James J. Braddock a comeback, and in 1935 he fought Max Baer for the heavyweight title and won. For this unlikely feat he was given the nickname "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon. Braddock was managed by Joe Gould. Braddock was born in Hell's Kitchen in New York City on West 48th Street. He moved to North Bergen, New Jersey at an early age. He was one of seven children being raised by immigrant parents; Irish mother Elizabeth O'Tool and Anglo-Irish father Joseph Braddock. He stated his life's early ambition was to play college football for Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame,
The Ballad of Jed Clampett a peak of number one for three weeks and reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. During the original run of "The Beverly Hillbillies", special lyrics were written and inserted into the opening theme, advertising regular sponsors such as Kellogg's cereals and Winston cigarettes. "Weird Al" Yankovic merged the first two stanzas of the "Ballad" with the instrumentals to the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" in his 1989 single "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", which was written for his film "UHF." In the late 1970s, "Saturday Night Live" did a spoof on the "Beverly Hillbillies" in a sketch