Novelist Salman Rushdie was married to Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. Season 2 winner Ilan Hall’s bar mitzvah coach was Cantor Frieder who appeared in the Ben Stiller film Keeping the Faith.

‘Tis the season for re-runs: all holiday themed
who can go a whole year without the Grinch being mean?
Whether Jim Carrey or Boris Karloff is your Grinch of choice,
after eggnog and presents, we’ll watch Hooville rejoice.

Lionel Barrymore’s mean; a banker from hell,
But an angel gets wings, when you hear a bell.
Donna Reed, bless her heart, stands by her man,
Tiny Bedford Falls remains life’s chosen land.