An excerpt from the new book ‘A Tour De Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road,’ a comedy encyclopedia that would soitenly make for a good Father’s Day gift
Equipped a bionic hand that was a 16th-century technological marvel, Götz von Berlichingen is said to have delivered the invitation to rim him to a general who invited him to surrender, and in Germany, his name alone is now interpreted as the same
It’s hard to imagine another actor playing Gandalf instead of the great Ian McKellen, but one name sounds like a worthy replacement: David Bowie, who was one of the first choices anyway. Here’s the full story, plus 14 others: