Aaron to Avogadro

Bacchus to
Buttafuoco

Caesar to
Cap’n Crunch

D’Amato to
Dukakis

Earheart to Eve

Fonda to Freud

(Kenny) G. to
Gutenberg

Hammurabi to
Hussein

Isabella

Jackson to
Johnson

Kavorkian to
Kreskin

Laffer – Locke

MacArthur to
Mussolini

Napoleon to
Nostradamus

Oedipus to
Oswald

Pasteur to
Pythagoras

Quayle to Queeg

Raleigh to Ruth

Sacco to
Superman

Tarzan to
Tse-Tung

Unabomber
(see also K)

Valdez to
Virgin Mary

Waldheim to
Wright

Xerxes to
Malcolm X

Yeltsin

Zeus

booknotes

Bacchus to Buttafuoco

B

Bacchus
Roman god of wine and revelry

Hello my name is Bacchus -- and I'm an alcoholic.


Bach, Johann Sebastian
classical composer

Bach Unfugued
--best selling CD


Bannister, Roger
runner

And now I will hard boil an egg in under three minutes.
--announcing his second record-breaking endeavor.
 


Baptist, John the
early Christian

Rinse. Repeat if necessary


Barnum, P.T.
showman

That’s no bearded lady. That’s my wife! 


Beethoven, Ludwig van
composer

I never listen to critics.


Bell, Alexander Graham
scientist and inventor

Mr. Watson. Come here. I want you. Bad!
--inventing phone sex


Bennett, Tony
singer

Say, any of you youngsters want to have a rap session?
--hosting MTV Beach House


Berra, Lawrence (Yogi)
baseball player

Surely you jest. These so-called "Yogisms" are archetypal examples of absurdist non-sequiturs.
--denying authorship


Birdseye, Clarence
food pioneer

I wish to be frozen in a light cream sauce.
--last will and testament


Bloomfeld, Harry D.D.S.
renegade dentist

I recommend sugared gum for my patients who chew gum.
--sole dissenter among five for chewing gum questionnaire


Bond, James
British secret agent

I'd like to apply for a permit to kill.
--age 16


Booth, John Wilkes
actor/assassin

Did they mention me in the reviews?
--the next day


Boyardee, Chef
culinary of canned goods

With the spaghettios, I'd recommend something with more body. I have a precocious Fruit Juicy Red 1982.


Bozo
television clown

No Geraldos!
--lapel pin

Do you have these in a forty-two and a half?
--inquiry to shoe clerk


Brando, Marlon
actor

One day, I’m gonna be bigger than Orson Welles.
--career prediction


Braun, Eva
Mrs. Adolf Hitler

I can't stand his mustache but I don’t dare tell him.
--secret diary

Sorry we couldn't invite you to the wedding but it was a very small bunker.
--letter to close friends and relatives


Brezhnev, Leonid
Soviet leader

Does this gray tie go with this gray suit?
--picking out daily outfit

 


Buchanan, Pat
GOP Presidential candidate

Mein Kampaign
--1992 convention speech


Burton, Richard
actor

Darling, is that all you're eating?
-- at dinner with fiancé Liz Taylor

Why don't you have a salad, dear?
--at dinner with wife Liz Taylor


Bush, George H. W.
41st U.S. President

I’ya, you betcha -- well heck yeah! -- sure do
--marriage vow to wife Barbara.


Buttafuoco, Joey
star-crossed lover

We'll always have Massapequa.
--tearful farewell with Amy Fisher

see also: Fisher, Amy