Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows is a weekly humor/trivia column by R.U. Steinberg that has appeared weekly in The Austin Chronicle since September 1988.
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The state of oil and doggie doppelgängers

Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 1, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Avoiding la guillotine, and catching up with Van Hawk

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 24, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Idi Amin's musical aspirations and the death of cursive

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 17, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Peppermint Patty's broken home, and the sperm vs. hair debate rages on

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 10, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Howdy Doody's double and when to spank a monkey

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 3, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In 1970, breaking up was easy to do

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 27, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The origins of the Purple One and Clark Kent's raison d'être

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 20, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Royal tattoos, and the award for tallest actor goes to ...

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 13, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Dancing from Canada to Austin, and where not to tether a pregnant pig

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 6, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The president pushes the button ... the Fresca button

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 29, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
No feeding the poor in Vegas, and a history of the avocado

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 22, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
What exactly does that "J" stand for in Michael J. Fox?

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 15, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The bikes for weapons program takes off in Congo

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 8, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
John Wayne dies and dies again, and regression on the gas-mileage front

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 1, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Charles Lindbergh's Lindy and Fred MacMurray's Marvel

Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 25, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The politics of Fluffernutter and Dylan channels the Everly Brothers

Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 18, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Keeping Ronald Reagan moving

Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 11, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Kickin' it at fairy camp and where to send your salami

Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 4, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Asian women using skin whiteners; polygamy now more popular than ever

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 28, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Try Domino's reindeer sausage pizza ... in Iceland.

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 21, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Neuroses aren't so sexy after all

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 14, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Ancient wines, the Texas Whip, and the truth about tequila

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 7, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Deadly doctors and dentists' drills

Mr. Smarty Pants, June 30, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Deadly doctors and dentists' drills

Mr. Smarty Pants, June 23, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Prison populations and a Polish pope

Mr. Smarty Pants, June 16, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Prison populations and a Polish pope

Mr. Smarty Pants, June 9, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Pat Robertson pumps ungodly amounts of iron, rumba for women's rights, and more

Mr. Smarty Pants, June 2, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The ever-dapper Teddy Roosevelt, the "no-mow" movement, and more

Mr. Smarty Pants, May 26, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Simian septuagenarians

Mr. Smarty Pants, May 19, 2006

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Puggles, Labradoodles, and Christopher Columbus

Mr. Smarty Pants, May 12, 2006

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