# Barry Manilow, stealth creature of the night **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619 "2003-06-04T15:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/1 "2003-06-04T15:46:03Z")
Please forgive me, I find this terribly funny. [Yahoo link](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=2&u=/nm/20030604/en_nm/people_manilow_dc) > [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran singer-songwriter Barry Manilow (news), recently waking up disoriented in the middle of the night, walked into a wall and broke his nose, knocking himself unconscious, the entertainer disclosed on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/2 "2003-06-04T16:06:41Z")
Hah. Surprised this has happened before; Manilow wouldn’t have to get very close to a wall to bump into it with his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/3 "2003-06-04T18:58:41Z")
I read this article on Yahoo and came here to see if had been commented on yet. There is a god, and she has a warped sense of humor. I won’t stop smiling for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/4 "2003-06-04T21:06:11Z")
\ Great thread title! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/5 "2003-06-04T22:45:26Z")
love the thread title. stealth creature, ha,ha,ha… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/6 "2003-06-04T23:02:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\*…I won’t stop smiling for a week. \*\* And Barry “Can’t Smile Without You”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/7 "2003-06-05T02:13:35Z")
I thought the 1st line of **mouthbreather** ’s sig could be applied to Mr. Manilow as well. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/8 "2003-06-05T17:12:11Z")
I couldn’t believe it when I heard it. Wonder if he’s gonna have plastic reconstructive surgery to fix his nose so it’s the same old huge ass honker profile as before? Or maybe this is an excuse for a nose job? _shrugs and wanders off,humming ‘Mandy’_ IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/9 "2003-06-05T17:29:54Z")
Yes! The thread title made me laugh! Stealth creature of the night…Hilarious. Poor Barry. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/10 "2003-06-05T17:30:56Z")
OK, I wasn’t going to post to this thread and hijack it but I have to know: Why all the hostility towards Mr. Manilow? I don’t care for lots of his stuff myself, but I still find him incredibly talented and studly. (I’ve had the hots for nearly 30 years now.) Barry, I hope your beautiful nose feels better soon. Let me know if you need anything!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/11 "2003-06-05T18:52:23Z")
Maybe it’s my suspicious nature, but does anyone else find this story fishy? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/12 "2003-06-05T19:19:59Z")
I find it both funny and fishy. Though I guess it coulda happened that way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/13 "2003-06-05T19:56:53Z")
I think the truth is that he was “eating pretzels” with the president. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/14 "2003-06-06T02:40:13Z")
**spoke-** : > [@](#): > > Maybe it’s my suspicious nature, but does anyone else find this story fishy? Well, I don’t know why you’d say that. Now, if the story had been that Manilow broke his nose in a bar fight, _that_ I’d find fishy. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/15 "2003-06-06T02:59:27Z")
What happens when Barry Manilow walks into a brick wall while he has a hard-on? He breaks his nose!!! [rimshot] I can’t believe no one else trotted out that old chestnut before I did. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/16 "2003-06-06T12:04:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dung Beetle \* > \*\*OK, I wasn’t going to post to this thread and hijack it but I have to know: Why all the hostility towards Mr. Manilow? I don’t care for lots of his stuff myself, but I still find him incredibly talented and studly. (I’ve had the hots for nearly 30 years now.) Barry, I hope your beautiful nose feels better soon. Let me know if you need anything!😉 \*\* I don’t think I have a lot of hostility for Barry. I think this story in the news about anyone would make me giggle, the fact that BM is a schmaltzy cheeseball makes it just a little bit better. But, I would laugh even if it was an artist that I liked. It’s just such a dipshit thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/17 "2003-06-06T17:13:10Z")
If Barry needs corrective rhinoplasty, I hope they save any removed parts and transplant them into Michael Jackson’s thing called a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/18 "2003-06-06T17:19:40Z")
Good one **Duckster**! Sort of an equivalent to; “If Karen Carpenter had just eaten the ham sandwich that Big Mama Cass choked on, they’d both be alive right now.” ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/19 "2003-06-07T13:26:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dung Beetle \* > \*\* but I still find him incredibly talented and studly. 😉 \*\* You too? And I thought it was just me. I really do hope he feels better soon and his nose isn’t damaged too badly. Last summer (July 5) we went to see him in concert during his Ultimate Manilow tour when he stopped in Dallas and I was going just as crazy as the old blue-hairs in the front row when he came out on stage. CG has also bought me Manilow Live on DVD which I’ve watched probably 30 times since he brought it home. Barry get better soon!WE LURVE YOU!🙂 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619/20 "2003-06-07T14:16:35Z")
Can one be so stealthy that even you can’t find you? Maybe he was trying to get into character to play Inspector Clouseau in a remake of _The Pink Panther_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-manilow-stealth-creature-of-the-night/179619.md?page=2)