Bing Crosby: Difference between revisions

** According to legend, Crosby was clipping his hedges in his usual ratty garb when a rich woman drove up and [[Mistaken for Servant|mistook him for hired help]], asking him how much he was paid. He smiled and said, "The missus lets me sleep with her."

*** This is an old vaudeville routine (and has been told of everyone from Groucho Marx to Thurgood Marshall); however, Crosby is all the more likely to have used it, exactly for that reason.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Crosby was a favorite target for parody by cartoon artists (particularly for [[Looney Tunes]] / [[Merrie Melodies]]), appearing, for instance in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIa0AG17tyg Bingo Crosbyana]" (1936), "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZqdUhQru20 Hollywood Steps Out]" (1941), "What's Up, Doc?" (1949), and, many years later, transmogrified into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKA6q1WSq8 Hugh] on ''[[Taz Mania]]''.

* [[The Stoner]]: Bing was a quite avid smoker of marijuana. Reportedly he started smoking it early in his career, and continued to do so until 1974, where he had a lung operation. His son, Gary, have speculated it might the cause of his laid-back and easygoing acting-style his films.