Trivia for Squiggle #6(66)
Trivia for Squiggle #6 marks the first time we've seen two trivia installments in one week. Due to the fact that this is the sinister sixth issue AND it's coming at you from the sin city of the west coast (straight from Hollywood, CA), all the trivia today is entertainment-based.
126. C3P0 is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
127. Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston.
128. Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."
129. Carnegie Hall in New York City opened in 1891 with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor.
130. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
131. To create the sound of the heavy lid of the Ark being slid open, sound designer Ben Burtt simply recorded him moving the lid of his toilet cistern at home.
132. "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.
133. Because of TV censorship, actress Mariette Hartley was not allowed to show her belly button on Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK [episode #78 "All Our Yesterdays" in 1969] but later Roddenberry got even when he gave Hartley "two" belly buttons in the sci-fi movie Genesis II (1973).
134. Adjusting for inflation, Cleopatra, 1963, is the most expensive movie ever made to date (mid-1999). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 270 million 1999 dollars.
135. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
136. Even though they broke up 25 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.
137. George Harrison, with "My Sweet Lord," was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.
138. "Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.
139. In 1938 Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold all rights to the comic-strip character Superman to their publishers for $130.
140. In 1969, Midnight Cowboy became the first and only X-rated production to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. (Its rating has since been changed to R.)
141. In 1987 Playtex premiered the first US TV commercials with real lingerie models displaying their bras and underwear on national television.
142. Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy.
143. When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.
144. Penny Marshall was the first woman film director to have a film take in more than $100 million at the box office - she accomplished this with the 1988 flick Big.
145. The 1st interracial kiss on TV took place Nov. 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt.Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on an episode of "Star Trek."
146. The 1st time the "f-word" was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname." In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, "Scarface," the word is spoken 206 times - an average of once every 29 seconds.
147. The 1st winner of the Academy Award for best picture, and the only silent film to achieve that honor, was the 1927 film, "Wings."
148. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
149. The first CD pressed in the US - for commercial release - was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'.
150. In Frank Miller's Sin City, guest director Quentin Tarantino directed the scene involving Dwight (Clive Owen) and Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) in the front of the car, before Dwight is pulled over by a police officer.
"This time I can't bring myself to tell him to shut up. Sure he's an asshole... Sure he's dead... Sure I'm just imagining that he's talking. None of that stops the bastard from being absolutely right. I don't have a chance in hell of outrunning this cop. Not in this heap. The only question left is whether I'm gonna kill him or not. Tough call. For all I know, he's an honest cop, regular guy. Working stiff with a mortgage, a wife and a pile of kids. My hand moves all on its own, sliding one of my guns to my lap and thumbing back the hammer. I don't know what to do..."
126. C3P0 is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
127. Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston.
128. Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."
129. Carnegie Hall in New York City opened in 1891 with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor.
130. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
131. To create the sound of the heavy lid of the Ark being slid open, sound designer Ben Burtt simply recorded him moving the lid of his toilet cistern at home.
132. "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.
133. Because of TV censorship, actress Mariette Hartley was not allowed to show her belly button on Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK [episode #78 "All Our Yesterdays" in 1969] but later Roddenberry got even when he gave Hartley "two" belly buttons in the sci-fi movie Genesis II (1973).
134. Adjusting for inflation, Cleopatra, 1963, is the most expensive movie ever made to date (mid-1999). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 270 million 1999 dollars.
135. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
136. Even though they broke up 25 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.
137. George Harrison, with "My Sweet Lord," was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.
138. "Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.
139. In 1938 Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold all rights to the comic-strip character Superman to their publishers for $130.
140. In 1969, Midnight Cowboy became the first and only X-rated production to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. (Its rating has since been changed to R.)
141. In 1987 Playtex premiered the first US TV commercials with real lingerie models displaying their bras and underwear on national television.
142. Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy.
143. When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.
144. Penny Marshall was the first woman film director to have a film take in more than $100 million at the box office - she accomplished this with the 1988 flick Big.
145. The 1st interracial kiss on TV took place Nov. 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt.Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on an episode of "Star Trek."
146. The 1st time the "f-word" was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname." In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, "Scarface," the word is spoken 206 times - an average of once every 29 seconds.
147. The 1st winner of the Academy Award for best picture, and the only silent film to achieve that honor, was the 1927 film, "Wings."
148. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
149. The first CD pressed in the US - for commercial release - was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'.
150. In Frank Miller's Sin City, guest director Quentin Tarantino directed the scene involving Dwight (Clive Owen) and Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) in the front of the car, before Dwight is pulled over by a police officer.
"This time I can't bring myself to tell him to shut up. Sure he's an asshole... Sure he's dead... Sure I'm just imagining that he's talking. None of that stops the bastard from being absolutely right. I don't have a chance in hell of outrunning this cop. Not in this heap. The only question left is whether I'm gonna kill him or not. Tough call. For all I know, he's an honest cop, regular guy. Working stiff with a mortgage, a wife and a pile of kids. My hand moves all on its own, sliding one of my guns to my lap and thumbing back the hammer. I don't know what to do..."
posted by Scott at 9:42 AM
4 Comments:
Great list, yeah. But, in spite of such ascii lists, I still haven't learned the code for a schwah (upside-down e, meaning the sound "uh" in the English language). Anyone, anyone?
126. C3P0 is the first character to speak in Star Wars. - Also the only actor to star in all 6 films.
139. In 1938 Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold all rights to the comic-strip character Superman to their publishers for $130. - Hahahahahahha!
148. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." - My favourite.
MJ: You want Alt+0399 on the keypad. However, it only works with Unicode fonts, so unless you've got unicode support (which most operating systems do these days,) you won't see it.
THANKS, DOUG!!!!!!! Your brilliance shall not go unappreciated
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