Eventually, he would be known as the world's highest-paid philosopher, but Mort got his start as the guy in the Bazooka Joe comics with the turtleneck over his face. No, really.

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Mortimer Adler
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Thursday, June 28th, 2001
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Mortimer Adler
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Guess the Stiff!

Though hailed the world over as "The King of the Trumpet," it's less widely known that in his home town of New Orleans, he was called "that fat, boring guy."

(d) April 27th, 1999