The new trivia thread.

[Ceiling Cat]

What is J. Edgar Hoovers secret?

No, it is not a secret the he likes SPECIAL AGENTS, or that he made new recruits bend over and yell F.....B.....Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Answer :

J. Edgar Hoover had a black grandfather.

Wikipedia:

Millie McGhee, author of Secrets Uncovered, J Edgar Hoover - Passing For White? McGhee states in her book that Hoover's grandfather was African American and the Hoover family lived in segregated Washington D.C. McGhee states in her book that Hoover was ashamed of his African American heritage and decided to pass as a white man.

http://american_almanac.tripod.com/hoover.htm

http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2000/ews_hoover_2730.html

http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/hoover_fbi.htm

http://www.montrealmassage.ca/

http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TR4UTSO3KC7U45GJH

 

[shack]

Six more to go, shack.

Marty Cordova
Jose Canseco
Benito Santiago
Scott Rolen
Raul Mondesi
Tony Kubek (colour commentary)

 

[jost]

name the mid-70s Canadian sitcom in which most of the cast of SCTV appeared as regulars..

 

[bobistheowl]

Marty Cordova
Jose Canseco
Benito Santiago
Scott Rolen
Raul Mondesi
Tony Kubek (colour commentary)

One to go, shack. Kubek was a Rookie of the Year, but not a Blue Jay, (especially in the 1985 pennant race, when he would refer to the Yankees as "us")

Nice work so far. All eight played for the Jays. If there were any others that played spring training games only, or only coached, that wouldn't count.

 

[nondescriptive]

name the mid-70s Canadian sitcom in which most of the cast of SCTV appeared as regulars..

King of Kensington?

 

[jost]

King of Kensington?

nope..the series I'm looking for was a "show within a show" ala The Larry Sanders Show

 

[Ceiling Cat]

I only looked this up after you said nope - check this Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock

According to other sources it was Martin Landau.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001445/bio
Quote :

He was Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" (1966), but the role went to Leonard Nimoy, who later replaced Landau on "Mission: Impossible"

 

[shack]

If there were any others that played spring training games only, or only coached, that wouldn't count..........

......or worked on Blue Jays broadcasts. LOL

 

[shack]

I was at the game where Dave Righetti threw the ball over the right field wall at Exhibition Stadium as a Yank but I didn't recall his time with Toronto.

 

[bobistheowl]

I was at the game where Dave Righetti threw the ball over the right field wall at Exhibition Stadium as a Yank but I didn't recall his time with Toronto.

Nicely done.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Gary Burghoff wanted out of M*A*S*H and was written out because he believed there were better opportunities. During the run of the original M*A*S*H no big roles came. He later did do the TV series After M*A*S*H, but the series was short lived. What type of work did Gary Burghoff do after his acting career?

 

[nondescriptive]

Gary Burghoff wanted out of M*A*S*H and was written out because he believed there were better opportunities. During the run of the original M*A*S*H no big roles came. He later did do the TV series After M*A*S*H, but the series was short lived. What type of work did Gary Burghoff do after his acting career?

Senator or was it Congressman

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Senator or was it Congressman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Grandy

You are thinking of Gopher from Love Boat.

 

[GPIDEAL]

It is well known that he might have been a cross dresser, and may have liked men. That is not the secret.

May have? Edna Hoover had a male companion but can't recall his name off the top of my head.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Didn't he live with his mother for the longest time?

Or was it that he never arrested anybody in his life except for photo-opts. He was an administrator.

What is Edgar J Hoovers secret?

No, it is not a secret the he likes SPECIAL AGENTS, or that he made new recruits bend over and yell F.....B.....Ahhhhhhhhhh!

 

[GPIDEAL]

What Canadian made $1500 a night royalties for a tv theme tune,every night for decades?

Sorry if somebody already answered this. I'm going to guess Paul Anka, who wrote the theme song for Johnny Carson's nightly show, Here's Johnny.

 

[Brill]

Who wrote theme song to "The Courtship of Eddy's Father"?

Harry Nilsson wrote and recorded "Best Friend" which was the theme for "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father".

Who played the tomboy that gave Eddie such a hard time?

 

[Ben Hogan]

Gary Burghoff wanted out of M*A*S*H and was written out because he believed there were better opportunities. During the run of the original M*A*S*H no big roles came. He later did do the TV series After M*A*S*H, but the series was short lived. What type of work did Gary Burghoff do after his acting career?

Commercials for Apple and dinner theatre.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Very, very, very COOL!

Man, you guys are bringing back memories.

I know a guy who's a distant cousin to Mickey Dolenz (that really should be 'Dolenc' which is Slovanian). MD has distant relatives here in Toronto.

Correct, with the Broadway cast of Oliver!

I can't determine if the Monkees were ever on Ed Sullivan, seems strange if they weren't.

I had the Monkeemobile Hot Wheels car.

 

[Brill]

Who played the original Eddie in "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father"?