Jewish Funny Men Everyone knows that Hollywood was largely founded by Jewish moguls. Naturally a lot of Jewish performers followed them west. An inordinate number were comics. Jack Benny Don Rickles The Marrx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo) George Burns Henny Youngman Buddy Hackett Jonathon Winters Jerry Lewis Phil Silvers Sid Caesar Danny Kaye […]
Popular Hispanic Surnames You can’t watch major league baseball nowadays without noticing that about half the Hispanic players share a dozen common surnames, even though they may hail from any number of Latin American nations. And they all end in “z.” Here are the ten most popular ones. Fernandez Hernandez Lopez Gonzalez Rivera Diaz Martinez […]
Gay Professions It is impossible not to discern the fact that gay men seem to gravitate toward the same handful of career professions. I’ve never heard a plausible explanation why this is so. Hairstylist Interior Designer Musical Theatre director/choreographer Florist Nurse Clothing Designer Actor Classical musician Fine Artist/Painter Not surprisingly, lesbians also appear to gravitate […]
National Fraternal Organizations They are not as popular as they used to be but these national fraternal organizations still survive and still do good works. Lions Club The Shriners Knights of Columbus Order of Moose Oddfellows Kiwanis Elks Ancient Order of Freemasonry Jaycees Optimists Club Toastmasters Rotary Club
Foreign Language Toasts I thought it was a good idea to collect toasting traditions in foreign lands. Here area few I came across while traveling, reading or watching old movies. For a list of common domestic toasting expressions, and an explanation of the origin of the expression “toast” please visit the List “Vernacular Toasting Expressions” […]
Forces of Nature There are an awful lot of ways Mother Nature makes her wrath evident and visible on earth. And destruction lies in their wake. Here are most of them. Tornadoes Volcanoes Earthquakes Hurricanes/Typhoons/Monsoons/Cyclones Tsunamis (Tidal Waves) Meteors Forest Fires Thunder Storms Dust Storms Wind Storms Lightning Droughts Heatwaves Avalanches Floods Cold Snaps […]
Female Singers with One Name The trend didn’t start with Cher but she certainly popularized the artifice of using a mononym for a stage name. It seems to be increasingly popular today. It seems they are intent on establishing not only careers but brand names too. Dagmar Cher Madonna Adele Bjork Beyonce Lorde Pink […]
Favorite Sit-Coms The Situation Comedy are probably the most popular (and profitable) genre on in the annals of television programming. There have been many good ones but far more stinkers. Here are my personal 50 favorites in no particular order. The Honeymooners I Love Lucy Make Room for Daddy My Favorite Martian The Donna Reed […]
Famous Sidekicks Featured talent is commonly contrasted with goofy sidekicks. There are hundreds of them but these are a few of my favorites. Fred and Ethel Mertz to Ricky and Lucy Ricado Ed Norton to Ralph Kramden Barney Fife to Andy Taylor Skipper to Gilligan Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson George Costanza to Jerry Seinfeld […]
Famous Cartoon Characters There are a ton of cartoon characters we know and love, far too many for me to consider creating an exhaustive list here. But I’m giving it a try eventhough I know it is woefully incomplete and far from up to date. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble and their families Bugs Bunny […]