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Where did Weird Al record My Bologna?

Where did Weird Al record My Bologna?

It’s difficult to imagine a world without Weird Al in it. But alas, there was a time when he wasn’t the most-famous parody musician in the world. We owe a huge debt to Dr. Demento for helping to bring Weird Al’s music to the world. After recording...

What is the river made of in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?

What is the river made of in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?

I'll admit it: The whimsical amusement park inside Willy Wonka's factory is exactly how I still imagine every candy factory actually being on the inside — and I've been inside very real candy factories that are nothing like that. The 1971 film version of Roald Dahl's classic book, Charlie and the...

What's the name of the beer in Laverne & Shirley?

What's the name of the beer in Laverne & Shirley?

If you ask me, it's hard to go wrong with a cold beer. In fact, I don't even care if it's a real beer. Fictional beers play an important part in TV, movies, and my dreams. In Laverne & Shirley, beer played a central role. Do you remember what the brew...

What's the name of the spaceship in Alien?

What's the name of the spaceship in Alien?

I know what you're thinking — Alien is in space? Believe it or not, this 1979 sci-fi-horror epic did indeed, take place in space. (I should have worked in a Ripley joke there — the believe it or not thing... get it? Yeah? Fine.) In fact, most of Alien takes place inside...

The stabbing sound effect from Halloween is really a knife stabbing what?

The stabbing sound effect from Halloween is really a knife stabbing what?

Being a Foley artist seems really fun. For one thing, you're basically just watching movies all day, and you also get to hit random objects with other random objects. It should come as no surprise that for John Carpenter's original Halloween, they didn't actually stab people. Instead, they invoked the...

Complete the lyrics: "I Will Survive" edition

Complete the lyrics: "I Will Survive" edition

This 1979 hit from Gloria Gaynor has been the anthem to a lot of things in our lives — getting over breakups, quitting a job, beating Ninja Gaiden, and so on. Surely you've belted the chorus to this song hundreds of times. So this one should be a breeze. See if...