Was there already a word or idiom for seizing (not too convincingly) on an opportunity to walk out in a huff, in the face of a potentially embarrassing or difficult situation? (Have there been other famous examples?) Could 'pulling a Novak' catch on?
JR, that was a magazine publisher named Rodale, I think, who published and spoke about good health. As I remember, he died immediately after the show, while still on the set.
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I don't seem to remember the facts too well. Below is from Snopes.com
Jerome Rodale (died 5 June 1971)
In a New York Times Magazine interview, this 72-year-old longevity guru announced, "I'm going to live to be 100, unless I'm run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver." A guest on the Dick Cavett Show the next day, while Cavett was discussing politics with journalist Pete Hamill, Rodale's head dropped to his chest and he was heard to let out what sounded like a snore. "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?" asked Cavett. There was no response -- Rodale was dead. The show was never broadcast.
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...an opportunity to walk out in a huff, in the face of a potentially embarrassing or difficult situation? (Have there been other famous examples?)
Well, there's Groucho in A Night at the Opera, near the beginning of the film, where he's dining with a blonde floozy and is presented the bill. "$9.40? This is an outrage!" and hands the bill to the blonde: "If I were you I wouldn't pay it!" He then moves to another table. (source)
Sorry I can't think of another real example.
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