Driving Mr. Roussimoff

Trouble viewing? [Click here.]( Daily Debunker 15 December 2018 “It’s a story,” writes Dan MacGuill, “that is impossible not to love.” An unusually tall youth living in a French village in the 1950s (the story goes) can’t squeeze into a bus and needs a way to get to school. A kindly neighbor steps in, offering to take him to school in his convertible. The neighbor was Samuel Beckett, the acclaimed Irish playwright who wrote “Waiting for Godot.” The tall young man was André Roussimoff, who would eventually grow up to be wrestling icon and pop culture superstar André the Giant. Dan MacGuill’s mission? To find out how much, if any, of this “chance encounter” tale is true. You can read the intriguing results of his investigation [here](. Dear Reader, Snopes.com has long been engaged in the battle against misinformation, an effort we could not sustain without support from our audience. Help us keep Snopes.com strong by making a direct contribution today. 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