A funny thing happened to Jimmy Stewart on his way to a degree in engineering - and the public is the better for it.
The 85-year-old actor was studying engineering at Princeton "and I flunked math," he reminisced recently.Schoolmate Josh Logan suggested a summer job with a stock theater on Cape Cod, and by that fall he was on Broadway.
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Arts & Entertainment Network will broadcast a biography Feb. 2 on how the "aw shucks" guy became a show-biz legend. Among the stars who will discuss his life are June Allyson, George Kennedy, Ann Miller, Katherine Ross, George Schaefer and Norris Houghton. Peter Graves will host.