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The Wire

A once-great family faces decline in 'Aristocrats'

The electrical wiring is woefully outdated, there are no more servants, and croquet must be played with invisible equipment — but strains of Chopin still pervade the enormous house and grounds of decaying Ballybeg Hall in 1970s County Donegal, Ireland.

A chat with Gilbert Gottfried, a miserable guy

Stand-up comic Gilbert Gottfried might be most well-known these days as the incredibly grating voice of the duck on the AFLAC Insurance commercials, but he’s also been in the “Problem Child” movies and “The Aristocrats” and is a fixture on the late-night talk-shows, “Hollywood Squares,” the New York roast circuit and “The Howard Stern Show.”

The Vine

Do you know this man? He is the rightful King of England

... according to some, at least. But who is he? No, he is not a close relative of Chris Walken. He is His Royal Highness Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern, or Franz, Duke of Bavaria, for short.

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