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red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 06:55 PM Jul 2021

Post a little-known fact about someone famous, Part 2

1) John Travolta did a commercial for Band-Aid when he was a kid.

2) Walter Matthau played a villain in "King Creole" and got beaten up by Elvis Presley.

3) Harlan Ellison had gargoyles mounted on the outside of his Los Angeles home.

4) Billy Bob Thornton has been married six times.

5) Vincent Van Gough may not have committed suicide..He may have been shot accidentally by a French teenager who was playing with a gun, and who, along with his friends, bullied Van Gough on a daily basis (They gave him cheap wine)

6) In real life, Richard Simmons is the same as he was on TV.

7) Carly Simon wrote "Anticipation" while waiting for her date, Cat Stevens, to show up.

8) In 1902, President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear tied to a tree by the trip guide during a bear hunting trip in Mississippi.

9) After she disbanded The Runaways, Joan Jett founded Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
23 major record labels rejected her debut album, so she released it on her own.
Her first single "I Love Rock & Roll" became a number 1 hit, selling more than 10 million copies.

10) Harlan Ellison's older sister, Beverly, died in 2010 without having spoken to him since their mother's funeral in 1976.

11) As a struggling writer, Charles Bukowski survived on one candy bar a day, it was a Payday, and cost a nickel.

12) John Wayne was afraid of horses.

13) Adolph Hitler was afraid of heights.

14) Inside Disneyland, Walt Disney had his own private apartment for his family..It's located near City Hall above the fire station.

15) When he was 9, John Wesley Hardin attempted to run away from home to join the Confederate Army.

16) Martin Sheen had a heart attack while filming Apocalypse Now.

17) Redd Foxx avoided the draft by eating a bar of soap before his physical, which resulted in heart palpitations.







More little-known facts about someone famous from Part 1:
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Post a little-known fact about someone famous, Part 2 (Original Post) red dog 1 Jul 2021 OP
16) is a well-known fact. Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #1
Bob Marley worked in the paint shop at the Chrysler plant in Newark, Delaware Walleye Jul 2021 #2
I wonder if he ever "toked up" there ? (on a lunch break perhaps?) red dog 1 Sep 2021 #51
Wouldn't be surprised. Delaware was not without weed in those days Walleye Sep 2021 #53
The writer Ken Kesey once said he wouldn't let his wife Faye and the writer Larry McMurtry Hassler Jul 2021 #3
Bill Clinton has the most beautiful hands I've ever seen. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #4
Hillary has mentioned that she always thought Bill had beautiful hands. Boomerproud Aug 2021 #22
Oh, good. Somehow I've never been aware she said that. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Delarage Jul 2021 #5
Bruce Willis Delarage Jul 2021 #6
Somerset Maugham worked for British Intelligence in World War One... First Speaker Jul 2021 #7
Norah Jones, who has won 9 Grammy Awards, is the daughter of Ravi Shankar. red dog 1 Jul 2021 #8
Tiny Tim taught himself to play guitar at age 6 red dog 1 Jul 2021 #9
Hunter S. Thompson wanted to be an Air Force pilot red dog 1 Jul 2021 #10
Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actor Jon Voight red dog 1 Jul 2021 #11
Emily Dickinson was agoraphobic, and rarely ever left her home. red dog 1 Aug 2021 #12
During his final weeks as a U.S. Marine stationed in China, Sam Peckinpah applied for a discharge red dog 1 Aug 2021 #13
Sharon Osbourne's Pomeranian was once saved from a coyote attack when Ozzy tackled the wild red dog 1 Aug 2021 #14
Why have I become the only one posting on this thread? red dog 1 Aug 2021 #15
I don't know red dog 1 Aug 2021 #16
OK, I'll try one more just to see if anyone else thinks this thread is worth posting on red dog 1 Aug 2021 #17
Link? trof Sep 2021 #57
Link. Niagara Sep 2021 #62
OK, the silence is deafening, this thread is now officially dead! red dog 1 Aug 2021 #18
When he was working on The Streets of San Francisco, Karl Malden lived at the Mark Hopkins Hotel MatthewHatesTrump2 Aug 2021 #19
Walt Disney had TWO private apartments in Disneyland Auggie Aug 2021 #20
Thanks for that red dog 1 Sep 2021 #50
Based on photos I've seen of the Firehouse ... Auggie Sep 2021 #54
Don Drysdale was (naturally) a star pitcher for his Van Nuys High school baseball team. Boomerproud Aug 2021 #21
Interesting! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #49
One of Patrick Swayze's first roles was on MASH jmowreader Aug 2021 #23
Bruce Dickinson wrote his autobiography with a ball point pen jmowreader Aug 2021 #24
Actress Tippi Hedren and teenage daughter Melanie Griffith shared their home with a Niagara Aug 2021 #26
Had some trouble with those animals while filming a movie Orrex Aug 2021 #33
Including 13 year old Melanie TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #56
Wow! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #48
Sharing your home with a full grown lion sounds dangerous to me. MatthewHatesTrump2 Sep 2021 #66
It is. Niagara Sep 2021 #67
John Dillinger once wrote a handwritten note to Henry Ford, thanking him for Niagara Aug 2021 #27
Eminem is known for profanity in his music, however he has a strict Niagara Aug 2021 #28
Ashton Kutcher's index and and middle toes are webbed. Niagara Aug 2021 #29
Dan Aykroyd VGNonly Aug 2021 #31
Interesting. Niagara Aug 2021 #35
To each other? Orrex Aug 2021 #34
Yes. The unveiling on Kutcher's toes start about the 1:05 timestamp. Niagara Aug 2021 #36
Meh. I was hoping that his toes were webbed to his fingers. Orrex Aug 2021 #38
Aren't everybody's? Shrike47 Sep 2021 #65
Jaimie Foxx used his own horse, Cheetah, in the movie Django Unchained. Niagara Aug 2021 #30
Chuck Leavell keyboardist VGNonly Aug 2021 #32
+1000 Niagara Aug 2021 #37
+ 10,000 red dog 1 Aug 2021 #39
I thought you might enjoy this, Red Dog. Niagara Aug 2021 #41
Thanks for posting those, Niagara red dog 1 Aug 2021 #42
You're welcome, Red Dog. Niagara Aug 2021 #47
Oh god. 31 years ago. trof Sep 2021 #59
Leo DiCaprio owns his own island, Blackadore Caye, off mainland Belize red dog 1 Aug 2021 #40
At Altamont, Mick Jagger was punched in the face by an unruly fan while making his way to red dog 1 Aug 2021 #43
Question...His real name is ..... Jerome Silberman.....You know what name he went by?... Stuart G Aug 2021 #44
(Wild guess) Jerry Seinfeld? red dog 1 Aug 2021 #45
Nope. Gene Wilder. Boomerproud Sep 2021 #55
On Sept. 6, 1978, after spending the evening with Paul & Linda McCartney, Keith Moon and his red dog 1 Aug 2021 #46
Before the film premiere of "Psycho" Alfred Hitchcock bought all remaining copies of red dog 1 Sep 2021 #52
Margaret Wise Brown, who wrote many children's books, including "Goodnight Moon" and red dog 1 Sep 2021 #58
Adolph wore a fake mustache. trof Sep 2021 #60
Miss Piggy's original name was Piggy Lee Wolf Frankula Sep 2021 #61
John Wayne had a fear of horses red dog 1 Sep 2021 #63
Country singer Red Foley was Pat Boone's father-in-law red dog 1 Sep 2021 #64
Johnny Carson hated cats MatthewHatesTrump2 Sep 2021 #68
I actually knew Richard Simmons pretty well years ago. You're right. nolabear Sep 2021 #69

Hassler

(3,321 posts)
3. The writer Ken Kesey once said he wouldn't let his wife Faye and the writer Larry McMurtry
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 07:18 PM
Jul 2021

be in a room alone together, that the chemistry was too intense. To prove him right, a few years after Ken died, Faye married McMurtry.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
4. Bill Clinton has the most beautiful hands I've ever seen.
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 08:12 PM
Jul 2021

They don't photograph well, I have no idea why not. But one time I was at a meet and greet and when I saw his hands I was awestruck. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what Hilary fell in love with in the first place.

Boomerproud

(7,889 posts)
22. Hillary has mentioned that she always thought Bill had beautiful hands.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 11:51 PM
Aug 2021

She said his fingers were long and tapered like a surgeon.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
25. Oh, good. Somehow I've never been aware she said that.
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 10:46 AM
Aug 2021

I bet she fell in love with his hands, as much as the man.

Response to red dog 1 (Original post)

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
7. Somerset Maugham worked for British Intelligence in World War One...
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 10:56 PM
Jul 2021

...and was their point man in Russia when they tried to overthrow the Bolsheviks.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
10. Hunter S. Thompson wanted to be an Air Force pilot
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 05:01 PM
Jul 2021

(He did serve in the U.S. Air Force, but not as a pilot)

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
13. During his final weeks as a U.S. Marine stationed in China, Sam Peckinpah applied for a discharge
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 07:57 PM
Aug 2021

so he could marry a local woman, but was refused.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
14. Sharon Osbourne's Pomeranian was once saved from a coyote attack when Ozzy tackled the wild
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 05:53 PM
Aug 2021

animal and wrestled it until the little dog was released.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
17. OK, I'll try one more just to see if anyone else thinks this thread is worth posting on
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 06:26 PM
Aug 2021

Roy Rogers was asked to close Woodstock with "Happy Trails" ..but he declined.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
18. OK, the silence is deafening, this thread is now officially dead!
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 08:19 PM
Aug 2021

Last edited Thu Aug 12, 2021, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)

(Unless someone cares to revive it)

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
20. Walt Disney had TWO private apartments in Disneyland
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 06:05 PM
Aug 2021

The second is in New Orleans Square (I've been inside).

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
50. Thanks for that
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 08:26 PM
Sep 2021

(The only one I knew about was the one over the Firehouse).

What was that other one like inside?

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
54. Based on photos I've seen of the Firehouse ...
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 09:01 PM
Sep 2021

it’s larger and nicer. Parquet floors with inlays, two bedrooms (one for the grandchildren), kitchenette I think because most meals came from the Blue Bayou.

Boomerproud

(7,889 posts)
21. Don Drysdale was (naturally) a star pitcher for his Van Nuys High school baseball team.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 11:50 PM
Aug 2021

The first baseman was Robert Redford. Redford got a baseball scholarship to Colorado University.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
23. One of Patrick Swayze's first roles was on MASH
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:14 AM
Aug 2021

He played a wounded soldier who had cancer. He died of a different form of cancer.

Niagara

(7,406 posts)
26. Actress Tippi Hedren and teenage daughter Melanie Griffith shared their home with a
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 10:46 AM
Aug 2021

400lb lion named Neil.









I'll leave the image posted for awhile, but eventually will take it down.

Orrex

(63,084 posts)
33. Had some trouble with those animals while filming a movie
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 04:07 PM
Aug 2021

Lots of injuries, some of them quite serious.

Niagara

(7,406 posts)
67. It is.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 04:32 PM
Sep 2021

Neil had full range of the house. Once Melanie got mauled during the filming of the movie Roar, her mother created a big cat sanctuary outside of their home. Although it wasn't Neil that mauled her, but another lion during filming, Tippi finally decided that Neil didn't belong in the home.


Also, while filming Roar, a lioness wouldn't let go of Melanie. This attack was left in the movie.

Niagara

(7,406 posts)
27. John Dillinger once wrote a handwritten note to Henry Ford, thanking him for
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 10:49 AM
Aug 2021

building such a great car. The (Ford) car in question is one that Dillinger stole.

Niagara

(7,406 posts)
28. Eminem is known for profanity in his music, however he has a strict
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 10:50 AM
Aug 2021

no swearing allowed rule in his home.

VGNonly

(7,430 posts)
32. Chuck Leavell keyboardist
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:16 PM
Aug 2021

formally with the Allman Brothers, now with the Stones, has 2500 acre tree preserve. He is a leading conservationist in Georgia.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
39. + 10,000
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 06:09 PM
Aug 2021

Last edited Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:08 PM - Edit history (2)

I love hearing about rich & famous people being environmentalists and/or conservationists.

Niagara

(7,406 posts)
41. I thought you might enjoy this, Red Dog.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:41 PM
Aug 2021

Dennis Weaver and his wife hired Michael Reynolds to help build their Colorado Earthship home. They lived there for about 15 years until their daughter-in-law Lynne passed away. They listed the Earthship home for sale in 2004 and moved to Malibu to be closer to family.


The 1st video is about 27 minutes long.








red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
43. At Altamont, Mick Jagger was punched in the face by an unruly fan while making his way to
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 06:28 PM
Aug 2021

his trailer.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
46. On Sept. 6, 1978, after spending the evening with Paul & Linda McCartney, Keith Moon and his
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 09:39 PM
Aug 2021

girl friend, Annette Walter-Lax returned to their London flat & watched a movie.
Afterwards, Moon asked Annette to fix him steak & eggs.
When she objected, he replied "If you don't like it, you can F#ck off!"
Those were his last words....He took 32 Clomethiazole tablets & went to bed.
The next afternoon, Annette found him dead.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
52. Before the film premiere of "Psycho" Alfred Hitchcock bought all remaining copies of
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 08:36 PM
Sep 2021

Robert Bloch's original novel as he was afraid that people would buy the novel and spoil the twist ending of the film.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
58. Margaret Wise Brown, who wrote many children's books, including "Goodnight Moon" and
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:50 PM
Sep 2021

"The Runaway Bunny" bequeathed the royalties to many of her books to her neighbor's son, Albert Clarke, who was 9-years-old when she died.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
69. I actually knew Richard Simmons pretty well years ago. You're right.
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 04:53 PM
Sep 2021

At least, he was mostly exactly as people saw him on TV. He was a really good guy, and though that personality of his certainly varied and he had quiet, serious times, he was just a dialed-down Richard. Not to mention wicked smart.

And no, none of knows what happened. His manager does but he’s never talked. I haven’t heard from him in years.

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