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  1. Earliest night games at Wrigley Field before 1988

    What would be a good year for The Chicago Cubs to begin experimenting with prime time home games at Wrigley before 1988? I'm thinking sometime after the second world War wraps up.

  2. [AH Fiction] 75 Years of Driveball (1950-2025)
    Threadmarks: Introduction (Pre-1950)

    The game of Driveball has its roots in the hybrid sport of Austus [1]. Played during the second World War between American and Australian soldiers stationed down under, Austus borrowed forward passing and punting from the American code while retaining marks and free kicks familiar to the...

  3. Fox Movietoon Revival (1984-1991): A Collaborative Supplement to As Dreamers Do

    In February of 1984, Walt Disney, Jr. hired British journeyman animator Daniel Abbott. Abbott had been in the animation business since the age of 16 with brief stints at Richard Williams Animation, United Artists, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera and Paramount. Abbott, who turns 26 in April, has been...

  4. Hold Hands, You Lovebirds!: A Hollywood Collaborative TL

    I'll start the thread with one simple rule: Everything else happening in pop culture outside of the careers of the Three Stooges will likely be the same as OTL until after the POD. Anyways, let's begin. December 1955 A few weeks after the tragic death of Shemp Howard, the surviving Stooges...

  5. AHC: Emil Sitka instead of Joe Besser or Curly Joe DeRita

    As the title indicates, what butterflies would be necessary for Moe Howard and Larry Fine to convince Columbia Pictures to allow Emil Sitka to take over as the third Stooge after the untimely passing of Curly and later Shemp?

  6. DBWI: Bobby Knight Doesn't Coach the Indiana Pacers

    Back in 2002, the Indiana Pacers felt they needed to make a switch. Enter Robert Montgomery Knight, Bobby Knight, Bob Knight. Whatever you call him, he was the unanimous choice of owner Herb Simon and general manager Donnie Walsh. At first, most NBA observers felt that the competitive fire that...

  7. As Dreamers Do Part Deux

    Howdy partners! This is the continuation of As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux. This chapter will cover the year 2000 to the present day. If you are new to the American Magic continuity, please read the original thread before proceeding to this one. Fasten your seatbelts and let's begin!

  8. AHC: Rewrite Don Bluth's Anastasia

    Imagine you're working for Don Bluth on a new movie about a Russian princess when all of a sudden, 20th Century-Fox begins to panic about the potential comparisons to Disney's Pocahontas, which generated controversy of its own when it first came out. Now, the studio has hired YOU to completely...

  9. DBWI: No Fox Force Five Movie

    After Spice World hit theatres, the Spice Girls somehow received more offers from Hollywood. Miramax Films initially slated Fox Force Five to be released on May 18, 1999. But when Disney chairman Michael Eisner grew concerned that Fox Force Five would get crushed at the box office by The Phantom...

  10. DBWI: Yankees don't trade Babe Ruth

    What was Miller Huggins thinking? Yes, Huggins' clashes with the Bambino were legendary in baseball lore. But nearly 95 years later, long suffering Yankee fans are still questioning what possessed Huggins in 1925 to exile Ruth to the Washington Senators, a club once considered baseball's...

  11. AHC: Help with rules for a fictional sport

    The name "Gridby" is a portmanteau of Gridiron and Rugby, yet the game I'm trying to create that carries this name is leaning closer to what I had with Driveball, where it was a blend of Gaelic and Aussie Rules with a pinch of Rugby League. A Rough Draft of the General Rules (Subject to Change)...

  12. From the US to the World: A Spring Football TL
    Threadmarks: Introduction

    Nearly 40 years ago [This thread began in October 2020], very few people believed football would ever work in the spring. But that didn't stop New Orleans antique dealer David Dixon from outlining his grand vision in the early 1980's. After two years of preparation, Dixon formally announced the...

  13. POD for a USFL thread

    What would be a good POD for a thread in which the USFL seamlessly evolves into the WLAF. Would 1984 be a good POD, or would 1983 be better?

  14. AHC: Names for a Pre-1986 Fourth TV Network

    What would've been a good name for a fourth major TV network prior to the launch of Fox in 1986?

  15. DBWI: Jordan does not surpass Kareem

    It was a midsummer night in 1997. I was at my mom's house watching NBC's coverage of the NBA Finals. The Jazz and Bulls played a though, physical game 6 that saw Utah come back from 12 down to force a game 7. Even though the Bulls lost, game 6 was significant because that was the night Michael...

  16. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux
    Threadmarks: Introduction: Walt's Humble Beginnings

    PREFACE: After maybe three and a half years, I have decided to start American Magic over from scratch. I've lost track of a lot of the stuff I had written down to flesh out the world of that timeline, so here we are. Some things might stay the same, while others may be completely different. And...

  17. AHC: Disney park in South Korea

    What part of South Korea would've been perfect for a Disney resort? And what year would've been perfect to open said resort?

  18. Legends of the Gridiron: An NFL TL
    Threadmarks: Intro: TUNA CANNED

    As the final seconds of Super Bowl XXV ticked away, Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy sent in his field goal unit for the potential game winner. Scott Norwood's attempt sailed wide right. Game over right? Wrong! Penalty flags littered the gridiron. Cheers on the Giants' bench turned to...

  19. DBWI: No Live Action Sailor Moon Movie

    Nobody thought an anime like Sailor Moon could work as a live action flick. But somehow, the filmmakers pulled it off. By 1996, Walt Disney Pictures wanted to cash in on Sailor-Mania while they still could. Brad Silberling came aboard to direct shortly after Universal's Casper became a big hit...

  20. DBWI: WWF changes to WWE

    Even though the World Wrestling Federation and World Wildlife Fund have shared the same initials, it is easy to ponder what would've happened if the longstanding environmental charity was greedy enough to take Vince McMahon to court.
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