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| gromit |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Mel Brooks?
Are you seriously guessing Mel Brooks?
Okay then ...
1. Barbara Streisand
2. Richard Rodgers
3. Rita Moreno
4. Liza Minnelli
5. Whoopi Goldberg
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Mel Brooks
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8. Helen Hayes (that's why i said Rutherford B. Hayes was kinda close)
I'll hold off on hints for now, since most guesses have been right on target. I really thought Mel Brooks and Whoopi were going to be hard, since I never would have thought of them. There's one I never ever would have guessed ... since I never heard of him. I assume he'll be the last. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:45 pm |
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I was going to guess Mel Brooks but wasn't sure if he had Grammied for his 2K YO Man album or not. Now that I think on it further, how could he NOT get a spoken word Grammy for that. I heard it a few years ago and it was still fresh and got belly laughs from me. I liked the bit about the workshop where he made Stars of David by having 6 guys holding points run at each other real fast, and wished he'd known that crucifixes were going to catch on because that only took 2 guys to assemble.
Quote: 8. Helen Hayes (that's why i said Rutherford B. Hayes was kinda close) |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:45 pm |
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No, on Belafonte.
Though two more who completed the feat are musicians. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 7:34 pm |
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| For some reason I am thinking Mike Nichols did as well. |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:26 pm |
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| Patrick Stewart? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:58 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: For some reason I am thinking Mike Nichols did as well.
Yes!
The Graduate (Oscar); Angels Over America (Emmy); Barefoot in the Park in 1963, The Odd Couple 1965 (Tonys -- he won 9 of 'em); 1961 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (Nichols & May)
1. Barbara Streisand
2. Richard Rodgers
3. Rita Moreno
4. Liza Minnelli
5. Whoopi Goldberg
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Mel Brooks
8. Helen Hayes
9. Mike Nichols
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12.
Need 3 more.
Hint: 2 musical fellas and a British actor. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:14 am |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 11:12 am |
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| Alan Menken? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:33 pm |
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Rex didn't do it.
Alan Menken?
Were you trying to guess the one I never heard of?
Still need 3 more. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:57 pm |
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You said 2 musical fellas, so I tried to think of one who has raked in many awards.
I looked him up, he seems to have all 4 types. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:41 pm |
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| How about Marvin Hamlisch? But I'm not sure he had an Emmy. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:55 am |
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grace wrote: How about Marvin Hamlisch? But I'm not sure he had an Emmy.
Ding!
He did.
1. Barbara Streisand
2. Richard Rodgers
3. Rita Moreno
4. Liza Minnelli
5. Whoopi Goldberg
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Mel Brooks
8. Helen Hayes
9. Mike Nichols
10. Marvin Hamlisch
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13. Alan Menken
British actor very well-known and respected.
The other musical feller I really never heard of.
But he worked with one of the others on the list on a number of films ...
From a quick scan through wiki, seems Menken doesn't have an Emmy:
Quote: Alan Menken has earned eight Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, eleven Grammy Awards, one Tony Award
Edit: looks like Menken won a special Emmy in 1990, so it seems there are 13 then. looks ike my unimpeachable source -- the trivia section of Audrey Hepburn's IMDb page -- let me down. |
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| John Gielgud has three of the four at least, and I wouldn't be surprised if he picked up a Grammy at some point. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:43 am |
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Yes, John Gielgud hit for the cycle as well.
1. Barbara Streisand
2. Richard Rodgers
3. Rita Moreno
4. Liza Minnelli
5. Whoopi Goldberg
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Mel Brooks
8. Helen Hayes
9. Mike Nichols
10. Marvin Hamlisch
11. John Gielgud
12. ???
13. Alan Menken
The last one is an Alan Menken type -- that is a musical composer I never heard of. Earlier hint: he worked with one of the above on a few films. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:10 am |
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Hey, if your list had 12, maybe they were not counting "Special" awards that were not competitive type awards? In which case, my guy* may not be legit. Up to you.
*I'm overly aware of Menken thanks to my daughter's infatuation with his songs when she was a child - she would sing selections from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Pocahantas, etc. Man knows how to embed earworms in 9 year olds, for sure. (earworms: think Chekov, in ST 2) |
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