The Columbia fight song, "Roar Lion Roar," did not inspire Howard Dietz to create the M-G-M lion. It just a more palatable story than the truth.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
In Episode 47, host Jay Douglas has the story of Howard Dietz. He created the MGM lion after he was inspired by the Columbia University mascot. But, which one?
Episode 047 — Whose Lion Is It Anyway
4 Ready (almost) to take Broadway by storm, the behind-the-scenes joys and sorrows of that great, deliberative body, the U.S. Senate. As told in story and song.
Body In Motion
In Episode 46, host Jay Douglas tells the story of the invention of the modern-day eye chart and how its inventor, Herman Snellen, blinded us with science.