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Too bad he's Dancing in the Dark.

When will 'celebrities' understand that when they open their mouths and what comes out are neither notes nor written script, it, at best, is going to be nothing more important or sensible, or enjoyable then me doing karaoke after three martinis and thinking crowds will gather for the new talent.

SHut up and sing

the subject of this post should read.

'Tony Bennett AND HIS CHEAP TOUPEE Denounce America'

He is also remiss in noting that the French invented the toupee as well.

Most of those you can have, but I'll object to the idea that you invented the computer. The first computer was invented in Manchester University during world war 2 as part of the whole effort to crack the Enigma codes. There's also an earlier pssoble contenderr, inventd in Germany in the late 30s. Fortunately the nazis never saw the opportunities it offered, and it was never used for anything other than some crude calculation of aerodynamic properties.

Strictly speaking the first "computer", as a device for computing things which could be programmed, was invented by Charles Babbage. It was made up from thousands of small numbered wheels and gears and things, and was programmed using punch-cards.

Oh, and the lightbulb was simultaneously invented by a scot, which is why eddison couldn't get a patent on it in the UK. :)

None of this should detract from your point, of course. The US is quite rightly famed for inventing a lot of things. I merely wanted to make sure you don't go claiming inventions for the US that other people can use against you. :)

Arch: don't be too sure about the computer. The first one is usually considered to have been at the University of Iowa (or Iowa State, I forget which) in the late thirties.

As I recall it was set aside as WW2 started and important things needed to be done.

The German effort was at the same time but is less well documented.

In reality it is useless to argue. Babbage and some others had the right ideas but never made them run. And analog computers are forgotten today - but they did the job - because they are not flexible or easily used.

Edison had no qualms about making marginal claims. But he didn't claim the light bulb. He improved it and found a far better filament - the first widely sold stable design.

As to Mr. Bennett. He has had 80 years. Why hasn't he led America to new cultural conquests? Is one work a decade too for us to ask, Tony?

Bennett sings well and seems to be a nice person - not small things - but what he said really makes no sense.

I'll have you know that the first computer was invented by the Blackfoot Indians around 1000 A.D. It was made of small river rocks, pieces of leather strips, and 3-foot long branches. Every time the hunters brought back a buffalo kill, the children would throw rocks, sticks and pieces of leather at the carcas and yell "Kum Puh Tuh!"

The phone was invented by an italian Antonio MEUCCI

No it wasn't, it was invented by a Russian, Ivan DIPSHITZKI.

The canadians like to claim that it was invented by some bloke who was living up there. He may well have come up with a similar ideal but it was Bell who produced the first working telephone.

Hey Tony, ever hear of a little thing called the "internet"?!

Created by prominent AMERICAN....Al Gore.

Archonix (is that anything like Archeaoterix?)

Canadians actually claim Alexander Graham Bell for their own, overlooking the fact that hew was born in Scotland, lived only two or three years in Canada, moved to the United States where he did the majority of his work and died there. Besides, border restrictions were simply non-existant those days.

Somebody told me Tony almost OD`d on coke in the late 70`s; maybe thats what happened.