guilty of altering a check & was sentenced to red dog 1 Feb 2019 #299

Poor Vernon was sent to Parchman Farm (now MS state pen) - he altered a check for four bucks Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #301

Thanks for posting that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #303

Ringo Starr is a natural left hander Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #308

Doyle Bramhall II Mendocino Feb 2019 #337

Albert King played like that, too. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #338

Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa) Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #314

Elvis Presley was a perfectionist. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #325

Larry Linville BarbaRosa Feb 2019 #328

Interesting! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #329

Marie Curie was basically the champion of the Nobel prizes. aidbo Feb 2019 #333

George Clinton was born in an outhouse. java108 Feb 2019 #339

Do you have a link for that? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #344

From the man himself: java108 Feb 2019 #346

Thanks for that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #348

Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and his replacement Steve Gaines java108 Feb 2019 #342

And... Ed King was previously with Strawberry Alarm Clock Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #581

John McVie was not an original member of Fleetwood Mac. java108 Feb 2019 #347

Dave Brubeck had the softest hands. MuseRider Feb 2019 #353

Boxing Champion sdfernando Feb 2019 #354

Back about '75 I was drinking in the Sonoita Merchantile Bar panader0 Feb 2019 #356

Did you get to hear the cassettes? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #357

1975 was only one year before the "landmark" palimony case, Marvin v. Marvin, (1976) red dog 1 Feb 2019 #358

Lots of westerns were made in the area. panader0 Feb 2019 #359

He did die in Tuscon, at age 63. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #361

Sonoita Az lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #554

In 1957, Elvis Presley did three brief tours, with crazed fans at every show red dog 1 Feb 2019 #363

When the Beatles first visited Elvis Presley, they just sat there looking at him, speechless. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #364

Hank Williams died at 29, from an overdose of prescription medication. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #365

"Elvis Presley became dependent on others to do even simple tasks around the house. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #366

Dick Shawn appeared in more than thirty movies and seven Broadway productions. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #367

Weird Al Yankovic has an estimated net worth of $16 million. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #368

Elvis Presley was turned on to pills by his sergeant while he was in the Army red dog 1 Mar 2019 #369

Howard Hughes built a wireless radio transmitter when he was only 11 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #370

Johnny Depp "read" the audio version of Keith Richards memoir, "Life" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #371

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards lived close to each other and knew each other as kids red dog 1 Mar 2019 #372

Keith Richards has five grandchildren. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #373

Keith Richards had a pet mouse and a cat when he was young red dog 1 Mar 2019 #374

Keith Richards' maternal grandfather gave him his first guitar when he was 10 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #375

Football trivia calguy Mar 2019 #376

Richard Nixon was an incredibly good poker player. jg10003 Mar 2019 #377

Nixon was certainly no dummy! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #379

According to "Celebrity Net Worth" Johnny Depp was worth more than $400 million in 2016 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #380

Richie Cunningham's older brother on "Happy Days" was named Chuck, & he only lasted 9 episodes red dog 1 Mar 2019 #381

Albert Camus died in a car accident - he was 46. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #382

In grammar school, Keith Richards used to get beaten up every day after school by a bully red dog 1 Mar 2019 #383

Robin Williams' first staring role was in the 1980 film "Popeye" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #384

In December, 1985, Rolling Stones co-founder Ian Stewart began having red dog 1 Mar 2019 #385

Tom Waits served in the Coast Guard. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #386

According to Keith Richards in his book "Life," The Rolling Stones' first appearance red dog 1 Mar 2019 #387

Ray Davies & his brother Dave formed a band called the Ray Davies Quartet red dog 1 Mar 2019 #388

Keith Richards said that The Rolling Stones never would have become a band red dog 1 Mar 2019 #389

Carl Reiner directed 15 films including "The Jerk" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #390

At age 5, comedian Jim Gaffigan announced that when he grew up, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #391

Only days before a history-altering trip to North Korea... Socal31 Mar 2019 #392

Harmonica player "Little Walter," had 14 top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts red dog 1 Mar 2019 #393

Songwriter, harmonica & blues guitar player Jimmy Reed has been described as red dog 1 Mar 2019 #394

John Goodman earned a football scholarship to Missouri State University red dog 1 Mar 2019 #395

Kinky Friedman founded "Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch" located near red dog 1 Mar 2019 #396

Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda Mendocino Mar 2019 #397

Jerry Mathers (as The Beaver) used to hang out summers with my friends father who was the same age.. samnsara Mar 2019 #398

Trump colluded. KPN Mar 2019 #401

That's not really "a little known fact" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #407

Grouch Marx and Alice Cooper were good friends toward the end of Groucho's ilfe TlalocW Mar 2019 #405

James Randi, aka "Amazing Randi," red dog 1 Mar 2019 #406

On The Rolling Stones Decca recording of "Play With Fire," Phil Spector played bass red dog 1 Mar 2019 #409

According to Ronnie Spector, former wife of record producer, Phil Spector, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #410

The Rolling Stones were planning on touring Europe and the United States red dog 1 Mar 2019 #411

Billy Beane was named Oaklnad A's general manager after the 1997 season, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #412

Director Gus Van Zant (Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Milk) red dog 1 Apr 2019 #413

Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones played many instruments red dog 1 Apr 2019 #414

In 2003, Larry Flint bought nude photos of Pvt. Jessica Lynch, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #415

The April, 2003 rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital red dog 1 Apr 2019 #416

Mort Sahl is still alive and lives in Marin County, CA. red dog 1 Apr 2019 #417

William S. Burroughs once shared an apartment with Jack Kerouac red dog 1 Apr 2019 #418

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Mendocino Apr 2019 #423

I know. red dog 1 Apr 2019 #424

I Am The Door Mendocino Apr 2019 #427

Did you ever walk across the street to Upper Grant Ave red dog 1 Apr 2019 #428

I've visited the City twice. Mendocino Apr 2019 #429

Gram Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor lll red dog 1 Apr 2019 #419

Bryan Adams' net worth is about $65 million red dog 1 Apr 2019 #420

Stephen Miller, Shitler's chief adviser, is actually The Devil red dog 1 Apr 2019 #421

The Sting Mendocino Apr 2019 #422

Keith Scott, who plays lead guitar for The Bryan Adams Band, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #425

Keith Richards had a romantic relationship with actress & model red dog 1 Apr 2019 #430

Keith Richards named his oldest son Marlon, after Marlon Brando red dog 1 Apr 2019 #432

Before they became successful, the Rolling Stones wanted red dog 1 Apr 2019 #433

Jonathan Winters was nominated for a Grammy Award 11 times red dog 1 Apr 2019 #434

At one point, while having dinner at his wife Patty's parents house for the first time, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #435

In 2006, while in Fiji, Keith Richards slipped off the branch of a dead tree, and suffered a red dog 1 Apr 2019 #436

My advance apologies to anyone offended or saddened discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2019 #437

Baseball statistician Bill James has written more than 2 dozen books on baseball red dog 1 Apr 2019 #438

All the band members in "The Commitments" were actually playing their instruments except for red dog 1 Apr 2019 #439

11 months after being released from prison, John Wesley Hardin married a 15-year-old girl red dog 1 Apr 2019 #440

Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician and song writer, was born John Lee Curtis Williamson red dog 1 May 2019 #441

Harry Truman's net worth at the time of his death was $500,000 red dog 1 May 2019 #442

The 1st top ten hit for The Rolling Stones that was written by Jagger & Richards was red dog 1 May 2019 #443

After Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones died, the only band members who showed up at his red dog 1 May 2019 #444

Benny Hill's father and grandfather were both circus clowns. red dog 1 May 2019 #445

Johnny Carson and side-kick Ed McMahon were both fans of Benny Hill and tried several times to red dog 1 May 2019 #446

Jerry Garcia was named after composer Jerome Kern red dog 1 May 2019 #447

Jerry Garcia went to Balboa High School in San Francisco, then to Analy High School in Sebastopol red dog 1 May 2019 #448

Woody Allen inherited his baldness from his mother, not his father, who still had a full head of red dog 1 May 2019 #449

Duh...the gene for baldness is alway passed from the mother. sdfernando May 2019 #453

"Duh"? red dog 1 May 2019 #454

JFK won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book, "Profiles in Courage" red dog 1 May 2019 #450

Woody Allen's net worth is about $80 million red dog 1 May 2019 #455

One time The Grateful Dead were playing in Montreal, and the cops were hitting anyone who got red dog 1 May 2019 #456

In the early days of the Fillmore Auditorium, Bill Graham himself would greet everyone and give red dog 1 May 2019 #457

After a guy named Goldfinger spiked the apple juice backstage at a Grateful Dead concert with red dog 1 May 2019 #458

William Shatner's net worth has been estimated at between $100 million and $500 million red dog 1 May 2019 #459

Neil Young was once in a band called The Mynah Birds red dog 1 May 2019 #460

Michael J. Fox was a Semi-Pro Hockey Player, Wolf Frankula May 2019 #461

In 1966, before he became famous, Neil Young and some friends traveled down from Canada in a red dog 1 May 2019 #462

Pepper Martin, who played third base for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s, red dog 1 May 2019 #463

Woody Guthrie, who died at 55 of Huntington's Disease, married three times and fathered eight red dog 1 May 2019 #464

Neil Young and Stephen Stills have been best friends since they were teenagers red dog 1 May 2019 #465

William Shatner earned a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from McGill University red dog 1 May 2019 #466

Gerald Ford was eaten by wolves. Uncle Joe May 2019 #467

This message was self-deleted by its author edbermac May 2019 #469

Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 May 2019 #468

French mime Marcel Marceau has the only spoken line in Silent Movie. edbermac May 2019 #470

Neil Young had Polio as a child red dog 1 May 2019 #471

The main reason Buffalo Springfield broke up was because bass player Bruce Palmer got busted red dog 1 May 2019 #472

Herb Alpert, now 86, is worth over $850 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #473

Carrie Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016....Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, died the next day of a stroke. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #474

The stage at Altamont (1969) was only 2 feet high. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #475

Mookie Betts, MVP Major Leaguer is also a professional bowler redstateblues Jun 2019 #476

Patrick McGoohan was offered the movie role of James Bond. Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #477

Thinking her daughter Carrie Fisher was strung out on LSD, Debbie Reynolds asked Cary Grant red dog 1 Jun 2019 #478

General Patton had a high squeaky voice. Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #479

Carrie Fisher once slept with someone who died in his sleep red dog 1 Jun 2019 #480

When a teenager, Jerry Garcia hung out with hoodlums & got into fights a lot, so his mother red dog 1 Jun 2019 #481

President Comb-Over-Boy received five draft deferments, four for college, and one for "bad feet" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #482

Breaking Bad and Tony award-winning actor Bryan Cranston was born in Hollywood and is worth red dog 1 Jun 2019 #483

Richard Brautigan was once arrested for throwing a rock through a police station window. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #484

Christina Applegate's character on "Married with Children" was actually a virgin red dog 1 Jun 2019 #485

Johannes Brahms usually had a cigar in his mouth while practicing on the piano red dog 1 Jun 2019 #486

Bob Dylan and Tiny Tim hung out together backstage at the New York club called "Cafe Wha?" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #487

In 1966, at age 73, Mae West recorded a rock & roll album red dog 1 Jun 2019 #488

Joe Biden's eldest son, Beau, who died of brain cancer, was a major in the U.S. Army red dog 1 Jun 2019 #489

When he was a young boy, Harry Truman's mother saved his life Not Heidi Jun 2019 #490

No kidding? red dog 1 Jun 2019 #493

Bob Dylan used to visit Woody Guthrie in the hospital in the mid-1960s when Woody was red dog 1 Jun 2019 #491

Robert Goulet's First feature film was Gay Purr-ee Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #492

Bob Dylan's net worth is about $180 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #494

Phil Spector's net worth is somewhere between $35 million and $100 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #495

Randy Newman has received 3 Emmys, 7 Grammy Awards, and 2 Academy Awards for red dog 1 Jun 2019 #496

President Dwight D. Eisenhower described himself as a "progressive conservative" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #497

Harpo, Chico and Groucho Marx first worked together in Vaudeville as a singing group called red dog 1 Jun 2019 #498

As a boy growing up on his father's farm, most of Jimmy Carter's friends were African-American. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #499

When Jimmy Carter first proposed to his wife, Roalyn Smith, she turned him down. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #500

Christopher Lee was at the last aquamarina Jun 2019 #501

Actor Timothy Olyphant from Justified and Deadwood is a Vanderbilt Bradshaw3 Jun 2019 #503

This message was self-deleted by its author iamateacher Jun 2019 #505

Jimmy Carter created two new cabinet-level departments, Dept of Energy & Dept of Education red dog 1 Jun 2019 #508

Amy Carter had a tree-house on the grounds of the White House when her dad was POTUS red dog 1 Jun 2019 #512

Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for co-creating the Carter Center red dog 1 Jun 2019 #513

Jimmy Carter is credited with curtailing "river blindness", a parasitical disease in Africa. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #555

He's probably accomplished more as an ex-President than any other ex-President in history. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #556

Two of the major themes of Jimmy Carter's administration were keeping the peace & human rights" red dog 1 Jul 2019 #514

President Carter liked to run, but he never ran with Secret Service agents; he ran with military red dog 1 Jul 2019 #515

While the press was focused on 9-year-old Amy, two of President Carter's sons also moved into red dog 1 Jul 2019 #516

Hunter S. Thompson once attended a speech given by President Carter, and liked it so much, red dog 1 Jul 2019 #517

Unlike other U.S. presidents with children, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter decided to enroll daughter red dog 1 Jul 2019 #519

Bill Clinton became a Vegan after his heart attack red dog 1 Jul 2019 #520

Bill Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #521

Besides being an actor, John Lithgow is also a singer, a poet, and an author red dog 1 Jul 2019 #522

Since legalizing marijuana in 2014, Colorado has taken in over $1 billion in taxes & fees red dog 1 Jul 2019 #523

Jay Leno is worth over $400 million red dog 1 Jul 2019 #524

Elvis' girlfriend in high school was named Dixie. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #525

Jon Stewart has 3 rescued pit bulls DBoon Jul 2019 #526

He also adopted the horse Bayard Jul 2019 #538

I hope those "kids" were caught! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #541

Here's one clip Bayard Jul 2019 #543

Bob Dylan had a huge Bar Mitzvah. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #527

Did he live in Hibbing, MN then? red dog 1 Jul 2019 #529

Yep. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #537

Mick Jagger owns a genuine WWII German Enigma encryption machine DBoon Jul 2019 #531

Mozart was into scatology! pandr32 Jul 2019 #533

Dustin Hoffman is a good actor Botany Jul 2019 #536

Yeah, right! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #539

Dallas Police put out an APB for Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect in the killing of Officer red dog 1 Jul 2019 #540

Although no official announcement has yet to be made, it looks like they're going to make red dog 1 Jul 2019 #542

Dean Martin was afraid of elevators, and never used them. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #544

11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 and wasn't found until 2009 red dog 1 Jul 2019 #545

It was on The Steve Allen Show that Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks first appeared as a comedy team red dog 1 Jul 2019 #546

Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election was William E. Miller, who is red dog 1 Jul 2019 #547

Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted the Manson family, has written 14 books red dog 1 Jul 2019 #548

Alec Baldwin's first acting role was in the NBC soap opera "The Doctors" playing the role of red dog 1 Jul 2019 #549

Alec Baldwin used to wait for his father to come home & watch late night movies with him. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #550

Don Henley got Stevie Nicks Pregnant. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #553

Bob Dylan is worth more than $180 million red dog 1 Jul 2019 #557

Redd Foxx's real name was John Elroy Sanford red dog 1 Jul 2019 #558

About Red Foxx...He was a stand up comedian before "Sanford and Son" and Stuart G Jul 2019 #560

I know! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #563

The Movie, " Seven Samurai", 1954, is 3 hours, and has an intermission (japanese) It was remade.. Stuart G Jul 2019 #559

The director Peter Bogdanovich, who was having an affair with LibDemAlways Jul 2019 #561

Willie Nelson wrote his first song at age seven & joined his first band at age ten. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #564

Earl Scruggs the Bluegrass banjo player Mendocino Jul 2019 #565

Kris Kristofferson was a captain in the US Army and flew helicopters red dog 1 Jul 2019 #566

Prince (Rogers Nelson) was a HORRIBLE reckless driver. Got into several fender benders New Breed Leader Jul 2019 #567

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #568

Thank U! New Breed Leader Jul 2019 #569

Waylan Jennings smoked six packs of cigarettes a day. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #570

Guitar Player Randy Rhoads Was... jayfish Aug 2019 #572

Unlike the character played by Gary Busey in "The Buddy Holly Story"...Buddy Holly was a gentle, red dog 1 Aug 2019 #573

Willie Nelson tried LSD one time, but didn't know that he was supposed to cut it into 3 parts red dog 1 Aug 2019 #574

On Feb. 3, 1959, after Buddy Holly learned that Waylon Jennings had given up his seat on the red dog 1 Aug 2019 #575

Guitar Player Brian May... jayfish Aug 2019 #577

Finally finished his doctorate a few years ago n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 #586

Greg Graffin, from the punk band Bad Religion, lectures in evolutionary biology at UCLA DBoon Sep 2019 #620

During the early 1980s, Waylon Jennings had a $1500/day cocaine habit. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #582

Willie Nelson has appeared in 30 movies. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #584

George Carlin was the first-ever host of SNL (Oct.11, 1975) red dog 1 Aug 2019 #585

Last year, Henry Winkler won an Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for red dog 1 Aug 2019 #587

Grateful Dead co-founder Ron "Pigpen" Mc Kernan did not do psychedelic drugs red dog 1 Aug 2019 #588

Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.. yuiyoshida Aug 2019 #589

Billy Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards nine times red dog 1 Aug 2019 #591

Teenage climate activist Greta Thurnberg will be sailing across the Atlantic in a high-speed red dog 1 Aug 2019 #592

Scarlett Johansson campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 red dog 1 Aug 2019 #593

Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh started out as a violin player, then later switched to trumpet red dog 1 Aug 2019 #594

In 1998, Phil Lesh underwent a liver transplant. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #595

Abbie Hoffman committed suicide by taking 150 phenobarbital tablets & liquor red dog 1 Aug 2019 #596

Two Hollywood movies were based on the life and work of Dr. John Lily, the inventor of the red dog 1 Aug 2019 #597

Harvey Keitel was originally cast in the role of Captain Hubbard in "Apocalypse Now" red dog 1 Aug 2019 #598

The opening scene of "Apocalypse Now" - which features Capt. Willard staggering around his red dog 1 Aug 2019 #599

Steve McQueen was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice to play Captain Williard in red dog 1 Aug 2019 #600

Mustang Ranch owner Joe Conforte used to drive a cab in Oakland, CA. red dog 1 Sep 2019 #605

Among the actors who were considered for the role of Captain Hubbard in Francis Ford Coppola's red dog 1 Sep 2019 #606

Adrian Cronauer ("Good Morning Vietnam") DFW Sep 2019 #612

Buddy Holly was NOTHING like the Gary Busey portrayal of him in "The Buddy Holly Story" red dog 1 Sep 2019 #614

Guitarist James Burton has played with many musicians, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, red dog 1 Sep 2019 #615

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded their first song in 1956 under the name "Tom & Jerry" red dog 1 Sep 2019 #618

Walt Disney was fired from a Missouri Newspaper job Wolf Frankula Sep 2019 #619