Did you win the Oscar as Best Actor for your role in a classic horror movie?
Did Madonna make her Broadway debut in a play you wrote?
No, I am not David Mamet? I am still trying to pull the Oscar one.
Martin Crane’s son Frasier once told Sam Malone that his dad was dead. Frasier had just had an argument with his dad. Thus was a continuity error made into a gag!
DQ: Visual arts?
IQ: Did your son settle in Vermont and become an educational publisher?
IQ: Does an easily disproved urban legand claim you unsuccessfully auditioned for The Monkees?
No, I am not Fredric March.
I am known for my work in the visual arts.
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- Known for accomplishments in the arts
- Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
I would try the guy with the “reader”, but I can’t quite pull the name. Something like “MacGuffin” but I don’t think that is quite it. So I will go with plan B.
No, I am not Horace Mann.
Mickey Dolenz or Michael Nesmith would be easy enough to disprove. But it can’t be that easy. So…
No, I am not Jim Morrison?
No, you are not Charles Manson. The rumor is easily disproved because Manson was in prison at the time “The Monkees” was being cast.
DQ: Are you known for accomplishments in photography?
IQ: (related): Are you a photographer who shares a name with a Spongebob Squarepants villain?
Another interesting Manson rumor, possibly true, is that he was taught guitar in prison by Alvin “Creepy” Karpis.
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- Known for accomplishments in the arts
- Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
- Not known for photography
Not up on the sponge, but I like to give the college try, so: no, I am not Margaret Bourke-White.
IQ: Are you the composer of the late Renaissance/early Baroque operas ‘Orfeo’, ‘The Return of Ulysses’ and ‘The Coronation of Popea’?
Did you play drums for a balding rock legend that Sy Sperling claims was the first celebrity client of Hair Club for Mne?
Did you win the very first National League Cy Young award?
Are you the furry villain of a Tony-winning musical?
No. Famous broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, whose only child Casey is my wife’s former boss. A very nice guy.
DQ: Painter?
IQ: Did women keep sharing your bed despite your bad breath and terrible teeth?
No, I am not Monteverdi.
No, can’t think of anything. Take a DQ.
I’m not going to get this either, but I do want to think about the Cy Young thing a bit. Another DQ.
Sy Sperling (founder, President and client of Hair Club for Men) says Jimi Hendrix was his first celebrity client… and the drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience was Mitch Mitchell.
DQ: Were you known for your work in the movie business?