FILM 1717: JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND - FEATURING A VERY SPECIAL, CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED MENTION OF TONY CLIFTON

TRIVIA: The behind the scenes footage was withheld by Universal for almost 20 years.

FILM 1510: ROXANNE

TRIVIA: While wearing the false nose, Steve Martin was often greeted with the phrase "Nice nose!" One day between scenes he had to use the lavatory in a bar, and on the way across the room he passed a group of bikers. Steeling himself for the usual greeting, he was delighted to hear one of the bikers instead ask "Why the long face?"

When C.D. (Steve Martin) is consulting the plastic surgeon about getting a nose job he holds a picture of the nose he wants up beside his nose. The picture is of his real nose.

When C.D. is challenged to think of 20 better jokes than "big nose", one of them, "you must love the little birdies that you give them this to perch on" is taken directly from the original scene in "Cyrano de Bergerac."

The term "keeping your nose to the grindstone" refers to making flour. The miller constantly sniffed at the grindstone. If there was no smell the grain was feeding into the stones too fast and the flour would be coarse. If there was a burned smell the grain was feeding in too slowly resulting in ruined flour and possible damage to the stones. It has nothing to do with grinding off one's nose.

One of the "20 Nose Jokes" that was in the theatrical release but removed for TV viewing was, "Finally a man who can satisfy two women at once."

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Film 924: The Odd Couple

Trivia: Billy Wilder was going to direct and write the screenplay at one point.

Walter Matthau, who played Oscar in both the original Broadway play and the movie, asked the play's author, Neil Simon, if he could play Felix instead. This was because Matthau thought Oscar's personality was too similar to his own and the role would be too easy; whereas playing the persnickety Felix would be a real acting challenge. Simon replied, "Walter, go and be an actor in somebody else's play. Please be Oscar in mine." Matthau finally agreed to it.

Monica Evans and Carole Shelley also reprise their roles in Disney's The AristoCats as a pair of English geese on a walking tour of France.

Book 80: It's Not Me, It's You!: Impossible perfectionist seeks very very very tidy woman: Jon Richardson

It's Not Me, It's You! is a book written by British comedian Jon Richardson and is based on his 2011 comedy show of the same name. It was published in the UK by HarperCollins on 23 June 2011. Richardson has said "it is not a autobiography" but rather it is a "relationship guide from the point of view of someone who hasn't been in one for eight years".The book began as an article in The Guardian newspaper's Weekend supplement Valentine's Day issue that was printed on 13 February 2010.