I never knew that about Billy Bob Thornton being afraid of antique furniture. However, in his most popular movie, Slingblade, the character Doyle Hargraves (played magnificently by Dwight Yoakam) has the same fear. And now I know where it came from. Just Billy Bob passing along some personal traits. Another one with very bad stage fright that wasn't mentioned was Buddy Hackett but with Buddy, he didn't inherit that fear until very late in his career (1996). It stopped him from performing live which was a huge loss for his fans (like me). Great article Eddie. I learned a lot!
Anyone who wants to know what song best describes the hysteria, the screaming, the fainting, the crying, the excitement of Beatlemania, it HAS to be She Loves You. It's a great song to watch The Beatles perform too, with George coming in every other line and of course baby-faced Paul shaking his hair in a frenzy to the WOOOO's. Hard to believe it was criticized badly when first played on American Bandstand before The Beatles hit it big in the states. Nice piece Eddie. Your Beatles bits are always great!!
You have a point. Bamm-Bamm began the weird, sort of supernatural stuff, with his superhuman strength. And even as a kid, while I could appreciate Barney and Betty's sorrow about being infertile, it was weird to see them getting a kid immediately after their neighbors had one.
Something tells me it shouldn't be "Viva Las Vegas" on both sides of that sentence.
Hmm, that's a little clunky. How about the "Wry So Serious?"