20 Cool Things About Orson Welles

1. He outlived the only other director considered greater than him, and didn't have a fakey British accent, either.

2. Not everyone has Frank Sinatra as their daughter's godfather.

3. Welles hated Donny Osmond as much as everybody else did.

4. Babe Ruth's home run hit convinced Welles' mother to give birth to Orson that same day.

5. The man dated Eartha Kitt. Catwoman. Rowwr....

6. He would have made an awesome Mr. Rourke on "Fantasy Island".

7. Marlene Dietrich equated religion with his name!

8. The only other actor who dared share the spotlight with him in death was Yul Brynner.

9. 18 hot dogs at one sitting. Not even Kevin Smith could do that.

10. He knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men.

11. Let's face it: Orson made gaining weight look cool.

12. He has TWO stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And how many do YOU have?

13. Darth Vader came thiiiis close to having an even more awesome voice than James Earl Jones.

14. Heavy metal group Manowar would not have been half as cool without Orson's voice.

15. He was the only man who could get away with playing an entire planet - and a planet that ate robots!

16. Never worked with Pauly Shore. Never will.

17. Two specialties - sleight of hand magic tricks and ticking off Peter Sellers...sometimes both at the same time!

18. On October 30th 1938, he pulled one over on all of North America and all he had to use was a radio.

19. If not for Marlon Brando, Orson would have given the world an offer it couldn't refuse.

20. He succeeded in keeping Ted Turner and his g*****n Crayolas away from Citizen Kane.

Dope out.

- TGWD