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Tuesday, June 18
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Monday, June 17
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Saturday, June 15
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012In addition to being kings of the B movies, Russ Meyer and Roger Corman nearly had weird hits later in life. Meyer directed "Who Kill Bambi?" The movie would've been notable because, first, film critic Roger Ebert wrote the screenplay and second, it would've starred the Sex Pistols. Naturally, only a day and a half was filmed, although they did shoot a scene with Sting playing a young thug. As for Corman, he made a terrible version of "The Fantastic Four," apparently unaware that the whole thing was a legal ploy and there were never any plans to release the low-budget fiasco. Who asked the damned dirty ape to get his stinkin' paws off of him? A) Clint Eastwood B) Charlton Heston C) Steve McQueen D) Paul Newman Previous answer: Muhammad Ali was the black Superman. 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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