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Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut, the son of innkeeper, tailor and storekeeper Philo Barnum (1778–1826) and Philo's second wife, Irene Taylor.Barnum's maternal grandfather Phineas Taylor was a Whig, legislator, landowner, justice of the peace, and lottery schemer who had a great influence upon him.
Barnum is an American musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. It is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum , covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies.
The film's whimsical title comes from a line spoken by Fields about ten minutes into the film. Whipsnade says that his grandfather Litvak's last words, spoken "just before they sprung the trap", were: "You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump."
Fool me twice, strike three." — Michael Scott, "The Office" "The fools among us are presented to be wise, and the wise among us are presented to be fools" — Santosh Kalwar
Hannum sued Barnum for calling his giant a fake, but the judge told him to get his giant to swear on his own genuineness in court if he wanted a favorable injunction. [ 6 ] On December 10, 1869, Hull confessed everything to the press, [ 15 ] and on February 2, 1870, both giants were revealed as fakes in court; the judge also ruled that Barnum ...
"My Foolish Heart" is a popular song and jazz standard that was published in 1949. In the UK, the song reached No. 1 in the chart based on sales of sheet music, staying at the top spot for 11 weeks in 1950.
"Twice" is a song by American singer Christina Aguilera from her eighth studio album, Liberation (2018). [1] It was released for digital download and streaming on May 11, 2018 by RCA Records as the album's first promotional single. [2] [3] Kirby Lauryen wrote the track and co-produced it with Sandy Chila. Upon its release of, music critics were ...
It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven songs recorded in two sessions from August 3 to November 12, 1960. The sessions took place at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago, where Bland and his backing band moved after a series of successful singles and albums. The backing band was composed of Joe Scott and Melvin ...