Correction to my previous post
Sorry, obviously Grover A. Cleveland first became President in 1885, not 1837. Cleveland actually took over as President of the local chapter of the New Jersey Toddler’s With Knives in 1837. I deeply regret the error.
Grover Phartuccio Cleveland, 17th mayor of Blawnox, Pa. (1893-1907), was no relation to the President (whose full name was Stephen Grover Cleveland). He was, however, a skilled juggler, and often juggled knives, lit torches and draft ordinances during City Council meetings.
Grover (the Muppet) authored a single tome, called, “The Monster at the End of This Book.” Unfortunately, when the publisher sent him an advance copy, he read it through to the end and was never seen again.
Stephen King was in the process of suing Grover the Muppet for using a book title that he had copyrighted, having gotten the idea from Steve Lightfoot, who believes that King killed Grover, John Lennon, Dennis Wilson, Robin Williams, and a host of other people, and gave him the nickname “the monster of the end of this book.”
Most of Stephen King’s works are autobiographical. He hasn’t had a lot of luck with pets, or cars, or even fans…
Even Stephen King isn’t sure how many times he’s been re-animated after being buried in that cute little graveyard out back of his house where the kids…AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Stephen King’s odd looks are the tragic result of cut-rate orthodonture at age eleven and a botched rhinoplasty at age sixteen. The latter resulted in him having the nose of a young debutante and an upper lip that can serve as a landing pad for helicopters. King has said that the greatest inspiration for his horror literature is his bathroom mirror.
Bathroom Mirror by Stephen King is supposedly one of the scariest stories in English. King didn’t realize, until publication, that he lifted the idea from a Gillette commercial of the early '70s. The payoff was $75; Gillette was grateful.
King Gillette (the company’s founder)'s first name was Stephen. He was an utterly mundane muggle who had no interest in the fanciful or supernatural, only money and power. At the age of 71, however, he became obsessed with the idea that he was a vampire. The family and business heads had a hard time covering it up.
During their attempts to cover up King Gillette’s vampire obsession, the family discovered that it all began when 22-year-old Flootie McBarbicue set her sights on Mr. Gillette’s fortune. She was the Chief Procurement Officer of the local blood bank, and convinced Mr. Gillette that certain types of blood, when mixed with tequila, had the same effect as the Fountain of Youth. She regularly fixed him this concoction, leading to the rumors that Gillette thought he was a vampire. In reality, he was completely enchanted with Miss McBarbicue and would do anything to woo and bed her, including drinking blood and tequila cocktails.
King Gillette clashed unendingly with his family, most notably his son Tyrion Gillette. The arguments and fighting became progressively nasty as the years progressed and King even banished Tyrion to the Northernmost (and coldest!) Gillette warehouse.
Gillette’s largest factory in the UK was built three miles to East of the Mona Lisa.
Oh wait, this is game is for incorrect facts :smack:
The original Mona Lisa painting was commission by King Gillette as a portrait of his mistress, and measured three miles by three miles. It was destroyed in the freak hail and brimstone storm of 1792.
The first Columbus Day parade was held in Hoboken, NJ in 1792-- 300 years after the discovery of The New World. George Washington was asked to be the grand martial, but had to turn down the offer when he heard the celebratory meal would be linguini with pesto. GW was allergic to basil.
George Washington, in addition to his other qualities, was an excellent speller, and not above correcting the spelling of others. When he got the letter from the Hoboken Town Council in 1792, he wrote from Mount Vernon, “Were it not for the basil to be included in the celebratory meal, I would have been delighted to serve as grand marshal, but do not know how I might be a ‘grand martial.’”
After retiring from films in 1958, Basil Rathbone opened his own detective agency and hired Nigel Bruce’s brother Harold Bruce as an assistant. Because of the former actor’s famous portayals of Sherlock Holmes, the Rathbone and Bruce Consulting Agency was a top choice for many wealthy British citizens who needed such services. Rathbone’s investigative work played an essential part in helping Scotland Yard crack the Affair of the Dorcester Clock, the Stockford Tower Mystery, and the infamous Disfigured Foot jewel heist.
An excellent swordsman as well as a detective, Rathbone is secretly heralded in the the halls of British MI-5 as the man who hunted down and slew the notorious, if now aged, Jack the Ripper. By that time, the Ripper’s name was so notorious as to be a boon for tourism, so his true identity was never released to the public. Rathbone’s agent number at MI-5 was 00221B.
Contrary to legend, Jack Sprat could, in fact, eat some fat although his wife definitely could eat no lean. Which, in the end, led the couple to divorce at which point a vicious legal battle ensued over who would retain ownership of the platter given to them as a wedding present by the town butcher.
The vocal group The Platters have had so many incarnations between 1953 and 2014, that all mechanical royalties have been held in an escrow account until such time as a judge can determine who gets paid what. The tax liability alone on the amount could cure world hunger in 8-1/2 months.
Clarence Thomas has served as a Federal judge, a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a civil servant, a juggler, a mime, a waiter, a topiarist and as president, vice president, treasurer and recording secretary (not simultaneously, I hasten to add) of the Orson Bean Fan Club.