August 27th, 2008
NOTE FROM ANDY:
A few days ago, the great soul crooner Isaac
Hayes collapsed and died at his Memphis
home, supposedly due to a stroke. He was 65.
Are there things we never fully realized
about the late great Soul Man?
Hayes collapsed and died at his Memphis
home, supposedly due to a stroke. He was 65.
Are there things we never fully realized
about the late great Soul Man?
The Top 6
Surprises About Isaac Hayes
Surprises About Isaac Hayes
6> World-class kazoo player.
5> Has the files on what really happened to JFK in his attic.
4> Really had no lyric prepared in case the back-up singers hadn’t shut his mouth.
3> Invented the Electric Slide so white people wouldn’t feel so bad.
2> He wasn’t a real Scientologist — he was undercover amongst them for a “Dateline” report.
and the Number 1 Surprise About Isaac Hayes…
1> Hated his bartending gig on the Pacific Princess.
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Credits:
Selected from 24 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 1, 4 (31st #1!)
Michele Lord, Lincoln, NE — 2, 3, 5 (Hat trick!)
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — 6
Amy Lane, Waterboro, ME — Topic
Isaac Hayes, Heaven — Banner tag
Andy Grosser, Somerville, MA — Maestro
RUNNERS UP list — Cheffed
A voice at the funeral says to the viewers, “Move it along,
children, you’re holding up the line.”
(Alex Calkins, Richmond, IN)
No relation to Helen Hayes.
(Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS)
Oddly, his real name was Jim Rockford. He changed it because it sounded too white.
(Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA)
When he was a child, his father, Abraham Hayes, was about to sacrifice him, until an angel of the Lord intervened.
(Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL)
Runners Up list name
(Amy Lane, Waterboro, ME)
(Alex Calkins, Richmond, IN)
No relation to Helen Hayes.
(Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS)
Oddly, his real name was Jim Rockford. He changed it because it sounded too white.
(Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA)
When he was a child, his father, Abraham Hayes, was about to sacrifice him, until an angel of the Lord intervened.
(Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL)
Runners Up list name
(Amy Lane, Waterboro, ME)
