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John "Mightymouth" Moschitta recorded a humorous take on 10 classic novels in which he summarizes each book's entire story in approximately one minute. Included in this collection, entitled ''Ten Classics in Ten Minutes'', is Herman Melville 's '' Moby-Dick ''; William Shakespeare 's '' Romeo And Juliet ''; F Scott Fitzgerald 's '' The Great Gatsby ''; Margaret Mitchell 's '' Gone With The Wind ''; and John Steinbeck 's '' The Grapes Of Wrath ''. Soon after, he followed up with a second recording, ''Ten Minute University'', in which he rapidly delivers humorous 60-second lectures on various subjects such as comparative literature, physics, economics, and psychology. Originally released on audiocassette in the 1980's, both recordings were re-released on CD in 2004, with accompanying books. In the 1970s Moschitta attended Nassau Community College , where he appeared in a production of Room Service alongside Nassau alum, Billy Crystal . Moschitta was also once a contestant on the game show, $25,000 Pyramid, where he was paired with comedian Joan Rivers . He also appeared on the 2007 game show Identity , first aired on 23 March. During Hollywood Squares(H2) final season, he was the announcer. They can be seen weekdays at 6pm ET on GSN and at 10:30 AM ET on the weekends. In an TV interview, Moschitta was quoted as saying that as a child, he learned to talk fast to annoy his older sister. QUOTES "The ship sails on and on through pages and pages of painfully padded pathetic paragraphs." and "No one was left but the Fish and Ish." both Herman Melville's '' Moby-Dick '' by John "Mightymouth" Moschitta. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY EXTERNAL LINKS |
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