Monday, August 15, 2011

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Fictional Faathers-- Part 3

8. Before he was HOWARD CUNNIGHAM, Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" acted with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois. Bosley was born in Glencoe, Il., and served in the Navy in World War II. At the end of the movie "Groundhog Day" Bill Murray said that he wanted a family. Earlier, he had tried to commit suicide from the belfry of the Woodstock Opera House, a place near us and that I've been to many times.


9. In John Irving's novel "The World According to Garp," the protagonist is conceived when his mother, a nurse, has sex with a dying patient named TECHNICAL SGT. GARP. In real life, Irving didn't know who his biological father was. he told his mother he would make something up if she didn't tell him. "Go ahead, dear," she said...and, he did.


10. "Father Knows Best" started out as a radio sitcom in 1949 as "Father Knows Best?" When it moved to TV in 1954, the producers were more confident in DAD's wisdom and dropped the question mark.

Again, Another Fine Job, Mark and Stephan. --DaCoot

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