Warren Beatty if its regular host comedians, Milton Berle. Beatty learned to do a "superb imitation of Berle and his routine," said a friend, and he often used Berle-type humor at home. His sister Shirley MacLaine's lasting memories of her brother include seeing him reading books by Eugene O'Neill or singing along to Al Jolson records. In "Rules Don't Apply" (2016), Beatty plays Howard Hughes, who is shown talking about and singing Jolson songs while flying his plane. MacLaine noted, on what made her brother want to become a filmmaker, sometimes writing, producing, directing and starring in his films: "That's why he's
Beatty sequence another example, for "r" = , we have "s" = 2 + . In this case, the sequences are And for "r" = π and "s" = π/(π - 1) the sequences are Notice that any number in the first sequence is lacking in the second, and vice versa. Beatty sequences got their name from the problem posed in the "American Mathematical Monthly" by Samuel Beatty in 1926. It is probably one of the most often cited problems ever posed in the "Monthly". However, even earlier, in 1894 such sequences were briefly mentioned by John W. Strutt (3rd Baron Rayleigh)