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11 unusual facts about Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree


Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce

The company has involved itself with several autoracing sponsorship programs such as the Indy Racing League, NHRA, along with Donlavey Racing and Larry Hedrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Bill Catania in the American Speed Association.

Big Daddy's House

McCargo left his job as the executive catering chef of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to work on Big Daddy's House.

Big Daddy's Restaurants

In the 1968 film Bye Bye Braverman, a scene was shot with actor George Segal in front of Big Daddy's as well as on location throughout the borough of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz says on his official web-site "You know you're from Brooklyn if......You Went to Big Daddy's on Coney Island Avenue as a change from Nathan's".

Cahill Racing

From 1999 to 2000 the team was sponsored by Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce, a company with a history of failing to complete the commitments of their auto racing sponsorship contracts.

Daniel D. Crabtree

On August 1, 2013, President Obama nominated Crabtree to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, to the seat vacated by Judge John Watson Lungstrum, who took senior status on November 2, 2010.

Daniel D. Crabtree (born 1956) is a Kansas attorney in private practice and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

Donnie Elbert

He returned to All Platinum and had a run of minor R&B hits, but left after he claimed authorship of Shirley & Company's R&B chart-topper "Shame Shame Shame" which was credited to label owner Sylvia Robinson.

Grant H. Crabtree

Inspired by Edward Steichen’s Vanity Fair portraits, and encouraged by positive reaction to his work, Crabtree began his long career in photography and film.

Melanie Sanford

She graduated from Yale University with a BS and MS in 1996, having carried out research with Robert H. Crabtree, and from the California Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in 2001, where she studied with Robert H. Grubbs.

Odor

Crabtree, in 1978, had previously suggested that Cu(I) is "the most likely candidate for a metallo-receptor site in olfaction" for strong-smelling volatiles which are also good metal-coordinating ligands, such as thiols.


Ding Dong Daddy

He is based on legendary hot rod enthusiast/painter/pinstriper Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Emerson Boozer

Emerson Boozer also had an homage by Adam Sandler in the movie Big Daddy where Sandler sported a "Boozer" Jets jersey as a double entendre meaning he's a "Booze-hound" as well as a long time New York Jets devotee.

Eorl Crabtree

The 18 stone prop is the nephew of the legendary professional wrestler Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree, himself a former rugby league player who played for Bradford Northern, although he never made an appearance for the first team.

Mabel Terry–Lewis

Her film appearances include Love Maggy (1921), Shirley (1922), Caste (1930), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Third Clue (1934), Dishonour Bright (1936), The Squeaker (1937), Jamaica Inn (1939), The Adventures of Tartu (1943) and They Came to a City (1945).

No Lucifer

The band point out in the album sleeve notes that this is in reference to the chant used by fans of the wrestler Big Daddy.

Sid Ganis

Sidney Ganis (born January 8, 1940) is a Greek-American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, The Master of Disguise and Akeelah and the Bee.