Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Tonight: André the Giant's 16-second fart, giant skeleton, Adam West, D-Day photo, Jim Caviezel, and Ali.

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15 June 2021

André the Giant and the 16-Second Fart

André René Roussimoff was a large man. At more than 7 feet tall and 500 pounds, the French actor and wrestler earned the name André the Giant. And it wasn’t just his size that was seemingly larger than life. According to his friends and co-stars, so were his farts.

Dan Evon reports.

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'She’s in the Attic!'

In the acting world, there is a legend about an actress who performed in the lead role of a stage production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." It was purportedly so woefully bad that fed-up audience members gleefully shouted “she’s in the attic!” when Nazi soldier characters arrived onstage at the end of the play.

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