Erectile Dysfunction- What Worked for us

by Jacob Clark

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  Jay Z (born Shawn Carter) is one of the most successful rappers in history. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing. He’s been shot three times.

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  Audrey Drake Graham is known professionally as Drake, and is a successful rapper and actor, record producer and songwriter. Did you know he’s Canadian and spent most of his childhood in Toronto?

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  President Gerald Ford was known for his lack of grace, and even made fun of his own clumsiness. He occasionally suffered a vocal miscue as well. He once was quoted as saying, “I love baseball. I watch a lot of it on the radio.”

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  Love him or hate him, Barack Obama is an interesting man. That cannot be disputed. One of the people he wanted to impress the most in his life was his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham. And she was indeed proud of him, but never got to see him elected president. She died just two days before the election in 2008.

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  Elizabeth Taylor was one of Hollywood’s best loved actresses. Did you know she made her television debut on a soap opera? It’s true. General Hospital, in 1981.

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  Kelly Bishop played Lorelei Gilmore’s sometimes unlikeable mother Emily in The Gilmore Girls. In real life she is personable and sweet-tempered, a testament to her impressive acting abilities. Did you know she was once a ballet dancer, and was good enough to do it professionally?

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  Paul Edward Giamatti (Big Fat Liar, Straight Outa Compton, Downton Abbey), is one of Hollywood’s most successful character actors. But there are a few things you didn’t know about him. For example, did you know out of his 94 TV and movie roles, he’s only been nominated for one Oscar (for Cinderella Man)?

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  Keiko Agena is a Japanese-American actress best known for her portrayal as Lane in the long-running series The Gilmore Girls. She played a teenage girl and best friend of second lead (and also teenage girl) Rory Gilmore. But Agena wasn’t a teenager. She was 27 when the series started, a full eleven years older than Alexis Bledel, who played Rory.

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  Italian and American actress Sophia Loren had other ties to history besides the silver screen. She was also the godmother to Benito Mussolini’s grandson.

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  Steven Yeun was born in Korea but raised in America. He’s best known for his portrayal as Glenn Rhee in the hit series Walking Dead. If anyone on the show can understand the physiological makeup of a zombie it would be Steven. He has a degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience.

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  Jared Padalecki is perhaps best known for his role as Sam Winchester on Supernatural. If you’ve wondered about his last name, it’s Polish. But there’s much more running through Jared’s blood. He can also trace his ancestry to Germany, Scotland, England and France.

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  He’s been dead for generations, but Mark Twain continues to be one of the world’s best loved authors. You thought you already knew everything about the man. But did you know he was the very first writer to present a typewritten manuscript to his publisher?

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  Actor Kevin Bacon (Footloose, JFK, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River) took preparation for a role to a whole new level. When preparing for his role in Footloose, he felt he needed a refresher course in how teenagers interacted with one another. So he went undercover, as a high school student, to observe them. The only reason he got away with it was because of his youthful appearance and the fact he was relatively unknown then.

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  Anyone who’s ever watched reruns of the old Brady Bunch TV show remember Alice the maid (her last name on the show was Nelson, although that was never revealed). Her real name was Ann B. Davis. Did you know she had an identical twin sister?

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  Actress Shirley Temple was America’s little sweetheart for many years. Everybody knows that. Everybody also knows she was a United States ambassador for many years as well. But very few people know she was a successful adult actress. It’s true. She even starred opposite John Wayne in the movie classic She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

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  Allyson Felix is a U.S. sprinter who has racked up an impressive number of Olympic medals. Nine, to be exact. She weighed 125 pounds in high school, yet her legs were so strong she dead-lifted 270 pounds. Her nickname back then was “Chicken Legs.”

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  Bob Crane was the affable Captain Hogan in the TV series Hogan’s Heroes. The popular series can still be seen around the world in syndication even today. Did you know Bob Crane was murdered, supposedly by a kinky sex partner?

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  American President Richard Nixon fought hard to maintain a stalwart personal image, even as the Watergate scandal tore down his presidency. He once pleaded with good friend and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, “Henry, promise me you won’t tell them I cried.”

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  Those of you who are fans of 1950s-era Rock ‘n’ Roll are likely fans of Buddy Holly as well. Did you know his real name wasn’t Holly but Holley? It’s true. The name was misspelled on his first record contract. Instead of making waves and invalidating the contract, he just decided to use it as a stage name.

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  Thomas Jeffrey (Tom) Hanks has acted in and produced films which have grossed nearly five billion dollars, making him one of the biggest moneymakers in film history. As a child he moved quite often. By the time he was ten years of age he’d already lived in ten different houses.

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  One of veteran actor Harrison Ford’s most memorable roles was that of Indiana Jones, kind of a super hero/adventurer/boy scout type. That characterization isn’t very far off the mark. As a young man he was very active in boy scouts, achieving the second highest award of “Life Scout.”

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  Martin Sheen (born Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez) is an accomplished actor and director (Badlands, Apocalypse Now, Gettysburg, The West Wing). When he was born in Dayton, Ohio back in 1940, his left arm was crushed by a doctor’s forceps. To this very day, he has limited lateral movement in that arm, which is three inches shorter than his right arm.

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  Dustin Hoffman is an accomplished actor who has left in mark in many memorable roles. Who can forget Rain Man and The Graduate? Hoffman’s rugged good looks made him a favorite among the ladies especially. But not everyone shared that opinion. When he was young and announced he wanted to go into acting, his Aunt Pearl announced, “You can’t be an actor. You’re not good looking enough.”

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  This whole Kardashian thing… Some love them and some can’t stand them. Many just think the world would be a better place if they’d never been “discovered.” That almost was the case, by the way. Their father Robert Kardashian was a relatively unknown attorney until O.J. Simpson’s murder case put him in the national spotlight. It was only then the media noticed he had some attractive daughters. In other words, you can blame O.J. for the whole Kardashian phenomenon.

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  American actress Cybill Shepard (The Last Picture Show, The Heartbreak Kid, Taxi Driver, Moonlighting) was also a successful fashion model and beauty queen. She was named after Cy, her grandfather, and Bill, her dad.

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  Peyton Manning played eighteen years as quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos. He’s considered one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Maybe it’s because it’s in his blood. His father, Archie Manning, played quarterback for the New Orleans Saints for many years.

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  American actor Tom Cruise (Taps, Risky Business, Mission: Impossible, Top Gun) has been one of Hollywood’s biggest success stories for a very long time. But things weren’t always easy for him. He grew up in a very abusive environment, being constantly beaten by his father. He later called his father a “bully and a coward.”

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  Annabella Avery Thorne is known professionally as Bella Thorne. She’s one of
television’s rising young stars, with roles in Shake it Up, My Own Worst Enemy, and Blended. She’s a fair skinned, red headed beauty. She doesn’t look it, but she’s part Cuban.

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  Most of you remember Jerry Lewis as the man who emceed the Muscular Dystrophy telethon for so many years. Those who are older will remember his movies with Dean Martin. You millennials may not remember him at all. Here’s something none of you knew: he was once nominated for a Nobel Prize.

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  Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. recently sold his thirty six millionth album. What? You don’t know who Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. is? Well, perhaps you know him by his other name: Snoop Dogg. Not bad for a guy with a funny name.

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  Alexis Bledel is an American actress who’s had several successful roles. She’s best known, though, for her portrayal as Rory in The Gilmore Girls. Her first language was Spanish, and she didn’t even learn English until she started grade school. Despite her striking blue eyes and fair skin, she considers herself Hispanic.

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  American actress Sarah Anne Wayne Callies is best known for her role as Lori Grimes in the hit show Walking Dead. Her character in the show was killed. Did you know that was her idea? She convinced the writers and producers to kill her character to remain true to the print version of the story.