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bolanrox t1_it837zi wrote

Reply to comment by RetroMetroShow in TIL Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans), famous for the early 60's song and dance craze "The Twist", got his stage name from Dick Clark's wife as play on the name of another popular musician at the time Fats Domino. by big_macaroons

I remember hearing about someone meeting Gene Wilder on an elevator and they said something like Hey it's Willy Wonka! and Gene looks at them with this sad and depressed look and goes, I was...... once..

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