The exposure of Janet Jackson’s shielded right nipple in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show was explained by co-star Justin Timberlake, who had pulled off part of her top, as a “wardrobe malfunction”.
The Moody Blues, formerly a soul/R & B band best known for the hit “Go Now,” seemed to be on their last legs when lead singer/guitarist Denny Laine quit the band in 1966. Instead, they re-emerged more popular than ever, with an orchestral sound, under the leadership of Laine’s replacement Justin Hayward.
Laine later spent the Seventies as one of Paul McCartney’s Wings.
Buffalo wings were created in Buffalo, New York. The residents of Buffalo generally refer to them as “wings” or “chicken wings” rather than “Buffalo wings” but never “hot wings.”
There are 550 calories in a 10 wings serving of Wingstop Hot Wings.
The original 16 Hot Wheels cars, released in 1968, are called the “Sweet 16” by collectors.
Section 16 of the Constitution Act, 1867 provides that Ottawa shall be the capital of Canada, until the Queen directs otherwise.
Queen’s Freddie Mercury loved his cats and dedicated his solo-album “Mr. Bad Guy” to them. When he was out touring, he used to phone his cats and talk to them for hours. On one of his waistcoats, he had painted portraits of all of his cats.
P.G. Wodehouse, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Agatha Christie all had characters named Freddie: the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, Freddie Arbuthnot, and Freddie Theisinger, respectively. All three appeared rather vacuous on first impression, but had hidden talents which became apparent over time.
Gale Sayers played five NFL seasons, 1965-1969. In one of those seasons, 1968, he played 9 of the 14 games before suffering his first (right) knee injury. In both 1970 and 1971 he played only two games each year. Sayers suffered his second knee injury in 1970 to his left knee. Sayers is in the NFL Hall of Fame.
Dorothy Gale’s character was probably named after Baum’s own niece, Dorothy Louise Gage, who died in infancy. Baum’s wife was very attached to the little girl and was deeply grieved by her death, so there is speculation that Baum inserted her name into his stories as a memorial. Elements of Dorothy Gale’s character are possibly derived from Matilda Joslyn Gage, Dorothy’s grandmother. Dorothy Gage is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois. The fictional Dorothy’s last name is never mentioned in *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz *or The Marvelous Land of Oz, the first two Oz books. It is disclosed in the third book *Ozma of Oz *(1907).
The name “Oz” is said to have come from the label on the second drawer of Baum’s filing cabinet: the first drawer was A-N, the second was O-Z. Baum was beginning to work out what became the Wizard of Oz by telling it as a story to children and one of them asked the name of this marvellous land. Looking around the room, Baum saw the filing cabinet and said that the story took place in Oz.
Mr. Wizard was the stage name for Don Herbert, whose children’s show of the 50s and 60s focused on science experiments kids could do at home. He is often cited by scientists as major inspiration.
On “Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales”, whenever the intrepid penguin (Don Adams) and his walrus sidekick, Chumley (Bradley Bolke), were puzzled by something, they would ask “The Man with All the Answers”, Phineas J. Whoopee (Larry Storch), who would give them a short lesson on his 3D Blackboard, which would fold to pocket size.
Don Knotts took an early job plucking chickens for a market when he was told he didn’t have a future in acting.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s early job was painting flowers on the bottom of tableware that were sold in quantity.
Pieer-Auguste Renoir’s son, Jean, was voted the 12th-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly magazine, making him the highest-rated French filmmaker on the list.
Inspector Javert always referred to Jean Valjean by his prisoner number, 24601, in Les Miserables.
Peter Sellers modeled the character of Inspector Clouseau on the trademark of a box of matches that included an image of Captain Matthew Webb, who in 1875 became the first person to swim the English Channel (his heroic mustache and proud stance are both mimicked). To lose weight, Sellers took dieting pills for a year.
Jimmy Webb’s song “Macarthur Park” has been a Billboard Top 10 hit twice- originally for Irish actor Richard Harris, and later for disco diva Donna Summer.
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