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WE LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE |
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This star of "Donnie Brasco", "Heat" & "Carlito's Way" made a film in nearly every year of the 1990s |
Al Pacino
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If you want to impress a guy like Mark Antony, barge in on a barge, like this queen |
Cleopatra
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Audiences loved the dialect comedy team of Weber & this man (first name Lew, not W.C.) |
Fields
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If you've flown to this world capital you most likely landed at Orly or Charles de Gaulle Airport |
Paris
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Only a real-life Grumpy wouldn't like this 1937 animated feature from Walt Disney |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Her 1536 demise was covered in "Anne Affair to Remember: Queen Loses Head Over Her Brother!" |
Anne Boleyn
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In his first 17 seasons as owner of the Yankees, he changed managers 17 times |
George Steinbrenner
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If you see a cute chick on a balcony, ignore her; you might end up taking poison, like this hero |
Romeo
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The billing of Julian Eltinge, seen here, was "The most beautiful woman in the world is really" this |
a man
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In Tokyo you can see guys throw their weight around at the Kokugikan, a stadium for this type of wrestling |
sumo
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A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic |
The Seven Samurai
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She's the subject of the 17th century headline seen here:
"LOCA POCA!! Saves Boy Toy From Fatal Clubbing" |
[NOTE: In the 2020-07-30 rebroadcast of this show, the headline was altered to "Powhatan Princess Weds Widower, Peace Prevails!"]
Pocahontas
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In the original "Jazz Singer", he uttered that famous line "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" |
Al Jolson
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Danish guys look really great in tights; we learned it from this play |
Hamlet
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Completes Gracie Allen's tag line "Oh George, I bet you say that to..." |
all the girls
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The Sony Entertainment Center in Berlin offers a virtual reality "fun ride" on this Beatles vehicle |
Yellow Submarine
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Tom Ewell fantasizes about Marilyn Monroe in this 1955 film |
The Seven Year Itch
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The picture here appeared in 1656 with the headline "Dutch Treat: This Painter's Model Mistress Tells All!" |
Rembrandt
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In 1997 this charismatic minister & civil rights leader made a bid to become mayor of New York City |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Al Sharpton
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Richard III knew this London fortress is a great place to hide those pesky nephews |
the Tower of London
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For some chic shopping & great beaches, visit Mykonos, an island of this country |
Greece
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Rod Serling wrote this 1964 drama about a military scheme to overthrow the U.S. government |
Seven Days in May
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Perhaps from a tabloid tablet comes "City-Founding Boys Nursed by Wolf!", about Romulus & this brother |
Remus
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It's not polite to murder your guest, & it might turn your wife into a sleepwalker, like this "Lady" |
Lady Macbeth
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England's most famous square, it's where you'll find Nelson's Column & the National Gallery |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go as you regain the lead!)
Trafalgar Square
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A disillusioned knight plays chess with death in this Ingmar Bergman masterpiece |
The Seventh Seal
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