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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Charlie Chaplin was a great artist, but he was also consumed by a form of pedophilia called phebophilia, which is an overwhelming attraction for teenage girls. He married and divorced two underage girls. One of them, Lita Grey, he married because …Read more.
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Thursday, May 21Rocking the Monocle: That guy with the monocle on the cover of The New Yorker is named Eustace Tilley, who was created by art director Rea Irvin for the first cover in 1925. He appeared on every cover of The New Yorker until 1994, when R. Crumb created his grandnephew Elvis Tilley for the cover. Eustace usually still makes an appearance every year on the cover of the issue closest to the anniversary date of Feb. 21. Switching Sides: Sometimes, just sometimes, you have to feel a tiny bit sorry for the bad luck of the cigarette industry. One of its top lobbyists had been Victor Crawford, a Democrat who had come up in the rough and tumble of Maryland state politics.
What is the only letter in the word "piano" that corresponds to a piano key? A) P B) I C) A D) N Previous answer: "Mrs. Doubtfire" came out about 10 years after the 1982 Oscar nominees included three drag roles. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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