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unusual facts about Dumb, Drunk and Racist



Albert Berg

After leaving the Indiana Institution for the Deaf, Berg enrolled at the "Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb" (later renamed Gallaudet University), run by Edward Miner Gallaudet in Washington, D.C. He was a halfback and captain of the football team at Gallaudet.

Ambush Bug

Jimmy Olsen briefly gains the appearance of Ambush Bug and subconsciously uses his power of "Dumb Luck" to locate Forager.

Big dumb booster

The BDB (Big Dumb Booster) plays a significant role in Stephen Baxter's Manifold series.

Big Dumb Face

Wes Borland set the project to the side once he quit Limp Bizkit in 2001 to start up progressive metal outfit Eat the Day, but once Eat the Day fell through and Borland briefly rejoined Limp Bizkit in late 2004, Borland recorded and wrote a new Big Dumb Face thrash/death metal song called "Darkness Becomes", which was available on Borland's website, but now is available on the Big Dumb Face website.

The musical style of Big Dumb Face was influenced by Ween and Mr. Bungle.

Bradley Stryker

He has a lead role in the feature film, Tillamook Treasure (2006), in which he plays Tom, the dumb but lovable sidekick of logger Jimmy Kimbell, played by Brian Thompson.

Child Bite

Also appearing in the 2013 Cause & Effect Trilogy, was Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth (paired with Talk Normal), and Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr. (paired with Dumb Numbers).

Diego de Astor

Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid, 1640), and that to Bonet's book on 'Speech for the Dumb,' one of the best works of the kind.

Dumb Bell of the Yukon

Dumb Bell of the Yukon was a Disney animated short starring Donald Duck and Daisy Duck.

Dumb Numbers

A project 10-years in the making, Dumb Numbers began through a fluke songwriting request by filmmaker John Waters.

Dumb pipe

While there is no real industry standard definition of dumb pipe, it is a generally understood term in the mobile industry.

Dumb, Drunk and Racist

Journalist Joe Hildebrand takes four Indians on a road trip around Australia to determine whether Australians really are beer-swilling, stupid, racist bogans or whether they are simply misunderstood.

Edwin Thomas Smith

His public benefactions were many and included £2,000 to clear the debt off the Norwood Oval, £2,000 for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution, £1,000 to start an insurance fund for the Commercial Travellers' Association, and many other private benefactions.

Erotic Review

Timon emphasised not only the need for a younger fresher audience without having to 'dumb down' but also vigorously supported sexual freedom campaigners such as Tuppy Owens and the Erotic Awards arguing that with the privilege of titillation came the responsibility to educate and to defend all people's right to feel erotic and engage in their sexuality, regardless of class, income, or physical ability.

Esporte Clube Taubaté

Because of this mistake, the press of São Paulo nicknamed the club Burro (Donkey) not just meaning for donkey but for being dumb because of this mistake.

Garlands

A remastered version of "Blind Dumb Deaf" is available on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil.

He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot.

"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" is a single by American indie rock band Grandaddy, from their second studio album, The Sophtware Slump, released in 2000.

I Am Not Homer

She did, however, praise the final track "So Dumb", which features Castellaneta singing a song as his main characters from The Simpsons, Homer, Krusty the Clown, Abraham Simpson, Barney Gumble and Groundskeeper Willie.

Jeff Stryker

In her autobiography, Traci Lords describes him as “handsome but rather dumb looking” after he gave her scornful looks backstage during a Century City Civic Center Thierry Mugler Fashion show.

Jigsaw Jones Mysteries

Mom, came from Hackensack, New Jersey, is very strict about the words "hate" and "dumb".

Joseph Horovitz

His works include 16 ballets, including Alice in Wonderland (1953), 2 one-act operas (The Dumb Wife, libretto Peter Shaffer; Gentlemen’s Island, libretto Gordon Snell), and concertos for violin, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, euphonium, tuba and percussion, as well as a popular and often performed jazz concerto for harpsichord or piano.

Lillah McCarthy

In 1915 she played with her husband's company at Wallack's Theatre in New York City in Androcles and the Lion, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anatole France's The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife (translated by Curtis Page), and The Doctor's Dilemma, and at various colleges in outdoor performances of Euripedes' The Trojan Women and Iphigenia in Tauris.

Marcus Berkmann

He is also credited as one of the writing team of the BBC Three comedy show Monkey Dust, and compiles the "Dumb Britain" column in Private Eye magazine.

Merle Miller

In Plain Speaking, Miller quoted Truman as referring to General Douglas MacArthur as a "dumb-son-of-a-bitch" and quoted Truman as asserting that Dwight Eisenhower, his successor in the Oval Office, tried to divorce his wife Mamie in order to marry Kay Summersby, his English chauffeur and secretary during World War II.

MONARC

The feasibility of using even the unmodified PzH 2000 with unguided "dumb" rounds to attack naval targets had been proven previously by the Swedish Coastal Artillery with tests performed in May 1996.

Over the Edge Vol. 3: The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come-Out Line

The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come-Out Line was the third volume in the Over the Edge series, which distills the best material from Negativland's radio program Over the Edge, broadcast on KPFA.

Paul Fung

The Dumb Dora strip came to an end in 1934, but Fung drew the character again during the early 1940s as part of an advertising campaign for Shredded Ralston cereal.

Roger Alan Wade

2006: Jackass Number Two (performer: "Sometimes I Don't Know If I'll Make It") ("If You're Gonna Be Dumb", "Sometimes I Don't Know If I'll Make It")

2010: Jackass 3D (writer: "Party in My Pants") (performer: "Party in My Pants") (writer: "If You're Gonna Be Dumb") (performer: Karen O)

Shirley Chambers

She was notable for playing 'dumb blonde' roles in musical comedy films, having been discovered by press agent Harry Reichenbach.

Strange Itch

Some of the band members went on to form Dumb Luck who eventually became The Used.

Stupidity

Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "fool," "idiot," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether purposeful or accidental, due to absence of mental capacity.

Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

Possibly the most effective type of unguided ("dumb") weapon used during SEAD strikes are cluster bombs, because many SAM sites are dispersed over a fairly wide area, in order to increase the difficulty of inflicting serious damage on the battery, and the relative "softness" of the targets (missile launchers, exposed radars, etc.).

The 411

The group's first single, "On My Knees, was a hit in the UK (reaching the top 5) and Australia (reaching the top 30). A second single, "Dumb," reached number 3 in the UK and also reached the top 30 in Australia. These singles appeared on their album Between the Sheets, featuring songs written by Diane Warren, Redeye, and The 411 themselves. They also recorded a cover version of SWV's big hit "Weak.

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

There are many similarities between The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission and The Dirty Dozen, including the presence of the sergeant (in this case, Holt) on the mission;, a dumb, but big-hearted GI who killed someone with their bare hands, and is challenged by the major, but quickly disarmed during training; a big party with female company just before the mission; and numerous instances of similar dialogue.

The Dumb Knight

The Dumb Knight, The Dumbe Knight: A Historical Comedy, or The Dumbe Knight: A Pleasant Comedy, written by Lewis Machin and Gervase Markham in roughly 1601 was acted by the Children of the King’s Revels likely in the Whitefriars Theatre, which was the acting group’s primarily venue.

The Dumb Waiter

1987 – Robert Altman directed a made-for-TV feature film version of The Dumb Waiter, starring John Travolta and Tom Conti, filmed in Canada and first televised in the United States on WABC-TV on 12 May 1987, as part of Altman's two-part series entitled Basements; part one is Pinter's first play The Room.

The Monster with 21 Faces

An excerpt from one such letter, written in hiragana and with an Osaka dialect, reads, “Dear dumb police officers. Don't tell a lie. All crimes begin with a lie as we say in Japan. Don't you know that?” Another taunting letter was sent to Koshien police station.

The Seminar

After his mom told him to hang out with his "smart" friends, Jim told his friend that "mom thinks you're too dumb to hang out with." Jim eventually bumps into the guy in the break room, and tries to laugh off their history, but the guy mocks Jim for not being as successful as his superior intellect would have indicated, and snarks "Where's your jet pack, Zuckerberg?"

Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.

Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on Epic Records in 1992.


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