Talk:Billy Crystal

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Contents 1 Previous discussions without headers 2 question 3 Birth surname 4 NY Yankees 5 The singer?

[edit] Previous discussions without headers

"Crystal has performed twice with Pixar, once in 2001's Monsters, Inc. and once in their 2005 dub of Studio Ghibli's adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle."

Is this really right? Since when does Pixar adapt foreign films into English? Could this be a simple misunderstanding because John Lasseter from Pixar was involved in the Howl's Moving Castle dub? Or am I the one misunderstanding things? --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 07:19, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

yeah, Disney distributes Studio Ghibli films and thus handles the dubs, not Pixar. changed. Walk0nwalls 18:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] question

When billy crystal was on the letterman show the other day, he asked in a roundabout way if letterman was onboard with the pyramid people.... (to which letterman said he's just a day laborer) - what was he referring to with the 7 chasing 6? i've seen that other places, but haven't understood the reference.

[edit] Birth surname

He was apparently born Israel William Krisstalsterne. His parents were also Krisstalsternes, but changed their name to Crystal. Presumably Billy had his name changed at the same time. Do we know when this was? JackofOz 03:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

He was born William Crystal. His father was Jack Crystal. I don't know if the family name was that longer version at any point before his birth, but Billy himself was born under "Crystal". Rito Revollto 10:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Do we have a birth certificate that proves this? There are a great many website that say he was born Krisstalsterne. JackofOz 13:18, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, a good hint may be that Crystal does not mention "Krisstalsterne" (nor "Israel" as his first name) in his book bio[1], which goes over his family history a little. Rito Revollto 22:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

PLEASE NOTE THE KRISSTALSTERNE INFORMATION WAS MADE BY A NAME HOAXTER - THE INFORMATION HAS SPREAD ALL OVER THE INTERNET!

http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22billy+crystal%22+%2BKrisstalsterne&hl=en&start=10&sa=N

I've completely removed the birthname info for now. It should not be restored until a reliable reference can be found, preferably in print or from official sources.--Eloquence* 00:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NY Yankees

Is his 1 day tenure with the Yankees encyclopedic? I see it is already on here. He is batting lead-off andhis penciled as the DH for today's Spring Training game. Seeing no objections, I'll add this into the article after the game when his stats are in. I see it pointless to cite the pre-game article now, just to alter it in a few hours after the game. Failureofafriend (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

"He is an actor,..., BASEBALL Player,..." He´s as much a baseball player as I am (and I´m from Europe!). I´d leave that out. It´s ok to mention the one day excursion (shortly!) at the bottom, though. --jb_the_man84.60.163.38 (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't refer to him as a 'baseball player' - but its worth a blurb - it got significant national media attention. JustSomeRandomGuy32 (talk) 21:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, his playing baseball professionally is perfectly suitable for a biographical entry. If someone were to attempt to include it in, say, the Yankees article, I can see why there would be debate about its significance. But for Crystal's personal biographical article, there is no reason it should not be mentioned. --JohnDoe0007 (talk) 22:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The singer?

I vaguely recall first seeing Billy Crystal as a pop singer, around 1971 or 1972, with a minor hit on a small label (A&M? Scepter?). The next time my family saw him was on Soap, and we all kinda went "Oh, that's what happened to him." Went to locate the record during the Eighties, and no go; the only thing anyone knew about was "You Look Mahvelous!" I've been hoping to get a look in Top Pop or a phonolog from those days, and see if there's any listing... does anyone else remember this? Zephyrad (talk) 23:50, 19 April 2008 (UTC)