Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 17, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 17, 2022 ...that legendary DJ Alan Freed, who helped spread rock n' roll throughout the US, worked for a number of local radio stations after his downfall following a payola scandal, including: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed Quote During 1964, he returned to the Los Angeles area for a short stint at the Long Beach station KNOB/97.9.[54][55][56]  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2022 ...that next month, on 18th October, it will be the BBC's centenary - it was founded in 1922. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Rewatching Wayne's World 2, and just noticed that one of the nerds that accost Wayne and Garth backstage at the Aerosmith gig is Bob Odenkirk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted September 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2022 I thought the other guy was Norm MacDonald for a second there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 20, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 20, 2022 ...that the Cuban Convertible Peso, that the government introduced to stabilise the Cuban economy following the collapse of the Soviet Union, was notarised as CUC$ and was informally known as a "cuc" (or a "chavito", but that's less funny). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members seph Posted October 20, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) that Looten Plunder, who's name checked in the Captain Planet credits (and has one line) is only in 14 episodes and voiced by James Coburn. Edited October 20, 2022 by seph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted October 21, 2022 Awards Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2022 The hat that Robin Hood is famous for is called a bycocket. Proper trivia that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 25, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 25, 2022 The singing dustman from only fools and horses and prostitute and cocaine aficionado from have I got news for you Angus Deayton had a bee gees parody in the singles charts   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 25, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 25, 2022 The song that everyone was cwying out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 The line in Freddy vs. Jason where Kelly Roland's character calls Freddy Krueger a homophobic slur wasn't apparently in the script and was improvised by her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted November 2, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted November 2, 2022 Today I learned that the house used in Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses, is the same house used in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted December 4, 2022 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2022 The Grange Hill theme tune was also the Give Us A Clue theme tune for two years. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said: The Grange Hill theme tune was also the Give Us A Clue theme tune for two years.  Alan Hawkshaw was a phenom. Obligatory âHis daughter sang for Opus III of âIts A Fine Dayâ fameâ reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted December 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 9, 2022 Today I learned that the opening piece of music in the Doctor Who episode Day of The Daleks is called "Guardian", and was originally 8 seconds longer than the version that was broadcast. I honestly don't know how we coped before DVDs came along with their special features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted December 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted December 9, 2022 Hunchbacks used to be considered good luck and some baseball teams used to keep one in the dugout for batters to rub for good luck before going to the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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