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Mankey considered Love You to be "lighthearted" on the surface, but a "serious, autobiographical" work that could be compared somewhat to Eraserhead.

Tony Hawks (with an s)

On 2 January 2008, he appeared on an edition of Celebrity Mastermind, with Tony Hawk as his chosen specialist subject.

Charles Bickford "was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the first minute of 1891"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%C2%BD_Knights_–_In_Search_of_the_Ravishing_Princess_Herzelinde

Plot

Knight Lanze and Halb Night Erdal finds out it's right by the out numbered appearance and finds a group of nazi soldiers and then kills them and then finds out that they are going to a place to know and then finds out that a bad guy Luipiud has to know it's going good and then Knight says that the Liupiud Soldiers has arrived and Knight kills them and then he leaves and gen Knight tells Halb knows the answer. Knight and Halb knows that they are giving answers by getting it the right or wrong way and then knows the answer and then Knight finds the Crude sharks and then Knight kills them and drives away fast.

It goes on like this...

The same orangewood sticks are commonly used in filmmaking, manicure and pedicure, but these industries do not use the term "spudger".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_pound

The first coinage issued by the colony took place in 1813, and was effected by punching the middle out of Spanish dollars. This process created two parts: a small coin, which was called the dump, and a ring, which was called a holey dollar. One holey dollar was worth five shillings (a quarter of one pound sterling), and one dump was worth one shilling and three pence (or one quarter of a holey dollar).

the main thing about marshrutkas is they don't carry pensionaries and the disabled, and depending on the particular city, students, law enforcement workers, and civil servants (pass holders) for free. Marshrutkas will not take more free passengers (invalids) then strictly limited quantity of one per marshrutka, while in ordinary buses, trolley buses and trams quantity of them is not limited and more categories of people (pensionaries etc.) have right to ride for free. And this is the reason why there are many times more marshrutkas in the city than ordinary buses, trolley buses and trams altogether.[citation needed] The word "taxi" is needed just to answer the question why they have no free-ride obligations as part of their franchise, as ordinary municipal buses, which are usually "full of free riders", are unprofitable and bring economical loss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Objects_(band)

Leader and heart of the band was Steve Solamar (real name Steve Scrivener), a distinct song/lyrics writer with a peculiar vocal style that has been described as either "terrible",[1] or at least "idiosyncratic".[2]

NeedACoffee.com has criticized the DVD for not having any special features or so much as a trailer.[5]

Given the dearth of nautical comedies, there has been a recent resurgence in interest in the film.[8] This has led to further analysis of the controversial ending.

Some in smaller circles believe this "cleaned up" Captain Ron has been his real appearance all along and his previous persona was just a manifestation of Martin Harvey's desired perception of himself.

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He became a friend of avant-garde composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, and performed some of his own compositions at a Zappa concert in Santa Monica, California in 1981. He named his cat Grody-to-the-Max after learning the phrase from Zappa's daughter Moon Zappa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Slonimsky

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, February 7, 2018 6:48 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did you come by this from reading Quincy Jones' recent interview also?

The title Squinters, refers to the fact that the commuters are facing the sun as they head east from Sydney's western suburbs in the mornings, and then also face into the sun in the afternoons on the way back to the western suburbs.

witness the boring life of anyone who spends their free time explaining jokes on wikipedia

xpost, ha yes. Never heard of him until I read that interview.

1974 The Lou Gordon Program Syndicated "Are Gays Going to Hell?" Gordon's conclusion on the matter is unknown.

i guess technically speaking that's more "laconic commentary in wikipedia articles", which is probably distinct from "unusual details in wikipedia articles". not sure it can support its own thread, though.

Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Ohio (United States)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Majorem_Sathanas_Gloriam

The title is a Latin term meaning "for the greater glory of Satan". It is a mutation of the Society of Jesus motto "Ad majorem Dei gloriam", meaning "for the greater glory of God". It contains a grammatical error, however, as "Sathanas" is typically declined as a first declension masculine noun, where its genitive (possessive) form would correctly be "Sathanae".[8][original research?]

Composition

According to the sheet music published at MusicNotes.com, the song is written in the key of C major (recorded a half step lower in B major)[4]

"Martha Mitchell was portrayed in the 1995 film Nixon by actress Madeline Kahn who, like Mitchell, also died at the age of 57 of cancer"

Works depict blessed virgins, landscapes, sad clowns and "voluptuous" nude women.[1][5] Unicorn Combover portrayed a unicorn whose mane morphed into a woman's hairdo.[1] The museum included a shrine to Michael Jackson; other portrait pieces depicted Anderson Cooper, Jesus, Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley.[1][4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_%27n_Stuff

In 1986, during labor unrest at a production plant, razor blades were found in two packages of the product,[11] but there was no recall.[12]

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real talk about fake news

"The artist's rendering of Charlton Heston as Moses added increased muscle, as per modern physique standards, when the DVD was released"

"Winter Nights" was recorded during early sessions for Night of the Stormrider while Gene Adam was still on vocals, but this was the track which prompted Schaffer to ask Adam to get singing lessons, as it was felt he could not handle the high notes. Therefore, the song was not used on the album due to its acrimonious history, though it would have fit in with the storyline of the album. Live performances of this song from that era (such as Wuppertal '91) show him struggling to sing it, probably contributing to his dismissal. Schaffer eventually dug the song out of the vaults to use on this album with Barlow providing vocals, but, as mentioned in the album's booklet, used a 1986 Purgatory demo for the backing track instead.

god Iced Earth and its members are a treasure

Schaffer went to a Lutheran school for five years, during which he developed a lot of anger and rebellion, due to the abusive nature of the pastors.[4] On one occasion, one of the pastors shoved a bar of soap down Schaffer's throat, because the pastor felt threatened due to his refusal to submit, after he could not answer Schaffer's questions about evolution versus creationism.[4] According to Schaffer, this did have an effect on him forming a band, so that he could "prove these people wrong".[4]

don't ask why i looked up blimpie's subs on wikipedia but this detail is funny:

Founders
• Angelo Baldassare
• Tony Conza
• Pete

Myers's musical style is the result of her upbringing and childhood musical influences, as well as collaboration with her co-writer and producer Doctor Rosen Rosen.

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Butts Up (A.K.A. "A-Ball", "Asses Up", "Assies' Rehab & Tea", "Balliver Shagnasty's Revenge", "Balls Deep", "Ballsies", "Beartrap"[1][2] , "Blackjack", "Blue Gooch", "Booties Up", "Brandings", "Buju Gay", "Buns Up", "Burn Ball", "Burn", "Butt Ball", "Buttock Blocker", "Chance", "Chinese Suicides", "Electric Booty", "Error", "Fire in the Bum", "Fumble", "Glempner", "Jetters", "Kirby", "Murderball", "No Fear", "Off the Wall", "Peanut Butter", "Pee Pee'd", "Peg", "Red Ace", "Red Ass", "Red Bum", "Red Butt", "Red Out", "Rosies", "Rump Rounders", "Sky Blue", "Slaughterhouse", "Spread", "Sting", "Stitch", "Suicide", or "Wall Ball") is a North American elementary school children's playground game originating in the 1950s or earlier.

Everyone actually just calls it “wall ball” I’m pretty sure

"off the wall" where i grew up.

hahaha yeah it was wall ball at my school, "butt's up" was the thing that happened to the loser, who got pegged in the ass with the ball

"Murderball" around our way.

it was red ass here!! looks like that's an unusual AND necessary detail in an article!

Myers's musical style is the result of her upbringing and childhood musical influences, as well as collaboration with her co-writer and producer Doctor Rosen Rosen.

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Someone is a Fletch fan.

Doom was not invited to the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther.

Noddy and Big Ears are building Noddy's house for one. Noddy suggests that they build the roof first, in case it rains. With no understanding of gravity or of the need for roof supports, this is perfectly logical to him.

Someone is a Fletch fan

or hates Fletch but likes a bad Chevy Chase movie

Dunn performed stunts such as dressing in a gold string bikini as a meter-maid for a stroll around town, dressing as a bride for the "Bridezilla" competition, performing a cheerleader routine during the halftime break at a Broncos game, being scrubbed head to toe in a portable dog wash[citation needed], and a nude dash across a stage.[citation needed]

I'm just curious why it's only those two that need citations

In every Back to the Future film, he always ended up in a pile of manure (in reality, a heap of decayed sphagnum and other plant matters)

Cream cheese, substituted for the peanut butter, makes a cream cheese and jelly sandwich.

^ Citation needed

In 2006, Mortification released a new album. It was originally titled Impaling the Goblin, but after many complaints[citation needed] that in some cultures this term had a sexual connotation to it, they changed the name to Erasing the Goblin. The album, with a cover which features a warrior throwing a sword into a goblin sitting on a rocking chair in a cave, is said to be a take on their older death/thrash sound around the time of their first 2-3 albums.

what’s wrong with being sexy?

i saw on the nintendo wiki that roy koopa is named after roy orbison, but weirdly that trivia nugget is absent from orbison's wikipedia page

The sandwich was the first non-hamburger menu item brought in by new McDonald's company owner Ray Kroc.[11] Kroc made a deal with Groen: they would sell two non-meat sandwiches on a Friday, Kroc's own Hula Burger (grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun) and the Filet-O-Fish, and whichever sold the most would be added to the permanent menu. The Filet-O-Fish "won hands down"[12] and was added to menus throughout 1963 until reaching nationwide status in 1965.[13]

In this story, entitled "The Crate", a worker discovers an old crate that is chained shut and hidden in a university research lab. Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau take it from there.

haha. thread for unusually succinct wikipedia details