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Redd Foxx dodged the draft by eating a bar of soap before his physical, a trick that resulted in heart palpitations.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,297 posts)LakeArenal
(28,728 posts)LakeArenal
(28,728 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Michael J. Pollard penned the song name 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys_(song)
RobertDevereaux
(1,841 posts). . . at the Oberlin College G&S Players summer season at Highfield Theatre in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(I forget his name)
Raven123
(4,714 posts)(crossfire) an antisemitic murderer was the opposite in real life. Although he served in the military, he became a pacifist, progressive and was a supporter of the ACLU and outspoken against racism.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)He went way too young.
Another good movie of his with some good twists:
Odds Against Tomorrow
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)assaulted by then-boyfriend actor Christopher Jones. This occurred at the Cielo Drive house of the Manson-driven Tate murders. Hussey moved in weeks after the murders. The owner was her manager.
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)Trump spoke the unvarnished truth TWO TIMES during the 2016 campaign:
1. He said the election was RIGGED. True.
2. He said if I voted for Hillary, there would be a criminal in the White House. 2 for 2!
TlalocW
(15,358 posts)Which was essentially a simple math word problem... twice. He went up to a magician at an event he was at after the show was over to offer his hypothesis on how the trick worked (he was wrong), and the magician did it again and fooled him.
TlalocW
MatthewHatesTrump2
(915 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)MatthewHatesTrump2
(915 posts)Submariner
(12,485 posts)Eddie Albert Heimberger was famous for his acting skills but few know of his heroism in WW2. Eddie in the battle of Tarawa disobeyed his orders to collect reusable supplies from the initial landing and instead rescued over 40 marines who were trapped offshore under heavy machine gun fire.
Eddie Albert was also an activist in social and environmental issues. He was involved with Meals for Millions becoming a special envoy. Meals for Millions was a project that created nutritional means for about three cents per meal to be distributed to countries in need. 6.5 million pounds of food was given out to a total of 129 countries, and they are still going. He also founded the City Childrens Farms to try and make small farms for inner city children. Eddie fought against pollution as well especially DTT. DTT is toxic to many sea creatures and also effects the thickness of egg shells in birds such as the Bald Eagle. Eddie Albert also involved with the Boy Scouts of America, becoming the national chairman. He was also involved with the start of Earth Day, speaking at its opening ceremony in 1970.
https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2016/10/16/eddie-albert-in-the-battle-of-tarawa/
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Good stuff!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)In fact, he rode into town with the guy earlier that day, along with a third guy.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)... suddenly I'm starting to think there's more to this story than just snoring. 🤔
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red dog 1
(27,648 posts)After doing some research, it appears that the guy in the next room was a stranger.
Hardin's first shot woke him up, but his second shot killed the guy.
Hardin fled out a back window, hid in a hay pile, stole a horse at dawn & rode out of town.
(The Marshal in Abilene then was Wild Bill Hickock)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)have ended (for how long, I don't know)
But Hardin, being the homicidal maniac he was, fired multiple shots, and the 2nd shot killed the guy.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)That's right, the Bill of Rights were written by America's first emo president
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)on his shoulder. It was about the size of a tennis ball and was surgically removed.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I wonder what it's like to go through your life with that knowledge?
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...my brother was a jazz trumpeter for years, and met Miles a few times. Says he did nothing but smile and laugh...
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It's the only Tom Cruise movie I've ever liked, and Jamie Foxx is in it too.
Great flick!
There's a great scene where this guy is relating a story about being up on stage with Miles Davis
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(It's located near City Hall above the fire station)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(High Anxiety?)
red dog 1
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(You can't make this stuff up)
Captain Zero
(6,714 posts)They are now in the Kurt Vonnegut Museum in Indianapolis.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(Buzzfeed)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It was a "Payday" and it cost a nickel.
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red dog 1
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(27,648 posts)mother's funeral in 1976.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)After 23 major record labels rejected her debut album, she released it on her own.
Her first single, "I Love Rock & Roll" became a number 1 hit, selling more than 10 million copies.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)during a bear hunting trip in Mississippi.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)MatthewHatesTrump2
(915 posts)It was reported that he hit speeds of 120 mph
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)A biographer of his wrote that he did not shoot himself, but was shot accidentally by a French teenager, who, with his friends, bullied Van Gough nearly every day.
They would give him a bottle of cheap wine while he was out in the fields painting, and then have fun with him.
(The punk who shot him just meant to scare him, apperently)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)His niece-in-law is in Congress (Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-Oregon)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(which resembled a castle)