Late October 2012 Botticelli

Buck Henry wasn’t involved in the creation of Blazing Saddles, but rather Maxwell Smart of Get Smart.
Yes, Melisandre.
Not Matthew Broderick, but Mel Brooks again. When he got a Tony for The Producers, he did a Hitler mustache with his comb.

DQs:

Male?
Last name start with M?

IQs:

Did you think you had a bun in the oven but actually had a fatal tumor?
According to a comedy show, did it take awhile to beat you to death?
Did you and someone else who’d played your iconic role once bump into each other on a bridge in Paris?

The letter is M.

  1. Real person.
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with M

Damn, that “don’t look stuff up” rule really cuts into my batting average. I guessed it was from the Producers, and the way the comb was used, but Broderick/Brooks was a 50-50 shot.

No idea on 1 or 2. I’ll guess Roger Moore for 3 - take 2 or 3 DQs.

Alice, of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, ended up working for Mel Sharples, at Mel’s Diner.

DQ: Are you known for achievements in the arts?

Queen Mary I of England, “Bloody Mary,” Elizabeth I’s half-sister.
Mary Queen of Scots, according to Monty Python: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMD4ij8GHk
Yes, Roger Moore, who saw Sean Connery on the bridge by happenstance.

DQs:

American?
Alive?

IQs:

Are you the Governor of Maryland?
Were you married in Ten Forward?
Did you fly a small plane into the Soviet Union and land on Red Square?

The letter is M.

  1. Real person.
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with M
  4. Not famous for achievements in the arts
  5. American
  6. Alive

I’m not Martin O’Malley.
I don’t even know what this means.
I’m not the West German teenager whose name I don’t remember, but will recognize as soon as you post it.

So 2 more DQs.

Given the gentlemen named, and your choice of words, I can’t resist offering this from Ian Fleming, in Goldfinger:

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it’s enemy action.”

IQ1: Are you the sportscaster who has called such things as the 1980 Miracle on Ice and the earthquake-interrupted game on the 1989 World Series, as well as many Monday Night Football games?

IQ2: Did you meet your future husband while you were an associate at a Chicago law firm, though you and he now live in Washington DC?

IQ3: If you see a man on television telling you how white your shirts can be, do you wonder if he can be a man because he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as you?

I’m not Al Michaels, Michelle Obama, or Mick Jagger.

Yes, Martin O’Malley.
Miles O’Brien was married to his wife Keiko in a ceremony in the Ten Forward (Deck 10, at the bow) lounge of the USS Enterprise in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Mathias Rust.

DQs:

Political/military?
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Did you play one of the officers of Adam-12?
Were you a male denizen of Fernwood, Ohio?
Did a comedian, emulating you, tell his brother, “Gimme more aqua”?

IQ1: Do anarchists, terrorists, and angry mobs throw weapons named after you?

IQ2: Does your character have a soft spot for Mr. Jingles?

IQ3: Did you share living space with Dingbat and Little Goil?

IQ: Have you been involved with the Oilers/Titans franchise, in various roles, for the better part of 20 years?

The letter is M.

  1. Real person.
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with M
  4. Not famous for achievements in the arts
  5. American
  6. Alive
  7. Not known for a political or military role
  8. Born before 1950

Not Michelangelo - take 2 more DQs.

I’m not Molotov or Michael Clarke Duncan. Take a DQ for #3.

I’m not Mike Munchak.

Martin Milner.
Martin Mull.
Yes, Michaelangelo, as recalled by Steven Wright.

DQs:

Athlete?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Have your coreligionists repeatedly apologized for something you did?
Have you played a stand-in, a doctor, and a reluctant adventurer?
Did you play a very evil person opposed by another character, played by your real-life husband?

The letter is M.

  1. Real person.
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with M
  4. Not famous for achievements in the arts
  5. American
  6. Alive
  7. Not known for a political or military role
  8. Born before 1950
  9. not an athlete.

So many options! I’m going to go with Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. Feel free to rephrase if you were thinking of someone else.
No idea on the other two - add 2 to your DQ stockpile.

It was Mike “Meathead” Stivic who lived with his wife Gloria (“Little Goil”) and mother-in-law Edith (“Dingbat”) on All in the Family. The nicknames were bestowed by Archie Bunker.

DQ: Are you a scientist or inventor?

The letter is M.

  1. Real person.
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with M
  4. Not famous for achievements in the arts
  5. American
  6. Alive
  7. Not known for a political or military role
  8. Born before 1950
  9. not an athlete.
  10. Not a scientist or inventor

IQ: Are you a movie reviewer turned conservative pundit?

I’m not… Michelle Malkin? If that’s not who you were thinking of, take a DQ.

IQ1: Are you the title character in the 1955 Best Picture Oscar winner?

IQ2: Did you shoot down 80 enemy aircraft in WWI?

IQ3: Did you play the manager of the Partridge Family?

I’m not Manfred von Richthofen - no idea on the other two. 2 more DQs!