John Barrymore came from a long line of theater actors. He himself first appeared on stage alongside his father in 1900, and in 1903 officially began his career, starring in the likes of Justice (1916) and Richard III (1920). His greatest role was his 1992 appearance in Hamlet, for which he was dubbed “the greatest living American tragedian.”
Barrymore also starred in a slew of silent films, most notably Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Sherlock Holmes (1922) and Beau Brummel (1924). He later made the transition to sound movies, starring in the likes of Grand Hotel (1932) and Midnight (1939).
On May 29, 1942, Barrymore died at the age of 60 from pneumonia and cirrhosis. What happened next has been the subject of many rumors. It’s alleged his friends, Errol Flynn, W.C. Fields and Sadakichi Hartmann snuck into the morgue where his body was being held, propped him up against a poker table and allowed him to experience one final celebration.
As it turns out, these rumors are true! In an August 2020 episode of the popular YouTube series Hot Ones, the acting legend’s granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, revealed his corpse had actually been stolen.
“Not only yes, but there have been cinematic interpretations of it,” she exclaimed. Those interpretations include S.O.B., starring Julie Andrews, and allegedly the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, in which two friends pretend their deceased boss is alive.
Barrymore added that she wants the same to happen to her. “I will say this, I hope my friends do the same for me. That is the kind of spirit I can get behind. Just prop the old bag up, let’s have a few rounds.
“I think death comes with so much morose sadness and I understand that, but if it’s okay, just for me, if everybody could be really happy and celebratory and have a party, that would be my preference.”
Vintage Hollywood certainly was a different era…
He Recently Spent $6.5k On A Young Registered Black Angus Bull
Among many other benefits, laughing lowers stress, improves mood, boosts immunity, and even increases pain tolerance.
Regretfully, when life’s challenges and obligations increase, it becomes harder to find reasons to laugh.
Here’s a joke that will make you laugh till your stomach hurts, just for the purpose of a good daily laugh!
So let’s get started:
I recently bought a juvenile Black Angus bull that is registered for $6,500.
When I let him out with the herd, he would just eat grass and not even glance at a cow. That bull was beginning to appear like it cost me more than I had.
Anyway, I requested that the veterinarian examine him. The bull may be a little young, but he was in fantastic health, he said, and he gave me some medications to give him once a day.
The bull started looking after all of my cows in two days! He even succeeded in climbing over the fence to mate with all of my neighbor’s cows! He resembles a machine!
The tablets the veterinarian gave him tasted somewhat like peppermint, though I’m not sure what was in them!
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