Imagine you’re one of the lucky few people in this world who writes a book, gets it published, and it goes on to be such a big hit that Hollywood comes calling and turns it into a movie. Double the good luck, right? These authors who hated the film adaptations of their novels didn’t see […]
We can’t look into the future…but these people with psychic abilities say that they can. Here are some major events we can all apparently look forward to this year. Aliens = Humans Sylvia Browne was talk show fixture in the ‘90s and 2000s (back when there were a lot more cheesy talk shows on daytime […]
Actor Jerry Van Dyke, an affable fixture on sitcoms from the ‘60s to the present, passed away this weekend at the age of 86. Here are some of the quirkiest moments from his long career. The Jerry Van Dyke Show Just like his older brother, Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke found work on TV […]
Today, Elvis Presley would turn 83 years old. But the King died in 1977, leaving us wondering about all the music he never got a chance to record. Elvis was also an actor, starring in a string of cheesy movie musicals like Change of Habit and The Trouble With Girls. Here are some movies he […]
Are you like the millions of other Americans who enjoy watching an entire TV series in one sitting via Netflix? How about a little reading break? Most Watched Movie A couple of years ago, movie star Adam Sandler signed a huge contract that made Netflix his exclusive home — meaning his popular movies would hit […]
There are a lot of silly, made-up holidays out there…and today is our favorite one. It’s National Trivia Day. Trivia is totally our thing (!) so, well, here’s some trivia about animals. • Have you ever given a hungry-looking stray cat a saucer of milk? Sure, cats love milk. That may well be the case, […]
It’s 2018 now, which means a bunch of laws passed by legislatures around the country have now taken effect. Here are some of the most interesting and amusing ones. Facebook Checks Keep posting those Facebook rants about what a jerk your boss is…if you live in Vermont. Employers in the Green Mountain State are now […]
Last weekend, the Buffalo Bills finished the 2017 NFL regular season with a record of 9 and 7, enough to secure the sixth the final AFC playoff spot. That ended the longest playoff drought in the NFL—the Bills hadn’t played in the postseason since 1999. Here are some the other longest current postseason droughts in […]
You could watch a movie and eat while you watch—popcorn, candy, and such. Or you could taste the movie itself at one of these theme restaurants based on popular films. Caddy Shack The World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida, is home to Caddy Shack, a restaurant whose theme is the biggest golf movie of […]
Netflix recently released Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, a documentary about Man in the Moon, the 1999 film about avant grade comedian Andy Kaufman starring Jim Carrey. One thing neither movie covers: Did Kaufman fake his 1984 death and assume another identity as one of his patented comedy stunts? The Daughter The Andy Kaufman […]
Well gaaaaaaaaaawleeeee. Jim Nabors, the actor best known for portraying lovable dimbulb Gamer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. has passed away this month at the age of 87. Here’s a little bit more about the man and his life. Nabor’s Singing Career Serving as a stark contrast to Nabors’ embellished […]
Updated March 12, 2019 We love making these lists of the tallest, smallest, oldest, and youngest players to ever play professional sports. Here are similarly interesting facts about some all-time record-breaking coaches from the NBA. Longest-serving coach with one team. In 1996, former San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors assistant coach Gregg Popovich got […]
Here’s the little-known—and very harrowing—tale of a real Titanic survivor Violet Jessop.
The 2017 Cleveland Browns are about to make NFL history. No, not in a good way — they’re on track to become one of the few teams to ever rack up a completely winless season. In 2016, the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers ended a nearly 50-year sports championship drought in Cleveland. In football, however, the […]
Meghan Markle was a moderately famous actress, best known for her role on a USA drama called Suits. Now she’s a princess-to-be — she’s been dating Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne, and the couple will marry next year. It’s especially newsworthy because Markle is both a “commoner” and she’s American. This […]
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the stockings hung by the chimney with care, a punch bowl full of eggnog, and the game where you slap your friends on their backside. That one, and many others, are once steadfast yuletide traditions that slowly disappeared. Aluminum Christmas Trees In the 1950s and 1960s, any sort of […]
Need a vacation from Christmas Vacation? Don’t think It’s a Wonderful Life is so wonderful anymore? Then check out one of these, well, quirky, holiday movie recommendations from Uncle John. All American Christmas Carol (2013) It’s the umpteenth adaptation and variation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, in which the Scroogey central character learns the […]
Who’s the most popular musician on the radio today? Well, it’s December…so it’s Bing Crosby. His recordings of Christmas songs are perennial classics, so much so that nowadays he’s pretty much exclusively celebrated with the holiday. But in the mid-20th century, there was nobody bigger than Bing. White Christmas According to pre-computerized sales tracking systems, […]
