To make my musings on my 50th high school reunion more relevant to my discerning readers (and you too, Lenny) I thought I'd provide a little background.
You are probably under the impression that I am the only internationally world-acclaimed distinguished alumnus of Far Rockaway High School. How wrong you are.
Here are some other famous alumni and some insight into their high school personalities.
Dr. Joyce Brothers (born 1928), psychologist and advice columnist; graduated FRHS in 1943. Dr. Brothers (known to us as "Crazy Joycie") was a troubled girl. She was fond of blowing spit bubbles and giving hand jobs in metal shop.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (born 1925), winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine. We called him Barak (even Jews can't pronounce that "cch" thing.) He ran for class president and lost to Milty Romnick.
Richard Feynman (1918–88), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. "Twitchy Richie" was a nice guy when he wasn't bugging the shit out of you with "quantum thermodynamics." What a bunch of bullshit.
Carl Icahn (born 1936), financier and billionaire. Creepy Carl still owes me ten bucks from a Giants-Redskins game. Asshole.
Bernard Madoff (born 1938), convicted of large-scale fraud, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. "Beanie" spent a lot of time in his basement workshop. Still don't know what he did down there.
Burton Richter (born 1931), winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics. "Hurtin' Burton" played middle linebacker on the FRHS math team. Made All-City in quadratic equations.
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