Stature in Hollywood

Tall actors:

  • Raymond Burr, 6 feet 5 inches
  • Tim Robbins, 6 feet 5 inches
  • Vince Vaughn, 6 feet 5 inches
  • John Cleese, 6 feet 4-3/4 inches
  • Jeff Goldblum, 6 feet 4-1/2 inches
  • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 6 feet 4-1/2 inches
  • Steven Seagal, 6 feet 4-1/2 inches
  • John Wayne, 6 feet 4-1/2 inches
  • David Hasselhoff, 6 feet 4 inches
  • Tom Selleck, 6 feet 4 inches
  • Donald Sutherland, 6 feet 4 inches
  • Will Ferrell, 6 feet 3-1/2 inches
  • James Stewart, 6 feet 3-1/2 inches
  • Gary Cooper, 6 feet 3 inches
  • Brendan Fraser, 6 feet 3 inches
  • Samuel L. Jackson, 6 feet 3 inches
  • Gregory Peck, 6 feet 3 inches

Head Start

High school dropouts:

  • Cary Grant
  • George Carlin
  • Groucho Marx
  • Hank Williams
  • Herman Melville
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Joe DiMaggio
  • John Travolta
  • Johnny Depp
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Kid Rock
  • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Neil Young
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright
  • Prince
  • Quentin Tarantino
  • Ray Charles
  • Roy Rogers
  • Tom Cruise
  • William Faulkner
  • Woody Guthrie

Till Death, Um …

Famous bachelors:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Plato
  • Lewis Carroll
  • Sir John Gielgud
  • J. Edgar Hoover
  • Henry James
  • Bill Maher
  • Isaac Newton
  • Al Pacino
  • Blaise Pascal
  • Alexander Pope
  • Cecil Rhodes
  • Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Adam Smith
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Luther Vandross
  • Voltaire
  • King William II of England
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein

Heigh-Ho

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Snow_white_1937_trailer_screenshot_%282%29.jpg

Rejected dwarf names considered for Disney’s Snow White (1937):

  • Awful
  • Hoppy
  • Weepy
  • Dirty
  • Cranky
  • Hungry
  • Sneezy-Wheezy
  • Lazy
  • Snoopy
  • Goopy
  • Wistful
  • Soulful
  • Gabby-Blabby
  • Crabby
  • Flabby
  • Helpful
  • Tearful
  • Deafy
  • Thrifty
  • Shifty
  • Nifty

Only about 3 people in 100 can name the seven dwarfs that were finally used.