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Alan Jay Lerner

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Playwright

The Resume

    (August 31, 1918-June 14, 1986)
    Wrote the Book and Lyrics to: 'Very Warm For May,' 'Brigadoon,' 'My Fair Lady,' 'Paint 'Camelot,' 'On A Clear Day,' 'Carmellina' and 'CoCo'
    Wrote screenplays for 'Gigi' and 'An American in Paris (Oscar for best screenplay)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is blind in one eye.
    He was married eight times.
    He was addicted to pain killers.
    He used LSD.
    He was a boxer at Harvard.
    He wore gloves when he wrote lyrics to avoid getting his hands dirty.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He graduated Harvard.
    He wrote some of the wittiest and most touching lyrics in the musical theatre.
    He was a master of the internal rhyme.
    He was a philanthropist.
    He was honored by the Kennedy Center (1985).

Credit: Peacham


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 112 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 35.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 225 Votes: 42.67% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 260 Votes: 43.46% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 688 Votes: 43.17% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1760 Votes: 35.28% Annoying