I’m sorry I called you “Fat, fat, fat”.*
by chuckofish
Happy birthday, Jerome Silberman! Alias Gene Wilder (born June 11, 1933). Okay, I admit, I love Gene Wilder.
Maybe it is because he chose his stage name because he liked the character Eugene Gant in Look Homeward, Angel and he was always a great admirer of Thornton Wilder. Those are good reasons.
Maybe it is because he does such a great imitation of Kirk Douglas as Jim, the Waco Kid, in Blazing Saddles (1972), which is a movie I do not love. But Gene is perfect.
Anyway, I like him. Despite the fact that so many of his movies are take-offs and parodies, which is not a genre I love, I like him.
Oy. Will you toast Gene with me tonight? Happy 81st birthday, Jerome!
*Leo Bloom in The Producers
dual personalities 
And he’s such a hottie!
Especially when channeling Kirk Douglas. 🙂
I was going to write that you never called me “fat, fat, fat” — just “fat” in that special tone of voice, but then I saw the subject of your post! 🙂
Truly, you made me laugh out loud.
And that is usually my desire!
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