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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2012
Tim Harper was a campus reporter for the Drake University Times-Delphic in Iowa, when he broke the biggest story of his career on Sept. 17, 1969. Except that none of it was true. That year, Paul McCartney was out of the public eye, as he mulled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Henry James proofread the galleys for the 1903 edition of "The Ambassadors," which had been serialized in North American Review. Unfortunately, NAR had edited it down, and James wanted to restore the original version for the book. In the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
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Trivia Bits for October 19Weezer has produced two iconic, innovative videos. When Spike Jonze directed the video for "Buddy Holly," he put the band in Arnold's Drive-In from "Happy Days." With clever editing and special effects, the band interacts with the cast of the TV show. Fonzie even does a dance. Footage of most of the cast is used, and Al Molinaro re-recorded some new dialogue. At first, Anson Williams, who played Potsie, didn't want footage of him used, but David Geffen convinced him. The other iconic Weezer video is for "Pork and Beans," directed by Mathew Cullen. It debuted on YouTube, which is appropriate, since the video was filled with "YouTube celebrities" who became famous when the clips were passed around as memes. You saw the Afro Ninja, that "Chocolate Rain" guy, the "Evolution of Dance" guy, and references to the Coke-and-Mentos experiment, the Dramatic Chipmunk, the Sneezing Panda and many more. Herb Ritts directed the sultry black-and-white video for "Wicked Game," in which what singer frolics on a beach with supermodel Helena Christensen? A) Jacob Dylan B) Chris Isaak C) Robert Palmer D) Robbie Williams Previous answer: You can find crocodiles and alligators at the southern tip of Florida. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions.
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