The other day I had a big laugh when I caught part of a movie called, The Man Who Came to Dinner. I kept looking at the main character because he reminded me of Jon Stewart when he had his beard. I know most people didn’t care for Jon’s beard and I was thinking maybe Jon needed to grow the funny moustache that Monty had to go with it.
Monty Woolley played the main character, Sheridan Whiteside, in the movie. He’s a man that falls down on the ice and ends up taking residence in the home owners place for the next six months. He’s insufferable and does everything he can to control everything in everyone’s life. As I was watching the movie, I kept thinking how much he reminded me of Stewart from some of his strange intonations right down to his looks.
Monty Woolly lived from 1888 until 1963 and he was gay so I hardly think he has any connection to Jon Stewart. The connection is only in my mind. I read that Monty was affectionately nicknamed “the Beard” which is hilarious because nobody liked Jon Stewart’s beard. I would love to know if anyone else sees what I see or if I am alone on this one.
Of course they are no relation and I’m probably the only one that sees a connection, but that’s the way my crazy brain works. You can check this out for yourself and maybe have a laugh or maybe you will think my brain just works in mysterious ways. Either way, I have had my fun comparing these two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMcWKXVkQU
The trailer can be seen here:
