Danny Kaye

By: Katie Hennessey

A high school dropout who learned his trade on the Borscht Belt summer circuit, DANNY KAYE’s (1913-87) first taste of Broadway fame came with the 1941 Gershwin-Weill tongue-twister “Tchaikovsky (and other Russians),” in which he […]

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Social Idiocy

By: HILOBROW

“One may be strong intellectually and socially idiotic, as distinctly represented by this head and face.” *** According to Louis Allen Vaught, the purpose of Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902) is to acquaint readers “with […]

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Danger!

By: HILOBROW

“Anyone with a head like the above is dangerous because Conscientiousness is weak and Amativeness very strong. In an immoral sense this man is positively dangerous.” *** According to Louis Allen Vaught, the purpose of […]

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