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Why: Well, I am reading about celebrity baby names. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow named some kids Moses Amadeus and Satchel Seamus. Mia Farrow was briefly married to Frank Sinatra (in 1968, when she was 21 and he was 50). Did you know that? I didn't (though I should have, because I blogged about it over a year ago).
After that, Sinatra married Barbara Marx, who had previously been married to Zeppo Marx, the straight one. Zeppo is not a name.
Answer: They were real brothers, in case you were wondering. Their names were:
- Chico (b. 3/22/1887) - Leonard Marx
- Harpo (11/23/1888) - Arthur Adolph Marx
- Groucho (10/2/1890) - Julius Henry Marx
- Gummo (10/23/1893) - Milton Marx
- Zeppo (2/25/1901) - Herbert Manfred Marx
Source: Lenin Imports
The More You Know: Speaking of Adolph and Movember, did you ever read this Vanity Fair essay by Rich Cohen, "Becoming Adolf" about the Hitler mustache? I first read it in Best American Essays 2008. It's interesting. Read it! An excerpt:
The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By merely doodling a Toothbrush mustache on a poster, you make a political statement. Actually wearing a Hitler mustache, as I planned to do—well, that is like yelling racial epithets in a crowded subway. Wasn't Hitler amazing? Whatever he touched turned to ice. His life ended the long and fabled career of the name Adolf, which had included the stories of Adolph Zukor, Adolphe Menjou, Adolph Ochs, and Adolph Coors. Never again will a pregnant mother innocently consider the name for her son, or imagine shouting it across a teeming playground. As for the Toothbrush mustache, it did not only die with the Führer—it was embalmed with him. It was his essence, and so it has been relegated to the black book of history.
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