And the Oscar goes to...

Oscar Levant. Who said, "Behind all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you'll find the real tinsel."

There are variations on this, but it was the great Oscar Levant, best Oscar since Oscar Wilde, who said it.

Some may remember Levant on radio's "Information, Please." He can still be seen on TCM in "An American in Paris" and "The Band Wagon," among other films. And you might find his funny and neurotic books somewhere.

Certainly you can still him hear him perform, on his recordings of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Three Preludes." Levant said to Gershwin, "George, no one plays your music better than you. Except me."