William Goldman, author of Doper favorite The Princess Bride is also an alumnus of Oberlin College.
William Goldman won an Oscar in 1969 for Best Original Screenplay, for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Francis Ford Coppola’s first Oscar was not for directing, but for Best Screenplay, for Patton (1970).
"Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the *other *poor dumb bastard die for *his *country. "
Patton died from a broken neck suffered during a low-speed auto accident. The other three occupants were only slightly injured in the crash, and the driver of the other vehicle was uninjured.
The Ides of March were a one-hit wonder band with the #2 hit, “Vehicle.”
In 1937, the actor Fredric March was listed as the fifth highest-paid individual in the US, earning a half-million dollars.
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The fifth (1/5 of a US gallon, approx 757 ml) was officially dropped from US government standards (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ) in January 1979. It was replaced by the slightly smaller 750 ml bottle.
A “mickey” is Canadian Prairie slang for a 12 oz bottle that fits in your hip pocket.
Mickey Rooney starred in 15 Andy Hardy films from 1937 through 1958.
Lippy the Lion was a short-lived Hanna Barbara character who attempted various get-rich-quick schemes with his sidekick, a hyena name Hardy-Har-Har.
Wilbur Turnblad was played by Jerry Stiller in the John Waters film Hairspray and Christopher Walken in the musical film version; in both versions he’s the owner of a novelty shop called the Hardy-Har-Hut.
The Pizza Hut restaurant chain got its name because the Wichita building that founders/brothers Dan and Frank Carney started in had no room on it for a longer word than 3 letters, once “Pizza” had been played.
Shelly Winters won the first of her two Best Supporting Actress Oscars for her work in The Diary of Anne Frank.
Elizabeth Hartman, who played Shelley Winters’ abused blind daughter in A Patch of Blue (for which Winters won her second Oscar), committed suicide by jumping from a 5th floor window in Pittsburgh.
Led by scandal-plagued center Connie Hawkins, who had spent 3 years with the Harlem Globetrotters, the Pittsburgh Pipers won the first championship of the ABA (American Basketball Association).
After winning that championship in 1968, the Pipers moved to Minnesota for the next season. They returned to Pittsburgh for the '69-'70 campaign, then changed their name to Condors the next season. The franchise finally folded in 1972, after the Condors had played some home games in other Pennsylvania cities, and even hosted contests in Alabama (Birmingham) and Arizona (Tucson).
The film The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh is noted both for the number of NBA stars who cameo’d in it, and for being at the top of many lists of Worst Sports Movies. Astrologer Stockard Channing convinces the owner of the Pittsburgh Pythons that they can win if they get players born under the sign of Pisces only, like their star player, played by Julius Erving. As the newly-renamed Pittsburgh Pisces, hey, it worked.
The first-ever slam dunk contest was the ABA’s 1976 contest, won by Dr. J where he performed his free-throw line dunk. He ran the full length of the court and took off from the free-throw line and slammed the ball home. This dunk was repeated by Michael Jordan in the 1988 NBA contest held in Chicago Stadium. Jordan won that year’s contest.
A classic form of dragée and comfit, Jordan almonds, also known as mlabas, sugared almonds, confetti, or koufeta consist of almonds which are sugar panned in various pastel colors.