Friday, May 09, 2008

Alan Rock's Tricia

Q: Actress Candice Bergen was born on May 9, 1946. Her father Edgar Bergen was in show business. He was a famous -- what?
A: Ventriloquist

Q: In 28 Blondie movies in the 1930a, '40s, and '50s, what actor played hubby Dagwood Bumstead?
A: Arthur Lake. Will Hutchins played Dagwood in a brief TV series in 1968. Danny Mummert played Alvin Fuddle in 23 Blondie films. Lake died a very wealthy man in 1987 at age 82.

Q: Mike Wallace once appeared in a TV commercial as a circus barker with a straw hat and crane. Do you remember what the product was?
A: Peter Pan

Q: On May 9, 1907 Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia proposed a new holiday; can you name that holiday?
A: Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May be set aside each year to honor mothers. Of course, mothers had been around as long as anyone could remember, but until 1907 nobody ever thought of honoring them.

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