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More like Dr. De-mentor
Barry Hansen had finished a pair of degrees from a pair of colleges — including a Master’s in folk music from UCLA — and was working on a thesis about the origins…
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Goo Goo Muck It Up
We have no idea what Kate Bush does with her free time, but we’d assume it’s a combination of staring wistfully into the fog that accumulates on the moors; communing…
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The Monkey That Predicted the Future
Before the first round of the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, pretty much every analyst with a terrible tie and a lavalier mic had already predicted that the Central Division-winning, defending…
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Sco-ville, Sco-problem
The 19th season of the wildly popular YouTube show “Hot Ones” started in September, and host Sean Evans has placidly downed his own plate of wings while guests ranging from…
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Eric Andre, the King of Bonkers Comedy
Earlier this year, Adult Swim announced that “The Eric Andre Show” would be coming back for a sixth season, which will air sometime next year. “Expect more deranged pranks, fire,…
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How Quantum Leap Inspired this 2022 World Cup Post
If it’s one thing we do well at Geeks Who Drink, it’s harebrained goofiness. For example, take this post. We were looking at this week’s Video Rewind, which involves a…
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Afraid of flying? Maybe skip this one.
Our latest Video Rewind is a round we came up with called “Outer Hanks.” We got inspired because one of our writers said, “You know, Tom Hanks is on a…
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On the Origins of Deepfakes
In this week’s Video Rewind, “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” makes an appearance. That film was helmed by a guy named Chad Stahelski. He’s not a household name but…
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Only in New York
This week’s Video Rewind takes you on a video round journey called “Only in New York!” Our quizzers had to name movies featuring scenes of happenings that could only go…
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Yipee-Kayak, Rudderf@%!er
Film audiences now have been spoiled by big budget special effects and seamless CGI, but that obviously hasn’t been the case. In an ancient time that historians refer to as…
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How a CGI Dog Cost Disney $50 Million
The Golden Raspberry Awards give out dubious ‘honors’ to the worst on-camera performers, worst directors, and all-around shittiest films every year, and occasionally — like when we’re involved in a once-in-a-generation…
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Talk About a Disaster Film
When it comes to big-budget disaster movies, screenwriter and director Roland Emmerich usually knows what he’s doing. The 66-year-old German wrote and directed Independence Day and its 2016 sequel; directed…
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Spanking Plankton on The Magic School Bus
If you’re a nineties kid, you know all of the words to “The Magic School Bus” theme song as well as you know your parents’ phone number (and if you’re…
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A Brief Explainer on British Accents
“English accents on Frasier,” English comedian, television host and novelist Richard Osman once tweeted. “Has there ever been a show this consistently brilliant that did one thing so badly?” The…
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The Way Cool Story Behind a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Edit
Skateboard legend Tony Hawk is, by all accounts, a decent guy. His Wikipedia page has a section dedicated to ‘Philanthropy’ as opposed to ‘Controversy,’ which is a pretty good sign….
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Do You Stay Up Late at Night Wondering Where The Little Shop of Horrors Was Filmed?
The 1977 Roger Moore-as-James Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me had the highest budget of any film that had been made at the time, and it’s not difficult to…
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Juno Awards + Alanis Morissette + Merkin = Canada
If you think back to the 2004 Juno Awards — the annual ceremony that’s basically Canada’s Grammys — the most surprising thing isn’t that Nickelback somehow took home two of those…
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Do you know who invented Ray-Ban’s Aviator glasses?
“Oh hey, I hope my eyeballs don’t get frozen today” is something that most of us don’t have to worry about before clocking in for work, but that was a…
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Hey You Guuuuuuuyyyyys!
We’re not sure the last time you pulled out your copy of The Goonies soundtrack, but it’s stacked with 10 absolute bangers from some early-1980s legends. Cyndi Lauper, who was…
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Power to the Weepuls
You’ve probably seen one stuck to a bank teller’s computer while you hold your breath and wait to hear your account balance. Your kid brought one home from school, its…
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This Post is Certified Fresh
In the summer of 1998, Senh Duong was a twenty-something web designer who spent his free time trying to track down reviews of Jackie Chan movies that hadn’t been released…
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Springfield v. Springfield v. Springfield v. Springfield…
During its unprecedented (and, at times, exhausting) 33-season run, The Simpsons has never specified exactly which Springfield its title family lives in. That’s why, when The Simpsons Movie was on…
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Inspiring Licorice Pizza
Director Paul Thomas Anderson told Variety that it took him “many months” to come up with the title for his recent coming-of-age dramedy. The film, which was set in the…
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Let Me Welcome Everybody
“In the fashion business, you live in the future for the next collection,” fashion designer turned screenwriter and director Tom Ford told the Wall Street Journal in the fall of…
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Because You Loved Moi
When Celine Dion took the stage during the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony to sing “Smile” while the audience saw pics of everybody who’d died in the past year, she set…
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Pants-Shitting Shark Attacks
Composer John Williams’ unmistakable combination of basses, cellos, trombones, and a single tuba that accompanied all of Amity Island’s shark sightings in 1975 has been called the second most terrifying…
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Punxsutawney Phil Ain’t Got Shit on Wiarton Willie
Although their holiday started several decades after ours did, Canada celebrates Groundhog Day too, with the same annual tradition of dragging a couple of reluctant rodents out in front of…
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Sunshine Cinema
According to TripAdvisor, the sixth-best thing to do in Sarasota, Florida isn’t the Cat Depot (that’s 26th) or the cemetery (18th), but a sprawling Italianate mansion that was built on…
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Walken in Space
Either time doesn’t make sense anymore, or we’re just getting old as hell, ‘cause it’s hard to believe that it’s been 20-plus years since Christopher Walken, director Spike Jonze, and British DJ Fatboy Slim collaborated on one of the most iconic music videos of the early aughts.
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Are you the StairMaster? Prove it!
Prove you’re a StairMaster by stepping up to our movie quiz!
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Can You Name All These Taxiing TV Shows?
Get nostalgic for the pre-Uber days by taking our TV taxi quiz! How many can you name?