”Ubiquitous and anonymous” actor who dressed up as historical figures for dozens of television commercials, print ads and industrial films, roles included Fidel Castro, George Washington, William Shakespeare, Henry Kissinger, Clark Gable, Groucho Marx, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, listed in 1985 Guinness Book of World Records as actor who’d played the most roles (2,407), also appeared on Broadway, in movies and as a hand model, played Mr Whipple’s twin a Charmin commercial, after a stroke at 87
"Sad, funny, undeniably authentic, Tabloid Baby tells the tale of what befell too much of mainstream television news over the past couple of decades as the bad drove out the good."
--Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes
"Burt was there for the birthing of tabloid, he became the heart of the genre, and now he's written the bible."
--Maury Povich
"... the boozy, Vegas-stomping, strip-club-hopping, Sammy Davis Jr.–fawning life he describes, in vomit-in-the-office-trash-can detail, is emulated by mainstream media personalities today!"
--LA Weekly
"...a potpourri blog... a mash-up of retro stars, LA stories, forgotten details, well-worn memories, breaking scoops, all mixed in with a little spritz of analysis. (And damn---excellent grammar and sentence structure from our host!! That you certainly won't find on too many media blogs.)" --Anonymous commenter, 10.24.07
"Dear Burt: While you always had quite a flair for the dramatic, you never had much regard for the truth... Apparently you can't be bothered to read anything carefully. Maybe that is why you, like O'Reilly, make half your crap up.
Glad to hear you finally got sober." -- Barry Nolan, 04.12.08
"Hey! Who said Burt got sober?" -- Tabloid Baby, 04.12.08
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Charo went to court and had her concert dates upheld...
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