During the Ed Sullivan appearance in which Presley reportedly stuck a bottle in his crotch (Wiki suggests it was a soda bottle), Elvis performed Peace in the Valley as his final number.
In Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels, on which the show True Blood is based, there is a crazed and very dimwitted vampire named Bubba who prefers the blood of cats to humans and does odd jobs for other vampires; Harris never directly identifies him as Elvis though she leaves no doubt who Bubba was when alive. He has not appeared in the television series.
Elvis faked his death, he now owns and runs a hole-in-the-wall hamburger joint in Tampa, Florida. True story.
OK, actual trivia : while hard, reliable numbers are difficult to come by (back in the 50s, album sales were tallied differently and not as precisely as they are today) it is estimated that to this day, Elvis Presley remains the best-selling solo artist in the history of music.
Elvis Costello was banned from Saturday Night Live for 12 years for his 1977 performance of Radio, Radio, an anti-media song. SNL Producer Lorne Michaels and the executives at NBC did not want Elvis performing the song. In an act of defiance, Elvis stopped singing Less Than Zero and began playing Radio, Radio. He was eventually asked to return in 1989.
Elvis Costello appeared as a version of himself- the former Declan McManus, international art thief- in an episode of 30 Rock in which he performed the song Kidney Now! with Clay Aiken, Mary J. Blige, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crowe, Wyclef Jean, Cyndi Lauper and others.
One of Howard the Duck’s archnemeses was known as “The Kidney Lady,” who claimed he was planning to steal hers.
Dr. Howard Dean, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, was lieutenant governor of Vermont at the time of the 1991 death of the governor, Dick Snelling. A physician, Dean was seeing a patient during office hours when he got the news that he had become governor. Dean ran for President in 2004 but failed to win the Democratic nomination, losing to John Kerry.
The Ring of Kerry is a 179 km, roughly circular route through southwestern Ireland. It is a popular tourist trip, due to many panoramic views and historic locations. Due to the narrow roads, all tour buses which make the trip do so in a counter-clockwise route; it’s recommended that those who drive the route in private vehicles do so in the opposite direction in order to avoid getting stuck behind slow buses.
The Ring is a 2002 American remake of the very popular Japanese 1998 horror film Ringu. Naomi Watts starred in the remake.
Jim Ringo was the center on two NFL-champion Green Bay Packers teams, coached by Vince Lombardi. He was later inducted into the Hall of Fame. As a coach with the Buffalo Bills, Ringo created the “Electric Company” offensive line that let OJ Simpson set rushing records (they “turned on the Juice”).
Trick question: Who in The Beatles is left-handed?
Non-trick answer: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
In the 1992 U.S. presidential election, all of the major candidates, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, were left-handed. President Obama is also left-handed.
In the movie Catch-22, Bob Newhart played the character of Major Major Major Major, who had his secretary tell visitors that he was in only when he was out. If he was actually in his office, she would tell them he was out.
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The transcripts of Richard Nixon’s famous White House tapes (those which had not been subjected to “inadvertent” erasure by his secretary, Rosemary Woods), especially those of conversations with Bob Haldeman, included numerous instances of the words “(Expletive deleted)”. Some protesters outside the White House grounds were seen carrying signs reading “IMPEACH THE (EXPLETIVE DELETED)”.
*Got 'em both. How ya like them apples? * 
Rosemary’s Baby was the story of a woman married to an actor. The actor receives an important role when his rival is struck blind, and then suddenly wants his wife to have a child. The child is actually the spawn of Satan, destined to rule Hell.
Roman Polanski, who directed Rosemary’s Baby, later made the horror film The Tenant. One reason it’s a terrific horror film is that Polanski assumes the audience has seen Rosemary’s Baby and leads them to think that something similar is happening.
The book Rosemary’s Baby was written by Ira Levin, who later said that during the filming of the movie, Polanski called to ask which week’s issue of The New Yorker was in the young couple’s apartment. In his book, Levin had mentioned a shirt advertisement in the magazine in passing, assuming that there probably would have been such an ad during the time in which the book’s action was taking place. Polanski’s attention to detail was such that he looked fruitlessly for the nonexistent shirt ad while getting props ready for filming.
The song Scarborough Fair has existed in various forms since at least as long ago as 17th century Scotland. The lyrics changed from time to time and region and region but it usually tells the story of a man demanding a woman whe wronged him perform impossible tasks before he will take her back. It is most famous for appearing on the Simon & Garfunkle album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme where it’s interwoven with Simon’s original composition Canticle.
Stan Freeberg named his advertising agency Thyme, Incorporated.
This got a reaction from Time, Inc., who said they had referred matters to their lawyers, Parsley, Sage, and Rosemary.