Woody Allen's Bronx Bump

The Woodman takes the calendar and runs.

WoodyAllenDavidEvanierCoverIt’s a minor detail, from a book that focuses on 46 films rather than 80 birthdays. Still, in what may amount to an early borough channeling of the same spirit that courses through everything from 2006 self-help tome The Secret to Oprah’s eternal belief in the power of positive affirmation, author David Evanier uncovered a fascinating tidbit for his new biography of Woody Allen.

From Evanier’s recent post for The ProsenPeople’s “Visiting Scribe” series:

Here’s the kind of discovery that biographers love: Woody Allen’s boyhood pal Jerry Epstein, now a psychiatrist and author, told me that Woody’s birthday is not really December 1; it is November 30.

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