Nov 27, 2007

Tuesday ExtravaDanza



Little known Tony Danza Trivia
Some of these Danza Facts are true, some not so much. Can you pick the true statements?
  1. After Tony recovered from his '93 skiing accident, he returned to the tree he crashed into and carved into it ‘T.D. was here’.
  2. Tony can still fit his entire foot in his mouth
  3. Tony befriended Tupac Shakur while he was in prison.
  4. Tony's first car was his uncle Rinaldo's conversion van. Tony re-carpeted the van after one year of ownership to "make it mine and get rid of that sticky matted fur."
  5. Tony is born Italian-American.
  6. Tony once wrestled Dr. Ruth on stage.
  7. Tony likes eggs.
  8. Had a tattoo of a Mr. Natural cartoon that said Keep On Truckin on his right arm, but had it removed in '97 or '98.
  9. Tony was named the King of Brooklyn at a Welcome Back Festival. The festival took place in 1999.
  10. Tony owns the copyright to the phrase "manscaping."
  11. Tony went to the University of Dubuque, where he holds an honorary degree.
  12. A Roman Catholic and parishoner at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, Danza is also an Ordained Minister with the Universal Life Church. He performed a marriage on his talk show.
  13. In college, to make ends meet, Tony ran a laundry service and worked at a glory hole.
  14. Tony broke his back skiing in Utah in 1993, and has plates, rods, and screws and a lock of Alyssa Milano's hair in his spine.
  15. Tony has a trademark, his Brooklyn accent.
  16. Tony led a demonstration against cock fighting in 2002 where he exclaimed "people gots the right to do what they want to do behind closed doors. I'm just saying they shouldn't be able to charge for it."
  17. Tony went to the University of Dubuque, where he holds an honorary degree.
  18. Tony has written a musical based on the TV show Taxi.

2 comments:

CTK said...

I don't know about the rest of them, but I'm pretty sure the foot-in-the-mouth thing is true.

Ubermilf said...

I believe the glory hole one.