Mister Rogers Wasn’t a Sniper, But Dr. Ruth Was???
File this under “weird but true.”Cuddly children’s TV host Mister Rogers was never an Army sniper, despite the rumors over the years. Neither was cuddly, bespectacled singer John Denver.
Biographies
A Robert Bork Biography
Mr. Hehn has posted a new biography of Robert Bork.
Matt Damon’s Dad Looks a Little Like Phil Hartman
Actor Matt Damon (right) with his father, Kent Damon, last month at the premiere of the Boston-based heist movie The Town.
Gerontology Quiz as Movie Review: RED
Quick quiz: Rank these actors, from oldest to youngest:
Today’s Movie Trailer is in German
Here, from the German version of Fox Home Entertainment, is a trailer auf Deutsch for Gansgster für eine Nacht, starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
You may also know it as Date Night.
Mark Twain Didn’t Say “The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent Was A Summer in San Francisco”?
Speaking earlier of gridiron bons mots, we linked to this page f
“If You Want to Bag An Actress, Take My Seminar on Saturday”
Heh. NFL quarterback Tom Brady had a little on-field argument with linebacker Terrell Suggs during the Ravens-Patriots game last Sunday. Suggs’s account of the rhubarb:
Conan O’Brien’s Live Webcam
Over at Team Coco on YouTube you can see a live video feed from the offices of Conan O’Brien.
Of course, it’s boring. So we’ve created a brief sample:
‘Die Hard’ Director Gets One Year in Prison
John McTiernan gets a year in prison for wiretapping a producer.He should have gotten an extra year for The Thomas Crown Affair.
Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: The Shame of It All
So Ginny Thomas — wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — called Anita Hill this week, out of the blue, to ask for an apology. The transcript of the phone message: