Fay Wray, King Kong, and Me Me Me

Last summer I went to Glacier National Park in Montana. See the big smile on my face here?

I wrote about the trip and posted some photos, most notably here and here and here. During the journey we passed through the small town of Cardston, Alberta, Canada and I noticed some signs on main street with the name Fay Wray on them.

Turns out, Wray [best known for her role in the 1933 King Kong movie] was born near Cardston and they have some sort of park named in her honor. [Regrettably, our schedule didn't permit an unscheduled stop to explore there.]

Tonight I was watching an episode of Jeopardy and Fay Wray was one of the answers. [I often wonder if celebrities measure their fame in part by when they become an answer on Jeopardy....] I didn’t know that her autobiography was called On the Other Hand. [I learned that in the Jeopardy question.] I just checked Amazon and the book, which got really good reviews, is out of print. [I can buy a used copy for as little as $6.00 though and apparently someone has a new paperback copy they're willing to let go for a mere $129.94 plus $3.99 s&h. Um... no thanks. I'll buy a used one.]

So now I feel like my little otoh blog here is just threee degrees of separation from King Kong. [Imagine me standing and beating my chest with my fists... coughing... sitting down now....]