TRIVIA TROVE THREE
Here we go with more trivia
to tickle your entertainment fancy.
CHARLIE�S ANGELS
John Forsythe as Charles Townsend
Kate Jackson as Sabrina
Farrah Fawcett as Jill
Jaclyn Smith as Kelly
David Doyle as Bosley
Cheryl Ladd
Shelly Hack
Tanya Roberts
Farrah Fawcett and Lee Majors
were married when Charlie�s Angels
first appeared on television.
The largest shell in the world
is four feet long, weighs 500 pounds
and is that of the giant clam
of the South Pacific Ocean.
Jodie Foster�s real name
is Alicia Christian Foster.
SUPERMAN first appeared
in Action Comics #1
in June of 1938.
Superman is Kal-El
or Clark Kent, a news reporter.
Jonathan and Martha Kent
are his adoptive parents.
Lois Lane is a reporter
and his love interest.
Jimmy Olsen is a cub reporter.
Perry White is the editor
of The Daily Planet.
Lex Luthor is Superman�s
arch enemy.
Connie Francis� real name
is Concetta Maria Franconero.
BATMAN first appeared
in Detective Comics #27
in May of 1939.
Batman, a masked crimefighter,
is Bruce Wayne,
a wealthy socialite.
Alfred is his faithful butler,
guardian of all Batman secrets.
Robin is Dick Grayson,
a young crimefighter.
James Gordon is
Commissioner of Gotham City.
Judy Garland�s real name
is Frances Gumm.
SPIDERMAN first appeared
in Amazing Fantasy #15
in August of 1962.
Peter Parker is
a news photographer
bitten by a spider
giving him spiderlike skills
he finds useful in fighting evil.
Mary Jane Watson
is his love interest.
Rocky Graziano�s real name
is Rocco Barbella.
THE GREEN HULK first appeared
in The Incredible Hulk #1
in May of 1962.
Dr. Bruce Banner,
is a research scientist
empowered with incredible strength
but cursed with no temper control,
caused by an accident
during experimentation.
Betty Ross is his love interest.
Rick Jones is his best friend.
Bill Bixby created the role of
THE INCREDIBLE HULK
for the television series.
Rita Hayworth�s real name
is Margarita Casino.
Actor Robert Morley informs us that
it is a great help for any person
to be in love with themself.
For an actor, it is essential.
Hulk Hogan�s real name
is Terry Jean Bollette.
Twenty year old ventriloquist
Shirley Dinsdale
became the very first person
to win an Emmy award in 1948.
Harry Houdini�s real name
is Ehrich Weiss.
More people,
approximately 844 million,
speak Mandarin Chinese
than any other language
in the world.
Engelbert Humperdinck�s real name
is Arnold Gerry Dorsey.
Traffic congestion
on Los Angeles freeways
causes drivers to average
35 miles per hour.
Billy Idol�s real name
is William Board.
STRIKE IT RICH
winner George Roper
became a big loser in 1954
when he was recognized
as a fugitive from justice.
Burl Ives� real name
is Burle Icle Ivanhoe.
The lawn mower
was invented in England
in 1831.
Elton John�s real name
is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
The vacuum cleaner
was invented
in the United States
in 1907.
Boris Karloff�s real name
is William Henry Pratt.
CAROL BURNETT
tugged at her earlobe
at the end of each performance
to send love to her grandmother.
Danny Kaye�s real name
is David Daniel Kominski.
Movie theaters used to show
SING ALONG
featurettes
with only word frames
that were later enhanced
by a small bouncing ball
that pointed to the proper word
or its syllabic fragments
note by note
beat by beat.
The screen instruction read ~
Just follow the bouncing ball!
Michael Keaton�s real name
is Michael Douglas.
THE TONIGHT SHOW
is the longest running
night time network series.
Johnny Carson
was its most conspicuously
memorable emcee.
Ann Landers� real name
is Ester Pauline Friedman.
Ann Landers� twin sister,
known to millions as Dear Abby,
Abigail Van Buren�s real name
is Pauline Ester Friedman.
And how imaginative
were your parents?
The first fishing club
in America was called
The Schuylkill Fishing Company
and was established
in Philadelphia in 1732.
John Wayne�s real name
is Marion Michael Morrison.
THE WALTONS
from 1972 through 1981
eventually featured
approximately 34 regular characters.
Cary Grant�s real name
is Archibald Alexander Leach.
FAMILY AFFAIR
Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis
Johnny Whitaker as Jody
Anissa Jones as Buffy
Kathy Garver as Cissy
Sabastian Cabot as Mr. French
Mrs. Beasley as Buffy's doll
John Williams took over
the part of Mr. French
when Sabastian Cabot died.
Anissa Jones could not accept
her failure to make it after
being a child star, and took her
own life.
MCMILLAN & WIFE
Rock Husdon as Stuart McMillan
Susan St. James as Sally McMillan
Rock Hudson�s real name
is Roy Scherer.
M*A*S*H
Alan Alda as Hawkeye Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Wayne Rogers as Trapper John McIntyre
McLean Stevenson as Commander Henry Blake
Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicut
Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly
Loretta Swit as Margaret Hotlips O�Hoolahan
Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter
Larry Linville as Frank Burns
Jamie Farr as Maxwell Klinger
David Ogden Stiers as Charles Emerson Winchester
William Christopher as Father Mulcahy
Alan Alda�s real name
is Alphonso d�Abruzzo.
Jamie Farr�s real name
is Jameel Farah.
ALICE
Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt
Polly Holiday as Flo
Beth Howland as Vera
Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples
Phillip McKeon as Robbie
Polly Holiday as Flo
made her sassy comeback
KISS MY GRITS
a popular American phrase.
Gisele MacKenzi�s real name
is Gisele Marie Louise Marguerite LaFleche.
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett
Donna Douglas as Ellie Mae Clampett
Irene Ryan as Grannie Clampett
Max Baer as Jethro Bodine
Raymond Bailey as Milburn Drysdale
Nancy Kulp as Jane Hathaway
Bea Benaderet as Cousin Bodine
Buddy Ebsen went on to star
as a super detective
in BARNABY JONES.
QUO VADIS
Robert Taylor as Marcus
Deborah Kerr as Lygia
Leo Genn as Petronius
Peter Ustinov as Nero
Patricia Laffan as Poppaea
Finlay Currie as Peter
Abraham Sofaer as Paul
Marina Berti as Eunice
Buddy Baer as Ursus
Madonna�s real name
is Madonna Louise Ciccone.
GOLDEN GIRLS
Bea Arthur as Dorothy
Betty White as Rose
Rue McClanahan as Blanche
Estelle Getty as Sophia
Hal Linden�s real name
is Harold Lipschitz.
Rocky Marciano�s real name
is Rocco Francis Marchegiano.
GREEN ACRES
Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eva Gabor as Lily Douglas
Pat Buttram as Mr. Haney
Frank Cady as Sam Drucker
Hank Patterson as Hank Kimble
Eddie Albert�s real name
is Edward Albert Heimberger.
HAPPY DAYS
Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzie Fonzerelli
Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham
Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham
Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham
Anson Williams as Potsie Weber
Donny Most as Ralph Malph
Pat Morita as Arnold
Al Molinaro as Al
Scott Biao as Chachi
Ron Howard would later
quit acting to concentrate
on directing great films like
SPLASH and BACKDRAFT.
Dean Martin�s real name
is Dino Crocetti.
HOGAN�S HEROES
Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan
Werner Klemperer as Colonel Wilhelm Klink
John Banner as Sergeant Hans Schultz
Robert Clary as LeBeau
Richard Dawson as Newkirk
Larry Hovis as Carter
Ivan Dixon as Kinchloe Baker
Code Name ~ Papa Bear
HOGAN� HEROES was based on
a smash stage play
followed by a smash movie
both entitled
STALAG 13.
Richard Dawson later became
emcee on FAMILY FEUD
after the suicide of Ray Combs.
Ray Milland�s real name
is Reginald Truscott-Jones.
Before acting he was a prize fighter
and a professional soldier.
THE HONEYMOONERS
Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden
Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden
Art Carney as Ed Norton
Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton
Audrey and Jayne Meadows are
Audrey and Jayne Cotter.
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
Barbara Eden as Jeannie
Larry Hagman as Tony Nelson
Bill Daily as Roger Healey
Hayden Rourke as Dr. Alfred Bellows
Barton MacLane as NASA Commander
Abraham Sofaer as Master Genie
Michael Ansara as The Blue Djin
(The Dee is silent!)
Barbara Eden and Michael Ansara
were married in real life.
THE JEFFERSONS
Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson
Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson
Mike Evans as Lionel Jefferson
Roxie Roker as Helen Willis
Franklin Cover as Tom Willis
Berlinda Tolbert as Jennifer Willis
Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnson
Paul Benedict as Harry Bentley
Rita Moreno�s real name
is Rosita Dolores Alverio.
My blink will not work now, Master ~
no matter how well I cross my lovely arms ~
you must perform our magic here.
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