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In reply to the discussion: Post the birth name of someone famous & see if anyone knows their stage name W/O using Google [View all]Brother Buzz
(36,373 posts)75. Yes, now how about the sports columnist/novelist/television movie script writer half-brother?
Another, albeit an obtuse hint: He lived directly across a swamp (tidal wetlands) from Ross Hodges.
Off topic: Their father's death was a bizarre Hollywood story that merits a mention:
Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein suffered a fatal heart attack in 1958, at the age of 54, during a roast in honor of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. After Einstein delivered his monologue, emcee Art Linkletter remarked, "Every time he finishes, I ask myself, why isn't he on the air in a prime time?" Einstein turned to Milton Berle, who was seated next to him on the dais, and said, "Yeah, how come?"then slumped into his lap. Berle's shout of "Is there a doctor in the house?" was initially thought to be a humorous ad lib, but the gravity of the situation quickly became clear.
Einstein was carried backstage, where five physicians in attendance (the event was a charity benefit for local hospitals) worked to revive him. One surgeon used his pen knife to make an incision for open heart massage; another used the ends of an electric cord as a makeshift defibrillator. With the remaining comedians on the bill reluctant to continue under the circumstances, Linkletter asked Tony Martin to sing a song; Martin's unfortunate choice was "There's No Tomorrow". Ball then came to the microphone and managed only, "I can say nothing," through tears. Arnaz, the closing speaker, said, "This is one of those moments that Lucy and I have waited a lifetime for, but it's meaningless now. They say the show must go on, but why must it? Let's close the show now by praying for this wonderful man backstage who has made a world laugh."
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Post the birth name of someone famous & see if anyone knows their stage name W/O using Google [View all]
red dog 1
Sep 2020
OP
There's a silent movie star Harrison Ford with a star on the Walk of Fame.
Manifestor_of_Light
Sep 2020
#56
Yes, now how about the sports columnist/novelist/television movie script writer half-brother?
Brother Buzz
Sep 2020
#75
Yeah, that's my favorite Ramones song...I also love their version of "California Sun"
red dog 1
Sep 2020
#103
a.k.a. Jilian Foxglove, Larry Love, Rollie Dell, Darry Dover, Emmett Swink
Brother Buzz
Nov 2020
#278
Perhaps, but, imo, he was great in "Defending Your Life" with Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, and Buck Henry
red dog 1
Oct 2020
#203
Yeah, I agree...(I just watched "Rock & Roll High School" again the other night)
red dog 1
Nov 2020
#270