In this past Sunday’s NYTimes City Section there was a cover story about the venerable Friars’ Club. (There is also a letter-to-the-editor and an FYI question by yours truly, but enough about me.) The Friars is a NYC-based organization of (mostly) comedians. They conduct those world famous celebrity roasts.
In the 40s and 50s the head Friar was Milton Berle. The article mentioned that the super-sized dimensions of Uncle Miltie’s schlong was a constant source of jokes and banter. I have heard about Berle’s endowments before. In fact I think it was mentioned in a SDMB thread a year or more ago.
So, applying the scientific rigor this board is famous for, exactly how big was, shall we say, the Friars’ Club’s greatest member? (Pun very much intended.)
Bonus Question: The article also mentioned that Maurice Chavalier was the first “victim” of a Friars roast. They served him a beef tongue on a hook and apparently made many “licking” jokes that night. What was that all about? Obviously something lude, but what in particular?
Eve, my sweet, will you rescue this ignorant dolt?
According to entertainment columnist James Bacon, Uncle Miltie sported a 13 inch tallywhacker. Evidently, he and Forrest Tucker were the “best endowed” actors in Hollywood.
Would somebody like to explain the “French Arts” to stuyguy?
Chevalier was indeed the first victim, in 1949, roasted by Berle, George Jessel, Sam Levenson, Phil Silvers and an Alan King still sucking on his mother’s breast instead on a cigar.
And with all this comic talent in the room, they make tongue jokes. And why?
I’ve seen David Letterman’s name pop up on such lists on usenet, and I remember a guest or two has joked with him on the show over it before. Its always the one’s you’d least expect…Bob Newhart?
Googling for Liam Neeson’s stats, I found this sketchy lookingpagep. The list includes Ed Begley Jr.!, Bruce Jenner, Dick Cavett, David Duchovany, Lyle Lovett, Brendan Frasier, and Kiefer Sutherland (swoon) among others.
In the book Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, SNL writer Alan Zweibel gives an eyewitness account from when Milton Berle guest hosted:
