Bennett Cerf
Business Person and Television Personality
Strange but true...Eggs and Ham" would not exist if it hadn't been for a bet. Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss' editor, bet the author $50 that he couldn't write a book using no more than 50 different words. Dr. Seuss used precisely 50 words, collecting the $50 and... In this article: Josephine Cochrane, Dr. Seuss, Bennett Cerf, Ogden Nash, and California |
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Wikipedia | September 13, 2009
Bennett Cerf
...Random House. It used as its logo a little house drawn by Cerf's friend Rockwell Kent. Cerf's talent in building and maintaining relationships brought contracts with writers such as William Faulkner, John O'Hara, Eugene O'Neill, James...
In this article: Bennett Alfred Cerf, Random House, What's My Line?, S.J. Perelman, Columbia University, Howard Dietz, Ayn Rand, Carl Rose, New York Herald Tribune, and Objectivism
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Green Eggs and Ham
...it an exceptionally low Flesch-Kincaid grade level of -1.3. Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss's publisher, wagered $50 that Seuss could not write a book using only fifty different words. The bet came after Seuss completed The Cat in the Hat, which...
In this article: Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss, Goat, Hamlet, Living Books series, James Muirhead, The Cat in the Hat, George H.W. Bush, and Moxy Fruvous
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www.washingtonpost.com | November 27, 2006
Obituaries in the News
..."Winds of the Wasteland." Her marriage to Cerf in 1940 lasted until his death in 1971, during which time Cerf became a household name as a regular on the popular 1950s television quiz show "What's My Line?" She collaborated with Theodor...
In this article: Isaac Galvez, Robert Kupperman, William Diehl, Raul Velasco, Mario Cesariny, Robert F. Wagner, and Dr. Seuss
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Neatorama | February 16, 2009
Movie Trivia: Beetlejuice
...yes after some of the other stars (Michael Keaton in particular) confirmed. As an aside note, Sylvia Sidney's first husband was Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss' editor. And Sidney was certainly no newbie to the horror genre - she was the star of...
In this article: Beetlejuice, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton, Sylvia Sidney, Warner Brothers, Jack Skellington, Michael McDowell, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Orion, and No Exit
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www.nytimes.com
Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 90, Socialite and Collaborator With Dr ...
... a former advertising colleague, Dr. Seuss, on a series of landmark ... Geisel, Theodor Seuss. Cerf, Bennett. More Articles in New York Region " MOST POPULAR ...
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Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs Product Info at eBay
Shop at eBay for Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs and other Product Info - eBay - books. Read product descriptions and ... Cerf's Book of Laughs, 1959 Dr. Seuss ...
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snopes.com: Green Eggs and Ham
Did Dr. Seuss take a dare he could write a book using fewer than fifty different words? ... A dare from his editor, Bennett Cerf, that he write a book using no ...
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www.canada.com
Robert Fulford: Dr. Seuss meets Charles Darwin
... House five decades ago, Bennett Cerf published titans like William Faulkner ... Dr. Seuss developed his own verbal and visual style, delivered serious universal ...
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Animal Riddles (Beginner Books) by Bennett Cerf | LibraryThing
All about Animal Riddles (Beginner Books) by Bennett Cerf. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers ... by Dr. Seuss ...
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Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 - August 27, 1971) was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What's My Line?
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