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AskMen.com is a free online men’s web portal, with international versions in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia.

History

AskMen.com was founded in August 1999 by Ricardo Poupada, Christopher Bellerose Rovny, and Luís Rodrigues, all three graduates of Concordia University's John Molson School of Business in Montreal. The company secured $500,000 in venture capital in 2000 while its main competitor, TheMan.com, obtained $17 million in financing from Highland Capital. In November 2000, TheMan.com shut down operations, providing an opportunity for AskMen.com to become the largest men's lifestyle website online. By 2001, AskMen.com surpassed the other websites in its category to become the largest men's lifestyle website.

Through a combination of partnerships with AOL and MSN, AskMen.com became the leader in the men's lifestyle space, though it still trailed ESPN.com and other websites in terms of total reach within the male segment on the Web. It has one of the highest concentration of males online, according to Media Metrix's @Plan.

In 2010 the site ranked #819 for world-wide traffic on Alexa. In December 2009 the site had as estimated 12 million unique visitors.

Website content

AskMen.com’s sections feature topics that are pertinent to men. The sections include:

Fashion and lifestyle

Fine living

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Health and sports

Dating and love

Car reviews

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Power and money

Entertainment

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Poker

Joke of the day

Cool site of the day

Video of the day

Gadget of the day

AskMen.com has an annual list of Top 99 Most Desirable Women, The AskMen.com Top 49 Men, and The Player’s Guide, a paid subscription sub-site.

According to Hitwise, AskMen.com is consistently ranked No. 1 in the "Lifestyle – Men’s Sites" category, as it has over 40,000 articles available for free online.

Print

AskMen.com launched a three-book series published by HarperCollins in May 2007, starting with their first book titled ''From the Bar to the Bedroom''.

Corporate details

AskMen.com offers the bulk of its articles for free and therefore makes its money mostly from advertising.

In June 2005, AskMen.com was acquired by IGN, an Internet gaming network, for $13.5 million. IGN was then acquired by News Corporation in September 2005 for $650 million.

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Name	Jay Leno
Birth name	James Douglas Muir Leno
Birth date	April 28, 1950
Height
Birth place	New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Medium	Television, Film, Stand up
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Emerson College
Active	1973–present
Genre	Observational comedy, Political satire
Subject	American culture, Everyday life
Influences	Johnny Carson, Robert Klein, Alan King, George Carlin, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Rodney Dangerfield
Influenced	Dennis Miller
Website	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Spouse	Mavis Leno (1980–present)
Signature	Jay Leno Autograph.svg
Notable work	''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' (host, 1992–2009)''The Jay Leno Show''(host, 2009–2010)''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' (host, 2010–present )

}} James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born 1950) is an American stand-up comedian and television host.

From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled ''The Jay Leno Show'', which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time, UTC-5), also on NBC. After ''The Jay Leno Show'' was canceled in January 2010 amid a host controversy, Leno returned to host ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on March 1, 2010.

Early life

Jay Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York, on April 28, 1950. His mother, Catherine (née Muir; 1911–1993), a homemaker, was born in Greenock, Scotland, and came to the United States at age 11. Her schooling was limited and as a result she prized her children's successes. Leno's father, Angelo (1910–1994), who worked as an insurance salesman, was born in New York to immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and although his high school guidance counselor recommended that he drop out of school, he later obtained a Bachelor's degree in speech therapy from Emerson College, where he started a comedy club in 1973. Leno's siblings include his late older brother, Patrick, who was a Vietnam veteran and a lawyer.

Career

''The Tonight Show''

Starting in 1987, Leno was a regular substitute host for Johnny Carson on ''The Tonight Show''. In 1992, he replaced Carson as host amid controversy with David Letterman, who had been hosting ''Late Night with David Letterman'' since 1982 (aired after The Tonight Show), who many had expected to be Carson's successor. The story of this turbulent transition was later turned into a book and a movie. Leno continued to perform as a stand-up comedian throughout his tenure on ''The Tonight Show''. In 1998, Leno competed in a tag team match at a WCW pay per view called Road Wild. In 2001, he voiced The Crimson Chin, a superhero in the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents and continues to do so today.

In 2004, Leno signed a contract extension with NBC which would keep him as host of ''The Tonight Show'' until 2009. Later in 2004, Conan O'Brien signed a contract with NBC under which O'Brien would become the host of ''The Tonight Show'' in 2009, replacing Leno at that time.

During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, Leno was accused of violating WGA guidelines by writing his own monologue for ''The Tonight Show''. While NBC and Leno claim there were private meetings with the WGA where there was a secret agreement allowing this, the WGA denied such a meeting. Leno answered questions in front of the Writers Guild of America, West trial committee in February 2009 and June 2009, and when the WGAW published its list of strike-breakers on 11 August 2009, Leno was not on the list.

Leno said in 2008 that he was saving all of his income from ''The Tonight Show'' and living solely off his income from stand-up comedy.

On April 23, 2009, Leno checked himself into a hospital with an undisclosed illness. He was released the following day and returned to work on Monday, April 27. The two subsequently cancelled ''Tonight Show'' episodes for April 23 and April 24 were Leno's first in 17 years as host. Initially, the illness that caused the absence was not disclosed, but later Leno told People magazine that the ailment was exhaustion.

Michael Jackson trial

In the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson over allegations of child molestation, Leno appeared as a defense witness (many celebrity defense witnesses had been expected, but Leno was one of the few whose testimony was actually needed). In his testimony regarding a call by the accuser, Leno testified that he never called the police, that no money was asked for, and there was no coaching — but that the calls seemed unusual and scripted.

As a result, Leno was initially not allowed to continue telling jokes about Jackson or the case, which had been a fixture of ''The Tonight Show'''s opening monologue in particular. But he and his show's writers used a legal loophole by having Leno briefly step aside while stand-in comedians took the stage and told jokes about the trial. Stand-ins included Roseanne Barr, Drew Carey, Brad Garrett, and Dennis Miller among others.

Succession by Conan O'Brien and ''The Jay Leno Show''

Because Leno's show continued to lead all late-night programming in the Nielsen ratings, the pending expiration of Leno's contract led to speculation about whether he would become a late-night host for another network after his commitment to NBC expired. Leno left ''The Tonight Show'' on Friday May 29, 2009, and Conan O'Brien took over on June 1, 2009.

On December 8, 2008, it was reported that Leno would remain on NBC and move to a new hour-long show at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (9 p.m. Central Time) five nights a week. This show follows a similar format to ''The Tonight Show'', tapes at the same lot, and retains many of Leno's most popular segments. ''Late Night'' host Conan O'Brien was his successor on ''The Tonight Show''.

Jay Leno's new show, titled ''The Jay Leno Show'', debuted on September 14, 2009. It was announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour that it would feature one or two celebrities, the occasional musical guest, and keep the popular "Headlines" segments, which would air near the end of the show. First guests included Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah Winfrey (via satellite), and a short sit-down with Kanye West discussing his controversy at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Timeslot conflict and return to ''The Tonight Show''

In their new roles, neither O'Brien nor Leno succeeded in delivering the viewing audiences the network anticipated. On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that beginning March 1, 2010, Jay Leno would move from his 10pm weeknight time slot to 11:35pm, due to a combination of pressure from local affiliates whose newscasts were suffering, and both Leno's and O'Brien's poor ratings. Leno's show would be shortened from an hour to 30 minutes. All NBC late night programming would be preempted by the 2010 Winter Olympics between February 15 and February 26. This would move ''The Tonight Show'' to 12:05am, a post-midnight timeslot for the first time in its history. O'Brien's contract stipulated that NBC could move the show back to 12:05 a.m. without penalty (a clause put in primarily to accommodate sports preemptions).

On January 10, NBC confirmed that they would move Jay Leno out of primetime as of February 12 and intended to move him to late night as soon as possible. TMZ reported that O'Brien was given no advance notice of this change, and that NBC offered him two choices: an hour-long 12:05am time slot, or the option to leave the network. On January 12, O'Brien issued a press release that stated he would not continue with ''Tonight'' if it moved to a 12:05am time slot, saying, "I believe that delaying ''The Tonight Show'' into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. ''The Tonight Show'' at 12:05 simply isn’t ''The Tonight Show.''"

On January 21, it was announced that NBC had struck a deal with O'Brien. It was decided that O'Brien would leave ''The Tonight Show''. The deal was made that O'Brien would receive a $33 million payout and that his staff of almost 200 would receive $12 million in the departure. O'Brien's final episode aired on Friday, January 22. Leno returned as host of ''The Tonight Show'' following the 2010 Winter Olympics on March 1, 2010.

On July 1, 2010, ''Variety'' reported that total viewership for Jay Leno's ''Tonight Show'' had dropped from 5 million to 4 million for the second quarter of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Although this represented the lowest second-quarter ratings for the show since 1992, ''Tonight'' was still the most-watched late night program, ahead of ABC's ''Nightline'' (3.7 million) and David Letterman's ''Late Show'' (3.3 million). Ratings over the following summer, when compared to the same period in 2009 with O'Brien hosting ''The Tonight Show'' (including O'Brien's highly rated debut), showed that while total viewership was 12% higher for Leno, viewership in the important "adults aged 18-49" demographic was 23% lower. NBC ratings specialist Tom Bierbaum commented that due to the host being out of late night television for a period of time and the subsequent 2010 Tonight Show conflict, Leno's ratings fall was "not a surprise at all".

Public image

Criticism of Leno

Leno has faced heated criticism and some negative publicity for his perceived role in the 2010 ''Tonight Show'' timeslot conflict. Critics have pointed to a 2004 ''Tonight Show'' clip, wherein Leno claimed he would allow O'Brien to take over without incident. At the time, Leno stated he didn't want O'Brien to leave for a competing network, adding, "I'll be 59 when [the switch occurs], that's five years from now. There's really only one person who could have done this into his 60s, and that was Johnny Carson; I think it's fair to say I'm no Johnny Carson." Leno also described ''The Tonight Show'' as a dynasty, saying "you hold it and hand it off to the next person. And I don't want to see all the fighting..." At the end of the segment, he said, "Conan, it's yours! See you in five years, buddy!"

Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt was among the first celebrities to openly voice disappointment with Leno, saying, "Comedians who don't like Jay Leno now, and I'm one of them, we're not like, 'Jay Leno sucks;' it's that we're so hurt and disappointed that one of the best comedians of our generation... willfully has shut the switch off." Rosie O'Donnell has been among O'Brien's most vocal and vehement supporters, calling Leno a "bully" and his recent actions "classless and kind of career-defining." Howard Stern, who has been openly critical of Leno for years, has become even more so in the wake of the controversy.

Bill Zehme, the co-author of Leno's autobiography ''Leading with My Chin'', told the ''LA Times'': "The thing Leno should do is walk, period. He's got everything to lose in terms of public popularity by going back. People will look at him differently. He'll be viewed as the bad guy."

Support for Leno

NBC Sports head executive and former ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Dick Ebersol spoke out against all who had recently mocked Leno, calling them "chicken-hearted and gutless."

Jeff Gaspin also defended Leno: "This has definitely crossed the line. Jay Leno is the consummate professional and one of the hardest-working people in television. It's a shame that he's being pulled into this."

Paul Reiser and Jerry Seinfeld are two of the number of celebrities to have voiced support for Leno.

Responding to the mounting criticism, Leno claimed that NBC had assured him that O'Brien was willing to accept the proposed arrangement and then would not let either host out of his contract. Leno also said that the situation was "all business." He appeared on the January 28 episode of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' in an attempt to repair some of the damage done to his public image.

Personal life

Leno has been married since 1980 to Mavis Leno; they have no children.

He is known for his prominent jaw, which has been described as mandibular prognathism. In the book ''Leading with My Chin'' he stated that he is aware of surgery that could reset his mandible, but does not wish to endure a prolonged healing period with his jaws wired shut.

Leno is dyslexic. He claims to sleep only four to five hours each night. Leno does not drink or smoke, nor does he gamble. He spends most of his free time visiting car collections or working in his private garage.

Leno reportedly earns $32 million each year; his total net worth is unknown, but has been estimated to be at least $150 million.

Charity

In 2001, along with his wife, he donated $100,000 to the Feminist Majority's campaign to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan, to educate the public regarding the plight of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Mavis Leno is on the board of the Feminist Majority.

In 2009, he donated $100,000 to a scholarship fund at Salem State College in honor of Lennie Sogoloff. Mr. Sogoloff gave Leno his start at his jazz club, Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike.

Vehicle collection

Leno owns approximately 100 vehicles, not including about 90 motorcycles. He also has a website called "Jay Leno's Garage," which contains video clips and photos of his automobiles in detail.

He has a regular column in ''Popular Mechanics'' which showcases his car collection and gives advice about various automotive topics, including restoration and unique models, such as his jet-powered motorcycle and solar-powered hybrid. Leno also writes occasional "Motormouth" articles for ''The Sunday Times'', reviewing high-end sports cars and giving his humorous take on automotive matters.

References

External links

Official ''Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' web site

Jay Leno's Car Collection

Jay Leno's Columns at Octane magazine

New York Times on Leno's affiliation with McPherson College

Live performance videos from the Tonight Show

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name	Chelsea Handler
birth name	Chelsea Joy Handler
birth date	February 25, 1975
birth place	Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
medium	Television, stand-up, film, books, modeling
nationality	American
active	1996–present
genre	Observational comedy, news satire, blue comedy
subject	Pop culture, celebrities, gossip
notable work	Host of ''Chelsea Lately''
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Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American stand-up comedienne, humorist, television host, actress, model and best-selling author. She currently hosts the late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately'' on the E! Cable Television Network. In 2009 she won a Bravo A-List Award. She also has her own column in ''Cosmopolitan'' and the UK celebrity magazine ''NOW''.

Early life

Handler grew up in the suburban town of Livingston, New Jersey. The youngest of six children, she was raised in Reform Judaism by her Mormon mother Rita and Jewish father Seymour. Her mother was German, and had come to the U.S. in 1958. Handler has said that while growing up, she felt like an outsider, telling a reporter, "We lived in this nice Jewish neighborhood...Everyone had Mercedes and Jaguars, and I was going to school in a Pinto"; despite this her family had a summer house on Martha's Vineyard. In a June 2011 edition of her show, she and author James Van Praagh discuss the death of her brother, Chet, when she was 9. Handler had an abortion at age 16, which she discussed at an interview in 2011. At age 19, Handler moved from New Jersey to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and two years later she decided to become a stand-up comic after telling her story about a DUI to a class of other offenders, who found her story funny.

Career

Performances

Handler has performed nationwide as a comedienne, appeared as a regular on the Oxygen Network series ''Girls Behaving Badly'' and on other shows, including ''Weekends at the D.L.'', ''The Bernie Mac Show'', ''My Wife and Kids'', and ''The Practice''. She was a regular commentator on E! and ''Scarborough Country'' as well as a correspondent on ''The Tonight Show''. She hosted the first episode of the reality TV show ''On the Lot'', but quit before the second one was aired, as she later said, "because I smelled the disaster happening before it did." Chelsea Handler hosted ''The Chelsea Handler Show'' in April 2006, which lasted two seasons. She was a guest on ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' and ''The View''; she co-hosted ''The View'' on August 2, 2007, and again on September 5, 2008 â€“ and hosts her own late night talk show on E! titled ''Chelsea Lately''. On January 25, 2009, Handler was on the CBS gameshow ''Million Dollar Password'' as one of the celebrity players. On April 15, 2009, Handler won the 2009 Bravo A-List Award for "A-List Funny".

On August 18, 2010 it was announced that Handler would be the host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The announcement was surprising to many, including MTV, which claimed that the final decision was unexpected. This makes Handler only the second woman in the history of the VMA's to be the sole host of the ceremony, behind Roseanne Barr, who hosted in 1994. The event took place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010.

In 2007, Handler performed with the Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the US. Her stand-up has been televised on Vh1's Love Lounge, Comedy Central's ''Premium Blend'', and HBO's broadcast of the ''Aspen Comedy Festival''. She was the host of the Fox show ''On The Lot''. The show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, is a competition for aspiring filmmakers who are vying for a chance at stardom. She was replaced after one episode by former Robin & Company entertainment anchor, Adrianna Costa.

''Chelsea Lately''

In July 2007, Handler began starring on her own half-hour late-night comedy series on E! titled ''Chelsea Lately''. On the show's 100th episode, Chelsea revealed to viewers that E! had picked up ''Chelsea Lately'' for another 150 episodes. The show has proved a hit and averaged more than a half-million viewers since its premiere (much more than the average for a late night cable program) and has clips on YouTube with more than a million views. All this success is despite the fact that Handler's guests often are not A-list celebrities. In a 2008 interview Handler said, "The worse the guests are, the more pathetic they are, the funnier the show is." The ''New York Times'' reported that ''Chelsea Lately'' had been renewed by E! to run until December 2009; Handler's most recent contract extension will keep ''Chelsea Lately'' on the air through 2014. From her work on Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler is ranked on the Forbes Celebrity 100 at number 98.

''In the Motherhood''

Since 2007, Handler has appeared in the Internet based program ''In the Motherhood'' with Leah Remini and (since January 2008) Jenny McCarthy. The comedic series is "about moms, by moms and for moms". On September 8, 2008, it was announced ABC would be turning ''In The Motherhood'' into a series starring Jessica St. Clair, Megan Mullally, and Cheryl Hines. Handler decided to drop out of the project due to her scheduling commitments to her show ''Chelsea Lately''.

Books

Handler has authored four books on the New York Times Best Seller List. Three of the four books have been #1. Handler wrote ''My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands'' (ISBN 1-58234-618-6 ) as her memoir. Handler's first book, the collection of one-night stands describes the variety of sexual encounters Chelsea goes through throughout her life. Handler also wrote ''Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea'' (ISBN 0-06-117339-8), a collection of humorous essays. ''Are You There, Vodka'' hit the NYTimes non-fiction best seller list on May 11, 2008; it has already had a print run of over 350,000. Her third book titled ''Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang'', was released on March 9, 2010. Chelsea went on a nationwide tour to promote her new book, known as the "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Tour."

On November 15, 2010, it was announced that Handler's publishers had given her her own publishing imprint (Borderline Amazing/A Chelsea Handler Book). Handler has also signed a three book deal with the imprint, the first of which is called ''Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me'', where her coworkers and family members discuss what Handler has done, which was released in May 2011 and also hit #1.

Criticism & Controversy

On June 20, 2011, Handler had opened a topic on Amy Winehouse's concert in Serbia, therefore proclaiming that Serbians were disrespectful and saying questionable lines such as, "I can’t believe they even allow Serbians to go to concerts. I didn’t even know that was going on over there…," and made a final line in response to Dragan Sutanovac's Facebook post on his page, which said that "Amy's concert was a shame and huge disappointment." Handler then replied with, "Well so is your country." It made many Serbs angry around the world and there were some pages on Facebook demanding her apology, to which she refused to do so. But Greg Proops, who was a guest on the show however, did apologize.

Personal life

On the January 29, 2008, episode of ''Chelsea Lately'' she said she had been asked to do season six of the hit television series ''Dancing with the Stars'' but declined. Handler was ranked #91 on the 2009 ''Maxim'' Hot 100. Handler appeared on one of two covers of the December 2009 edition of ''Playboy'' magazine, the alternative cover featuring ''Dancing with the Stars'' semifinalist and model Joanna Krupa. Inside the magazine Handler posed for a non-nude pictorial. Handler was also featured on the cover of ''Shape'' magazine in April 2010.

On January 25, 2010, Handler confirmed via her late night talk-show that she had broken up with long-time boyfriend Ted Harbert who, as the CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, oversees E! Entertainment Television. Handler began dating Harbert in 2006.

On the July 19, 2010, episode of her show, she confirmed she was dating ''Animal Planet'' star, animal handler, print model, and television producer Dave Salmoni. However, on September 2, when asked by guest Melanie Brown if she was single, Handler stated that she was.

On the April 18, 2011, episode of ''Chelsea Lately'', Handler announced to the audience that she was dating, again, and at the end of the show revealed a photo of herself and Andre Balazs at a table. When interviewed on ''E! News'' and ''Piers Morgan Tonight'' on May 10, 2011, she declined to confirm that she and Balazs were together. She also admitted to "casually" dating 50 Cent. She stated that she was respecting her current boyfriend's (Balazs) privacy because he has children. On the November 9, 2011, episode of her show, she revealed that she had broken up with Balazs.

Filmography

Television

''Are You There, Chelsea?''

''Whitney''

''The Good Wife'' – Herself

''Pretty Wild'' – producer (March 14, 2010 – present)

''Chelsea Lately'' – Herself (July 16, 2007– present)

''After Lately'' -Herself (March 6, 2011– present)

''The Chelsea Handler Show'' – Herself (April 21– September 9, 2006)

''Comedy Central Presents'' – Herself (standup)

''In the Motherhood'' – Heather (10 episodes, 2007–2008)

''National Lampoon Presents Cattle Call'' – Nikita

''Reno 911!''

''Girls Behaving Badly''

''The Bernie Mac Show''

''Dirty Famous'' – Missy Kelin (1 episode, 2005, unsold pilot)

''The Practice''

''Spy TV''

''My Wife and Kids'' – Nurse Amy

''Weekends at the D.L.''

''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld''

''Steam (film)'' (2007)

''Hop'' (2011) – Mrs. Beck

''This Means War'' (2012) – Trish

Published Works

''My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands'' (2005)

''Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea'' (2008)

''Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang'' (2010)

''Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me'' (2011)

In popular culture

In July 2010, during a tour stop in Salt Lake City, Chelsea took part in the 'I AM EQUAL' Photo Documentary project in memory of her mother, Rita, who died from complications of cancer. Along with her photo being added to the documentary and accompanying photo mosaic, she also shared a "PhotoStory" with the message that inspires people to take chances in life.

References

External links

''In the Motherhood'' official website

Q&A; Interview, New York Times Magazine, December 16, 2007

Chelsea Handler interviewed by Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Review of "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea"

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The Tom Collins is a type of Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. First memorialized in writing in 1876 by "the father of American mixology" Jerry Thomas, this "Gin and Sparkling Lemonade" drink typically is served in a Collins glass over ice.

History

In 1874, people in New York, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere in the United States would start a conversation with "Have you seen Tom Collins?" After the listener predictably reacts by explaining that they did not know a Tom Collins, the speaker would assert that Tom Collins was talking about the listener to others and that Tom Collins was "just around the corner", "in a [local] bar," or somewhere else near. The conversation about the nonexistent Tom Collins was a proven hoax of exposure. In The Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, as it became known, the speaker would encourage the listener to act foolishly by reacting to patent nonsense that the hoaxer deliberately presents as reality. In particular, the speaker desired the listener to become agitated at the idea of someone talking about them to others such that the listener would rush off to find the purportedly nearby Tom Collins. Similar to The New York Zoo hoax of 1874, several newspapers propagated the very successful practical joke by printing stories containing false sightings of Tom Collins. The 1874 hoax quickly gained such notoriety that several 1874 music hall songs memorialized the event (copies of which now are in the U.S. Library of Congress).

The first recipe

The recipe for the Tom Collins first appeared in the 1876 edition of Jerry Thomas' "The Bartender's Guide". Since New York based Thomas would have known about the wide spread hoax and the contents of the 1876 published book were developed during or right after The Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, the hoax event is the most plausible source of the name for the Tom Collins cocktail. Classified under the heading "Collins" with similarly named whisky and brandy drinks, Jerry Thomas' Tom Collins Gin instructed:

Jerry Thomas' Tom Collins Gin (1876)(Use large bar-glass.)Take 5 or 6 dashes of gum syrup.Juice of a small lemon.1 large wine-glass of gin.2 or 3 lumps of ice; Shake up well and strain into a large bar-glass. Fill up the glass with plain soda water and drink while it is lively.

This was distinguished from the Gin Fizz cocktail in that the 3 dashes of lemon juice in the Gin Fizz was "fizzed" with carbonated water to essentially form a 'Gin and Sodawater' whereas the considerably more "juice of a small lemon" in the Tom Collins essentially formed a 'Gin and Sparkling Lemonade' when sweetened with the gum syrup. The type of gin used by Thomas was not specified in his 1876 book, but likely was Holland gin rather than English London Dry Gin since Jerry Thomas' Gin Fizz (1862) called for Holland gin and Hollands Gin (Jenever) was imported into the United States at that time at a ratio of approximately 6 liters to every liter of English London Dry Gin.

Popularity

By 1878, the Tom Collins was being served in the bar rooms of New York City and elsewhere. Identified as 'a favorite drink in demand everywhere' in the 1878 edition of ''The Modern Bartender's Guide'' by O. H. Byron, both Tom Collins gin and whiskey and Tom Collins brandy were considered fancy drinks. In 1891, the emulsifying sweetener, gum syrup, was replaced in the recipe by sugar and the use of Old Tom gin, a lightly sweetened Gin popular in 18th-century England. In the 1891 book, ''The Flowing Bowl: When and what to Drink,'' author William Schmidt listed the Tom Collins as including:

Tom Collins Gin (1891)The juice of half a lemon in a large glass, a bar-spoonful of sugar,a drink of Tom gin; mix this well;2 lumps of ice,a bottle of plain soda.Mix well and serve.

One turn of the century recipe subsequently replaced the lemon juice with lime juice.

Confusion in the origin

In August 1891, British physician Sir Morell Mackenzie wrote an article in the 19th Century influential magazines Fortnightly Review to establish England as the originating country the Tom Collins cocktail and a person named John Collins as its creator. In the article, Mackenzie quoted an old song, the title of which he indicated to be "John Collins." However, the British weekly magazine ''Punch'' immediately disparaged Mackenzie's efforts, noting in August 1891 that the title of the song actually was "Jim Collins" and that Mackenzie otherwise inaccurately quoted and characterized the song. In an attempt to clarify the issue, American writer Charles Montgomery Skinner noted in 1898 that the Tom Collins made its way to the "American Bars" in England, France, and Germany, where the American invention stimulated curiosity in Europe and served as a reflection of American art.

As time passed, interest in the Tom Collins diminished and its origins became lost. Early on during the 1920s Prohibition in the United States, the American journalist and student of American English H. L. Mencken noted:

"The origin of the ... Tom-Collins ... remains to be established; the historians of alcoholism, like the philologists, have neglected them. But the essentially American character of [this and other drinks] is obvious, despite the fact that a number have gone over into English. The English, in naming their drinks, commonly display a far more limited imagination. Seeking a name, for example, for a mixture of whiskey and soda- water, the best they could achieve was whiskey-and-soda. The Americans, introduced to the same drink, at once gave it the far more original name of high-ball."

Modern mix

The 1986 ''The Book of Cocktails'' provides a modern take on Thomas' 1876 recipe for this long drink:

John (or Tom) Collins (1986)ice cubes2 oz. dry gin2 oz. lemon juice1 teaspoon sugar (gomme) syrupsoda waterslice of lemon1 colored cherryPlace ample ice in large glass. Add gin, lemon juice and syrup. Top up with soda water and stir well. Serve with lemon slice, cherry and a straw.

Other "Collins" Drinks

There are several other cocktails made in the same fashion and with the same ingredients as the Tom Collins, with the exception of the base liquor (gin in a Tom Collins).

Brandy Collins — with brandy (cognac, armagnac or similar)

Juan or José Collins - with tequila

Jack Collins — with applejack

John Collins — with bourbon or rye whisky

Michael Collins — with Irish whiskey, named for the Irish leader Michael Collins

Ron Collins — with rum (popular with tourists in Cuba), based on the Spanish word ''ron'' for "rum"

Sandy Collins or Jock Collins — with Scotch whisky

Vodka Collins or Comrade Collins — with vodka

Phil Collins — with 7-Up or Sprite.

Jallu Collins - with Jaloviina. Enjoyed among mainly Finnishmen.

Grand Orange Collins - with Grand Marnier, orange juice, lemon juice, Simple Syrup and club soda

See also

Collins glass

Gin Sour

List of cocktails

References

Category:Cocktails with gin Category:Nonexistent people

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