Well, folks, as a change of pace, I thought it would be nice to create a list. Everyone makes lists of favorite movies, or greatest actresses, or greatest moments in film… Bah! It’s time to review the five most iconic noses of entertainment history.
5. Danny Thomas
Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob, better known as Danny Thomas, was primarily a TV actor (The Danny Thomas Show ran for 11 seasons). However, he was known mainly for his schnozz.
4. Barbra Streisand
Easily the greatest currently active nose in Hollywood, Streisand has made nearly 20 films, including Funny Girl, Hello, Dolly!, and Yentl, and has sold 70 million records worldwide.
“I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl (1983), he said, ‘I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane (1941).'”
Oh, we understand. You can’t let a horn like that go to waste.
3. W.C. Fields
A striking resemblance.
Making a huge mark on Hollywood in hilarious shorts such as The Dentist and The Fatal Glass of Beer and in classic full-length films The Old-Fashioned Way, The Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, comedy great W.C. Fields has one of the grandest honkers in film history.
“I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.”
2. Bob Hope
Earning the nickname, “Old Ski Nose,” America’s favorite comedian has been the butt of innumerable schnozz jokes. And with good reason.
One of my favorites (paraphrased): “Pardner, I would shoot you right between the eyes, but it looks like you’ve had enough trouble there.”
1. Jimmy Durante
He’s the guy that found the lost chord and the winner of SC’s Greatest Nose Contest. You didn’t expect any less, did you?
I mean, what can be said about this landmark, this monumental proboscis? It’s awe-inspiring.
As Durante himself ad-libbed to Bob Hope, “When it comes to noses, you’re a retailer; I’m a wholesaler!”
-luke
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