Here are a few questions that didn't make it into the final script: Jay-z’s cover of “It’s a Hard Knock Life” is performed in a prison in what 2002 comedy? (Hint: it’s not the first movie in the series.) This was Steve Martin’s first starring …
Happy Halloween! We thought candy was a fitting topic for this week's episode. Here are some questions that didn't make it into the final script (answers at the end). The “pick a side” ad campaign began in 2012 and convinced some people that …
I thought I'd share a picture of my own 3 sports legends from many years ago! Joe, my oldest, is at the top. Sam (my middle son) is on the left and Ted is on the right. I will admit that when Ted and I started this podcast, I said something like,…
While researching questions and answers, I often get caught up in the details of some stories. This week it was the Tippi Hedren/Neil the Lion story (bonus question #5), so I thought I would offer a few more trivia questions related to that event (…
Here are some movie quotes that didn't make it into the final script (answers at the end): From the 1980s: "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!" From the 1970s: "Put the candle back!" From the 1990s: "Houston, we hav…
This is a topic very near and dear to my heart. The first time I heard the term “urban legend,” I was a freshman in college, watching The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He was interviewing Jan Harold Brunvand, who had written a book, “The Vani…
Here is one question that I liked, but didn't make the final cut (answer at the end of this post): Q: This diet book became a bestseller in 1979, but sales went through the roof in 1980 because the creator of the diet, Dr. Herman Tarnower, was murd…
Today’s topic brought back some fond family memories. My family (my parents, my sister and myself) lived in Florida in the early 1970s. I have a few scattered memories of our time in Miami: eating fresh coconuts from the trees in our backyard, fin…
That was a fun episode to create! There were so many to choose from; I'm guessing there will be a "TV Commercials 2" at some point. Here are a couple of extra questions: How much did that 10 second Bulova commercial cost? Who wrote this famous…
This week's topic brought back memories... especially the CB Radio craze! I can remember sitting in my father's car in the late 1970s (I was 16-17 years old) and listening to the truckers. Occasionally I joined in; my handle was "The Piano Player.…
Here are a few bonus questions that didn't make it into the final script: (This one went along with the 1980s era of video arcades.) This game was one of the first to attract a large female base of players. You used a bug blaster (which was ac…
I hope you all enjoyed the trip down Fashion Memory Lane! I found these 4 pictures in the family albums and decided to share them: Picture 1 is my maternal grandmother modeling a daring 1920s outfit. Born in 1913, she might have been a little t…
We hope you enjoyed Episode 3! There were so many movies to choose from; there may be a "Scary Movies 2" episode in our future. Since we had a question about "The Shining," I thought I would share this picture, taken 10 years ago on a trip to Col…
Some Fun Facts About Today’s Questions: So how did The Duck Dance become The Chicken Dance? Apparently this happened at an Oktoberfest celebration in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1981. The short version is this: they wanted to have someone we…
We hope you enjoyed our first episode! Here are a few things that didn’t make it into the final script: Ted rejected this as a bonus question (probably with good reason) for Ranch dressing: Ranch dressing has provided flavoring f…