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unusual facts about Michael Jordan's Restaurant


Michael Jordan's Restaurant

Guests at the grand opening included Illinois governor Jim Edgar, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, actor Mickey Rooney, and comedian Jackie Mason.


2003–04 Cleveland Cavaliers season

He joined Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan as the only three players in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game in their rookie season.

Al Levine

Levine played AA for the Birmingham Barons in 1994, along with Michael Jordan, until he was called up to AAA mid-season.

Arthur Renowitzky

Arthur cites American inspirational public figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Pauley Perrette, Michael Jordan, Eminem, Steve Jobs, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z and 2Pac as major influences, with 2Pac being his biggest.

Artis Lane

She has made sculptures of prominent people as former President George H. W. Bush, Bill Cosby, Walter Annenberg, Michael Jordan, Gordon Getty, Nelson Mandela and Henry Kissinger.

Brian Givens

Givens spent the entire 1994 season with the White Sox's Birmingham Barons team in the Southern League, playing alongside basketball great Michael Jordan.

Bryan Batt

His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's.

Data East

Data East is the only company that manufactured custom pinball games (e.g. for Aaron Spelling, the movie Richie Rich, or Michael Jordan), though these were basically mods of existing or soon to be released pinball machines (e.g. Lethal Weapon 3).

Delaware 87ers

On December 8, 2009, the Flash hosted a sold out crowd that hoped Michael Jordan was going to appear to play in a charity exhibition at halftime against former Utah Jazz guard Bryon Russell.

East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Michael Jordan, Professional Basketball Player (born, left at age of 2)

Garfield statues

The town of Upland is erecting "Ice Cream Lover Garfield", to be placed near Ivanhoe's Restaurant, 979 S Main Street.

Gustavo Mendonca

His first assignment was to create a pitch using visual concepts for a science fiction and fantasy franchise based on the basketball super star Michael Jordan staged in a post-apocalyptic universe.

Gym shorts

The first time today's "baggy" or "bermuda" look was publicized was when Michael Jordan wore baggy shorts in the Nike commercial with Spike Lee in 1988.

Hu Weidong

Considered to be China's answer to National Basketball Association megastar Michael Jordan, Hu was offered the chance to play in the league in 1998, but he was injured when the Dallas Mavericks offered him a contract, thus failing to become the first Chinese to play in the NBA.

It's Complicated Being a Wizard

The name of the album 'It's Complicated Being a Wizard' is in reference to former NBA player, Michael Jordan, whose number was famously 23 (the length in minutes of the title track).

Johnny Bos

Bos was a frequent customer at Jack Dempsey's restaurant and surrounded himself with boxers.

Jorvorskie Lane

In junior high, Lane weighed 125 pounds, and aspired to become the next Michael Jordan, prior to his weight gain.

JV's Restaurant

Many musicians, famous and not-yet-famous, have appeared over the years, including members of Patsy Cline's band, the Country Gentlemen, the Seldom Scene, Tony Rice, Roy Clark, Catfish Hodge, Billy Hancock, and various members of such bands as Molly Hatchet, Eric Clapton, Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart, and Willie Nelson's Ungrateful Bastards.

Linda Liao

An avid basketballer in her teenage years, Linda remains an avowed fan of Michael Jordan.

Lundy's Restaurant

At the turn of the 20th century, Irving Lundy started a business selling clams out of a pushcart.

Meeru Dhalwala

Meeru Dhalwala is an author, chef and co-owner, with her husband Vikram Vij, of the Indian restaurants Vij's and Rangoli in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Moore County, North Carolina

Among those who frequent or have private homes in the area are Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Sean Connery.

Moral waiver

The Group W bench, a key element of Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk song and extended monologue "Alice's Restaurant", is a reference to the moral waiver provision -- the W stands for "waiver"; he described that key element of the work as a waiting area where he mingled with other potential inductees awaiting consideration under moral waiver.

NBA 2K2

In addition to the NBA teams, players, and stadiums from the 2001–02 season, the game includes five legends teams starring legends such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, and Bill Russell.

NBA Live 97

Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley appeared as "Roster Players" as they could not be included due to licensing issues.

Oldest McDonald's restaurant

The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Avenue in Downey, California.

Onward Victoria

Its cast of characters includes Cornelius Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, restaurateur Charlie Delmonico, and Henry Ward Beecher, with whom Woodhull is linked in a fictional romance that leads to the minister being tried for alienation of affections.

Oren Jacoby

Jacoby also wrote, produced and directed “The Return Ticket”, adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov; "The Last Girl on Earth", “Ghosts of the Bayou”; “Idols of the Game”, featuring Michael Jordan;

Quavas Kirk

(Beckham had chosen the number 23 because 7 was already taken when he was transferred to Real Madrid by Raul, and also because he admires Michael Jordan).

Reuben's Restaurant

The restaurant's menu included sandwiches named for celebrities; Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra both had sandwiches named for them.

Arnold Reuben retired to Palm Beach, where he died on December 31, 1970 at the age of 87.

Ron Kittle

It was co-written with Bob Logan, who also co-wrote Michael Jordan's book "Come Fly with Me." The book features anecdotes (some of them never before told to the public) from his time as a major leaguer, mostly with the Sox.

Sasha Allen

Also while still in high school, she was featured in commercial and print work, including advertisements in TIME magazine for AT&T, and a commercial with Michael Jordan.

Spokesperson

Popular local and national sports stars (such as Michael Jordan or Bob Uecker) are often chosen as spokesmen for commercial advertising.

Stephen Shames

The work was published by Aperture in 1997 in a book entitled Pursuing the Dream: What Helps Children and Their Families Succeed and includes a preface by Michael Jordan.

Terry Francona

As manager of the AA franchise Birmingham Barons from 1993–1995, he posted a 223-203 record and won two distinctions: Southern League Manager of the Year in 1993, Baseball America's Minor League Manager of the Year in 1993, and top managerial candidate by Baseball America in 1994, the same year Michael Jordan played for Birmingham.

Thornton's Restaurant

Asked about the incident by broadcaster Joe Duffy on his RTÉ Radio 1 Liveline programme, Thornton stressed that he had not so much been infuriated by the request of chips (he supposedly provides them for younger customers on a regular basis) but that he had been aggravated by the attitude of this particular customer.

Vincent Lecavalier

Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey".

Walt Hriniak

When basketball great Michael Jordan surprised the sports world in 1994 by signing a minor league baseball contract with the White Sox, Hriniak was brought in to help him with his batting technique.

Walter LaFeber

LaFeber examined the effect of modern sports and communication empires in his book, Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism (1999, 2002), which analyzes the rise in popularity of basketball, Michael Jordan, Nike and cable satellite networks and their relation to globalization.

Weidmann's Restaurant

In 1935 the celebration for Fred and Al Key's record-breaking endurance flight, which lasted 653 hours and 34 minutes and wasn't broken until 1973 by astronauts, was held at Weidmann's.


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