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  • Charles M. Schulz: Good Grief!

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    "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's comic vision was inspired by a childhood punctuated by a series of misfortunes and failures. One day the future cartoonist went to see a movie at a theater which had promised chocolate bars to the first 1...

  • Howie Mandel - Helium voice prank

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    Howie Mandel on one of his favorite pranks: "I had one voice where it sounded like I was in a terrible helium accident and I would go to the emergency rooms of hospitals -- before I was on TV, they didn't know who I was -- and I would go to the ad...

  • Michael Moore - Young Idealist

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    After a year at the University of Michigan, Michael Moore started working on a General Motors assembly line (like his father) in Flint, Michigan. He did not stay long. Michael called in sick on his very first day and never went back. Why did Michael at...

  • Eddie Murphy: Great Song

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    One day in 1985, Eddie Murphy got a call from Stevie Wonder. "We're working on this great song," he explained. "You've got to come down to the studio." "I can't," Murphy replied. "I'm working on a song of my own."Eddie's song? "Party All the Time" (Sam...

  • Cher - West Side Story singalong

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    Young Cher once waited until she was home alone so she could sing along to "West Side Story" (reenacted on a television special). Cher recalled putting her hair in pigtails and announcing: "'I am proud to present West Side Story. I will be playing all ...

  • Howie Mandel: Amusement Park

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    Howie Mandel once worked as a ride operator at an amusement park. "Make sure the orange safety harness over your left shoulder is securely fastened," he would warn riders. "We're going upside down in five seconds!" This announcement was invariably met ...

  • Simon Cowell - first "American Idol" contestant

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    "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell was nasty from day 1. "That was terrible, I mean seriously terrible," he told the show's very first contestant, prompting fellow judge Paula Abdul to start crying and walk off the set.Paula later hired a writer to cou...

  • George Clooney - Bachelor

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    After his divorce from Talia Balsam, George Clooney vowed never to remarry or have any children. Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer once challenged Clooney to put his money where his mouth was, each betting $10,000 that the second part of his vow woul...

  • Ashton Kutcher - mile-high club

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    Ashton Kutcher once tried to join the mile-high club. Things did not work out as planned. "It was weird trying to get two people in there," he recalled, "and there was like a moron convention going on around the bathroom door. So there was no opportune...

  • Romark: Psychic Driver

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    On October 12th, 1977, the famed hypnotist Romark declared that, in a public display of his remarkable psychic powers, he would drive through Ilford... wearing a blindfold. After placing two coins, a slice of dough, and a thick band over his eyes, Roma...
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an·ec·dote Click to hear the pronunciation [an-ik-doht]
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1. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
2. pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta: Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.

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Niels Bohr: Barometer Question

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During a physics exam one day, young Niels Bohr was asked to "describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer." "You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer," he replied, "and lower the barometer from the roof of ...

Charles M. Schulz: Good Grief!

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"Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's comic vision was inspired by a childhood punctuated by a series of misfortunes and failures. One day the future cartoonist went to see a movie at a theater which had promised chocolate bars to the first 1...

George Clooney: Clooney's Vault

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In 2003, George Clooney bought a home on lovely Lake Como in Italy. Among the contents left by the previous owner was an empty thousand-pound safe marked "Explosives." One day, Clooney arrived home and was astonished to find that burglars had attempted...

Richard Branson meets Sir James Goldsmith

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Virgin Records' founder Richard Branson was once invited to an exclusive party at the luxurious home of billionaire merchant banker Sir James Goldsmith. While admiring Goldsmith's beautiful pool, Branson -- on a whim -- crept up behind his host and pus...

Jessica Simpson: Pants Off

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"I'm really clumsy, so I trip and fall a lot," Jessica Simpson once confessed. "And every time I perform in New York my pants split onstage. That's happened four or five times. Every time, I pull on my mom's jeans as fast as I can, so there we are, sta...

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  • Joe Namath: Leader Hosen?

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    Famed New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath once donated a curious item of sports memorabilia to Planet Hollywood. The item? A pair of pantyhose -- which Namath wore on the field on chilly days.(Namath once riled animal rights activists by keeping warm ...

  • Absent-Minded Ampere

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    The famed physicist and mathematician Andre Marie Ampere was famously absent-minded. While riding in a carriage to an important meeting at the Academy in Paris one day, he was struck by a brilliant notion which he immediately noted: dH=ipdl/r^2...Arriv...

  • How Godsmack Got Its Name

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    Why did Sully Erna and his heavy metal bandmates call themselves Godsmack?According to Wikipedia:In February 1995, Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including more than two years in the ...

  • Bob Dylan - Bread and Roses Festival

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    From People magazine, 1977:Berkeley's three-day "Bread and Roses Festival" benefiting prisoners and hospital patients [in 1977] featured Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger and 28 others. The last-night sellout crowd was agog waitin...

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - high school jock turned actor

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    At Fairport High School, Philip Seymour Hoffman, a natural athlete, enjoyed wrestling, football, and baseball. He did not even give acting a thought until his sophomore year. What prompted the change? Having injured his neck wrestling, he was en route ...

  • Julia Childs

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    Julia Childs was once asked what she would have done with her life if she hadn't become a celebrity chef. "I probably would have married a conservative banker," she replied, "played golf, and become an alcoholic."[Before moving from her long-time home ...

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    "I calculate that between Winston Churchill's 80th birthday on November 30th and the following April when he retired, I had no less than eight gargantuan dinners with him alone," Lord Butler later recalled, "the dinners being followed by libations of b...

  • Hanoi Jane Fonda

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    When Jane Fonda was nominated for a best actress Oscar (for her portrayal of a call girl in Klute) in 1972, many observers feared that she would use the Academy's podium as a soap box to deliver a strident speech denouncing the Vietnam War. Her father ...

  • Al Gore - it could look like a W

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    In March 2001, Al Gore met with George W. Bush and a number of his aides to discuss the troubled economy. Examining a graph illustrating the depth of the recession, Gore speculated about the projected recovery:"It could look like a hockey stick,&q...

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    How Dan Quayle managed to become America's 44th vice-president is as much a mystery to many Americans as the presidency of George W. Bush."If life were fair," Dennis Miller once sadonically declared, "Dan Quayle would be making a living asking, 'Do you...

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