Saturday, September 4, 2010

TRIVIA BITS … THE FLINTSTONES

TRIVIA BITS …

THE FLINTSTONES

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The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time.

QUOTABLES ... SPIKE MILLIGAN

QUOTABLES ...

SPIKE MILLIGAN

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My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

- Spike Milligan

Friday, September 3, 2010

QUOTABLES ... MARLENE DIETRICH

QUOTABLES ...

MARLENE DIETRICH

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Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

- Marlene Dietrich

SUPERSTITIONS … FRIDAYS

SUPERSTITIONS …

FRIDAYS

FRIDAY

A bed changed on Friday will bring bad dreams.

Any ship that sails on Friday will have bad luck.

You should never start a trip on Friday or you will meet misfortune.

Never start to make a garment on Friday unless you can finish it the same day.

A bed changed on Friday will bring bad dreams.

TRIVIA BITS … LEGO

TRIVIA BITS …

LEGO

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Five thousandths of a millimetre is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factory.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

QUOTABLES ... LILY TOMLIN

QUOTABLES ...

LILY TOMLIN

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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

- Lily Tomlin

TRIVIA BITS … AL DENTE

TRIVIA BITS …

AL DENTE

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The expression cooked "al dente" means "to the tooth."

This means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

QUOTABLES ... JOAN RIVERS

QUOTABLES ...

JOAN RIVERS

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If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

- Joan Rivers

SUPERSTITIONS … MILK

SUPERSTITIONS …

MILK

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It's bad luck to let milk boil over.

TRIVIA BITS … ELIZABETH TAYLOR

TRIVIA BITS …

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

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Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else – 11 times!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

QUOTABLES … DAN QUAYLE

QUOTABLES …

DAN QUAYLE

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What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

- Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President

TRIVIA BITS … TONKA TRUCK

TRIVIA BITS …

TONKA TRUCK

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The first TONKA truck was made in 1947.

QUOTABLES … GEORGE BUSH

QUOTABLES …

GEORGE BUSH

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I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't always agree with them.

- George Bush, former U.S. President

Monday, August 30, 2010

QUOTABLES ... IMELDA MARCOS

QUOTABLES ...

IMELDA MARCOS

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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

- Imelda Marcos

TRIVIA BITS … COCA COLA

TRIVIA BITS …

COCA COLA

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The Coca-Cola sign on the east wall of Young Brothers Pharmacy in downtown Cartersville, Georgia US has been authenticated by the Coca-Cola Company as the first outdoor painted-wall advertisement for Coca-Cola. It dates back to 1894, when an industrious Coca-Cola syrup salesmen named James Couden put down his order pad and picked up a paintbrush to create the first-of-its-kind sign. This sign received the 1990 Georgia Trust Award for Preservation - 25 layers of paint were removed during the restoration to reveal the original sign.

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SUPERSTITIONS … RAINBOW

SUPERSTITIONS …

RAINBOW

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A rainbow in the Eastern sky,
The morrow will be fine and dry.
A rainbow in the West that gleams,
Rain tomorrow falls in streams.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

REMINISCING … ROGER MOORE

REMINISCING …

ROGER MOORE

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Sir Roger Moore, KBE is an English actor and film producer, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long running British television series The Saint.

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it was television in which Moore made his name. He was the eponymous hero in the serial Ivanhoe, a very loose adaptation of the romantic novel by Sir Walter Scott, and he also appeared in the series The Alaskans, as well as playing Beau Maverick, an English cousin of frontier gambler Bret Maverick (James Garner) in Maverick.

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Worldwide fame arrived after Lew Grade cast Moore as Simon Templar in a new adaptation of The Saint, based on the novels by Leslie Charteris.

Television lured Moore back to star, alongside Tony Curtis, in what has become another cult series, The Persuaders!. It featured the adventures of two millionaire playboys across Europe. It was for this series that Moore was paid the then unheard-of sum of £1 million for a single series, making him the highest paid television actor in the world.

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Roger Moore's twelve years as James Bond earned him enough popularity (and credibility) among fans of detective fiction to earn many Bond fans' acceptance, despite the inevitable comparisons to Connery. Moore played Bond in Live and Let Die (1973); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); Moonraker (1979); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985).

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MOVIE TRIVIA … E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

MOVIE TRIVIA …

E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 2

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1. Debra Winger not only provided the temp voice for E.T. but also played one of the ghouls in the Halloween sequence. She is wearing a monster mask and a lab coat and carries a poodle.

2. Steven Spielberg's original concept was for a much darker movie in which a family was terrorized in their house by aliens. When Spielberg decided to go with a more benevolent alien, the family-in-jeopardy concept was recycled as Poltergeist (1982).

3. At the 20th anniversary re-release premier, John Williams conducted a live orchestra as the film played, much like an orchestra would do for a stage musical.

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4. Was the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide until Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) was released.

5. A wet T-shirt crammed with jello to simulate the noise of E.T.'s waddling walk.

6. Steven Spielberg worked simultaneously on both this film and Poltergeist (1982) in 1982 (which was directed by Tobe Hooper but produced by Spielberg), and both were made to complement each other. "E.T." represented suburban dreams, and "Poltergeist" represented suburban nightmares.

7. The working title for the film was "A Boy's Life". It was changed during production.

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8. The end of the film was one of the most significant musical experiences for composer John Williams . After several attempts were made to match the score to the film, Steven Spielberg took the film off the screen and encouraged Williams to conduct the orchestra the way he would at a concert. He did, and Spielberg slightly re-edited the film to match the music, which is unusual since normally the music would be edited to match the film. The result was Williams winning the 1982 Academy Award for Best Original Score.

9. The young actors (Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore and Robert MacNaughton) found the ET puppet's eyes too far apart to comfortably look ET in the eye when they had to act with it. The actors solved the problem themselves by selecting a single eye to look at for every scene.

10. E.T. provided the inspiration for Neil Diamond's song "Heartlight" but no mention is ever made of the movie in the lyrics.

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11. The filmmakers had requested that M&M's be used to lure E.T., instead of Reese's Pieces. The Mars company denied their request and so Reese's Pieces were used. Reese's Pieces sales skyrocketed. More and more companies then began requesting that their products be used in movies. Thus, product placement was born.

12. Harrison Ford was initially intended to have a cameo role in the film as Elliot's school headmaster, but the scene was cut.

13. Steven Spielberg shot the film in chronological order to invoke a real response from the actors (mainly the children) when E.T. departed at the end. All emotional responses from that last scene are real.

QUOTABLES ... GROUCHO MARX

QUOTABLES ...

GROUCHO MARX

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I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

- Groucho Marx

TRIVIA BITS … GOLF BALL DIMPLES

TRIVIA BITS …

GOLF BALL DIMPLES

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There are between 300 and 450 dimples on a regulation golf ball.