Ain't Orson Around: Welles vs. Bean

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There is a man. A certain man. B-but which man? Got a feeling this one's coming down to a shootout.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Orson Welles	8
Orson Bean	1

― henry s, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:38 (seven years ago)

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― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:39 (seven years ago)

do you know Bean changed his name to Orson Bean? born Dallas Frederick Burrows.

I'd be amazed if hardly anyone under 45 knows who he is, depending on when his run of game-show appearances ended.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:46 (seven years ago)

he's on Modern Family

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:49 (seven years ago)

a regular?

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:49 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSGYElDi38s

― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:49 (seven years ago)

and then there's Being John Malkovich... although I first knew him from two things: Twilight Zone, and the Rank/Bass Hobbit film

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:50 (seven years ago)

I guess he was just in one ep of Modern Family? A regular on Desperate Housewives tho, sez wiki

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:50 (seven years ago)

otoh the only people under 45 that know who Orson Welles is are film nerds

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:50 (seven years ago)

and people who've seen The Muppet Movie

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:52 (seven years ago)

like I said

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 18:53 (seven years ago)

Odd fact: Andrew Breitbart is Orson Bean's erstwhile son-in-law. I'm guessing this will resonate somewhat with the under-45 crowd.

― henry s, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 19:01 (seven years ago)

Orson Bean is on TV every day again thanks to Buzzr Channel.

― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 19:14 (seven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:01 (seven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 00:01 (seven years ago)

was I the only bean vote? did I fuck up and vote welles?

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 00:17 (seven years ago)

I'd be amazed if hardly anyone under 45 knows who he is, depending on when his run of game-show appearances ended.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 19, 2017 2:46 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know orson bean b/c my mom was a big dr. quinn medicine woman fan

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 00:20 (seven years ago)

four years pass...

wtf advantage bean 😦

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― mark s, Saturday, 2 July 2022 09:30 (two years ago)

Wow, that is a positively Balzac-ian level of caffeine intake.

Something about that "40 cups a day" metric. I recall the subject of Erroll Morris's "Mr. Death" doc claimed the same. And I think Jerry Lewis was known for drinking 40 Diet Cokes a day.

― henry s, Saturday, 2 July 2022 11:45 (two years ago)

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