24 Facts About Brooks Hall

1. Brooks Hall is one of the few people who have received an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy.

2. In 1983, Brooks Hall produced and starred in a remake of the classic 1942 Ernst Lubitsch film.

3. Brooks Hall sought to purchase the rights to 84 Charing Cross Road for his wife, Anne Bancroft, for many years.

4. In 1975, at the height of his movie career, Brooks Hall tried TV again with When Things Were Rotten, a Robin Hood parody that lasted only 13 episodes.

5. In 1968, Brooks Hall received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film, beating such writers as Stanley Kubrick and John Cassavetes.

6. In 1965, Brooks Hall teamed up with comedy writer Buck Henry to create a comedic TV show about a bumbling James Bond-inspired spy.

7. Brooks Hall wrote the play with lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.

8. Brooks Hall adapted the 2000 Year Old Man character to create the 2500 Year Old Brewmaster for Ballantine Beer in the 1960s.

9. At one point, when Brooks Hall had financial and career struggles, the record sales from the 2000 Year Old Man were his chief source of income.

10. Brooks Hall began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows.

11. Brooks Hall reported Monday with the pitchers and catchers and will spend just over a week participating in spring training with the Pirates.

12. Brooks Hall reported on Monday, and will be with the team until next Thursday.

13. Brooks Hall coached the Oklahoma City Thunder to this year's NBA Finals, losing to the Miami Heat in five games.

14. Brooks Hall said a university could do that because player eligibility and institutional violations are handled by separate NCAA committees.

15. Brooks Hall joined her on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, where she was presented with a birthday cake.

16. Brooks Hall is home to a Western Major Baseball League franchise named the Brooks Bombers.

17. Brooks Hall has won the Communities in Bloom competition four times in a row.

18. Brooks Hall is located in the Grassland Natural Region of Alberta.

19. In 2010, Brooks Hall celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a village in 1910.

20. Brooks Hall was incorporated as a village on July 14, 1910, and then as a town on September 8, 1911.

21. Brooks Hall is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada, surrounded by the County of Newell.

22. Brooks Hall went on to play for the Gophers before competing on two Olympic teams.

23. Brooks Hall led UNT with six interceptions and broke up 10 passes last season.

24. Brooks Hall was built with a tunnel underneath Grove, connecting the exhibition space to its neighbor to the south, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.