Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Like Tommy Wilhelm, Saul Bellow changed his name as a young man. In 1915, he was born Solomon Bellows in Lachine, Quebec. (Source)
After Saul Bellow's death, one of his mourners wished that he could have Bellow back to describe "what his own grave looked like." That's some serious respect for the man's way with words. (Source)
In 2013, Peter Rainer wrote retrospective review of the TV adaptation of Seize the Day, and said that Jerry Stiller's Tamkin is kind of like "some dandified sea mammal." That's a fantastic description if we've ever heard one—in fact, we think it's worthy of Saul Bellow himself. (Source)
Three years after playing Tommy Wilhelm in the TV adaptation of Seize the Day, Robin Williams played another character who liked to carpe diem. Check out this clip of his performance in Dead Poets Society. (Source)