Thanks, Dick Nixon

FILE -In this Nov. 12, 2007 file photo, Ben Stein is interviewed in New York. Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a ... FILE -In this Nov. 12, 2007 file photo, Ben Stein is interviewed in New York. Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a credit monitoring company. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file) MORE LESS
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Does basically everyone under the age of 40(?) wonder why Ben Stein is even famous? A Nixon speechwriting gig can carry you for a long time.

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