Man Says That Mudflap Girl Is His Mom
The iconic “Mudflap Girl”, long seen on America’s highways, finally has an identity. Ed Allen of Washington, D.C. says that it’s his mother. Allen’s father, a trucker, kept a photo of his wife wearing...
View ArticleThe Quick 10: 10 Names That Were Already Taken
There aren’t many places where names are first come, first-served, but actors’ unions are one of them. If you tried to register with one and found that someone was already actively using your name,...
View ArticleBrent Spiner’s Patrick Stewart Impression
(Video Link) Brent Spiner, the actor who played Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, does a really good impersonation of Patrick Stewart, the actor who played Jean-Luc Picard. In fact, it was good...
View ArticleFive Potentially Great Power Couples (and why they never made it)
1. Bobby Fischer and Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand, the future Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner, actually attended the same Brooklyn high school as Bobby Fischer, who at the time was already...
View ArticleThe Other Doctors
There are eleven Doctors on Doctor Who, right? Well, yes, but not exactly. Those are the “canonical eleven” — the official Doctors. But are you familiar with some of the others? 1. The Dalek Movie...
View ArticleThe Other Doctors of Doctor Who
There are eleven Doctors on Doctor Who, right? Well, yes, but not exactly. Those are the “canonical eleven” — the official Doctors. But are you familiar with some of the others? 1. The Dalek Movie...
View Article10 Survival Uses for a Cell Phone
You can keep trying, but that cell phone will never work again. We’ve obviously been hit by an EMP. The 21st Century is gone — and much of the 20th with it. But survival expert Creek Stewart has some...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: The First 7 Videos on MTV
MTV turns 31 today. It launched one minute past midnight on August 1, 1981, with footage of Space Shuttle Columbia and Apollo 11 launches, then the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” spoken...
View ArticleRod Stewart Was Never a Gravedigger
Before he became a famous singer, Rod Stewart held a series of odd jobs. After he dropped out of school at fifteen, Stewart worked as a screen printer printing wallpapers. It was an odd match, given...
View ArticleProfessor X at His School
Patrick Stewart–Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men movies–visited a school with a familiar name. He writes, “This was taken a while ago but hearing best student Logan is officially on board, it now...
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