Ben Stein
publication date: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 (part of Round XXIV)
category: Television
clue: He wasn't Deep Throat, but he's been everything else: Attorney, economist, author, speechwriter, abortion activist, actor, commercial pitchman, even game show host.
explanation: Stein had been all of the professions listed and more. more…
solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, Jackie Mason, Todd Brotsch, E. M., Christine Marie Doiron, Anna Gregoline, Nadine Russell, Anthony Lewis, Brad Htnck, Dave Stoppenhagen, John Pierpoint, Brandie Harrison, Elizabeth Chesher, Jason Charles Butterhoff, Deirdre DeLay, Ann Stafford, and Darynn Malloy
trivia: By the time this goo was published, Stein was regularly employed for being himself, so Scott listed him in Miscellaneous category (as a celebrity more famous than the sum of his categories).