AH Cultural Descriptions

[brunohusker]

A Mongoose or a Weasel?

A popular children’s book written by Life in Hell cartoonist Matt Groening. After the colossal failure of his showThe Simpsons, Groening decided to get into writing children’s books along with writing and drawing Life in Hell. The book was released in 1994 and later a book on tape and audiobook were narrated by George Carlin. The book is quite simple as it tells the story of a weird mammal like animal trying to find out what species he is. Groening later followed it up with Mongoose Man and finally Mongoose and friends.

Donald vs The Robots: the deathening

 

[Rfl23]

A popular children’s book written by Life in Hell cartoonist Matt Groening. After the colossal failure of his showThe Simpsons, Groening decided to get into writing children’s books along with writing and drawing Life in Hell. The book was released in 1994 and later a book on tape and audiobook were narrated by George Carlin. The book is quite simple as it tells the story of a weird mammal like animal trying to find out what species he is. Groening later followed it up with Mongoose Man and finally Mongoose and friends.

Donald vs The Robots: the deathening

A disney movie on how donald ducks sent to a future ducksburg by gyro gearlose where robots has taken over the city after a failed experiment. The public response to the movie was lukewarm at best as the recent release of the terminator really saturated the robot/future genre (even though the idea was actually older than the terminator) but nowadays the film has garnered a cult status for its unnusual dark tone.

Javanese Museums of Arts in New York

 

[oboro]

A disney movie on how donald ducks sent to a future ducksburg by gyro gearlose where robots has taken over the city after a failed experiment. The public response to the movie was lukewarm at best as the recent release of the terminator really saturated the robot/future genre (even though the idea was actually older than the terminator) but nowadays the film has garnered a cult status for its unnusual dark tone.

Javanese Museums of Arts in New York

Museum right across from the Balinese Museum of Art on fifth avenue. They have a deadly rivalry

Both museums date to the late 19th century, as the Javanese and Balinese Empires exported more and more of their culture as they became the most powerful nations in the Pacific, a rise that was not even hindered by the eruption of Krakatoa, as they both harnessed their island’s natural volcanic dynamism.

Because It Was There - Mallory’s Triumph

 

[brunohusker]

Because It Was There - Mallory’s Triumph

A 1959 movie starring Cary Grant as the first man to successfully climb Mt Everest. The movie was hailed in its time for its special effects and story, though later critics felt the movie was racist against the Nepalese Sherpas. Mallory himself though loved the movie, seeing it at age 73 and meeting with Grant about the role. Grant also won an Oscar for his portrayal in the film.

Lennon, Marks, and Angles: The Glory Years

 

[oboro]

A 1959 movie starring Cary Grant as the first man to successfully climb Mt Everest. The movie was hailed in its time for its special effects and story, though later critics felt the movie was racist against the Nepalese Sherpas. Mallory himself though loved the movie, seeing it at age 73 and meeting with Grant about the role. Grant also won an Oscar for his portrayal in the film.

Lennon, Marks, and Angles: The Glory Years

John Lennon’s autobiography - after playing with the Quarrymen he became a world famous pool hustler.

Delta Blues: The Music of the Nile

 

[John Spangler]

Delta Blues: The Music of the Nile

The fourth movie in the Delta Blues saga. Telling the adventures of the Delta Blues mercenary unit, the series earned a huge and loyal fanbase all over the world. A unique mixture of action and comedy, with British actor Idris Elba as the main character (Delta Blues Captain James Lagrange) and Italian actress Valentina Lodovini as the villain (the evil scientist Dr Morelli).

Fear of the dork

 

[brunohusker]

Fear of the dork

A young adult novel released in 1998 by former rock musician Rivers Cuomo. The book details his early band Weezer, who were popular in the Northeast but Cuomo disbanded the group in 1990 after he decided to return to his studies at Harvard. The work is the only YA title by Cuomo, who was also known for his books “Hash Island” and “Weeze.”

Junior Wombat League

 

[Plateosaurus]

Nothing from you, @brunohusker ?

The Eumaeus Project

 

[brunohusker]

Nothing from you, @brunohusker ?

The Eumaeus Project

Just put it on there

 

[Alias_The_J]

Junior Wombat League

Extremely obscure Australian cartoon from 1987, made to sell a line of Australian-specific toys from the failing Australian manufacturer Lattem. The show itself was of poor quality, with the main character notably changing names (Andrew and Marty) between episodes, whose format were clearly based on such product-placement shows as Hot Wheels and Barbie Dream House, but having none of their competence or redeeming qualities. The Wombat Heroes line of toys, surprisingly, did well in Australia itself, helping to save the company (and have since become popular on the international market, sold for premium prices as uniquely Australian), but the show itself never got an international release, was only shown for two years on a few Australian channels, and was only leaked onto the Web in 2018 by re-recorded VHS tapes; as near as can be told, the original film no longer exists, leading to these low-quality VHS recordings to be the only copies in existence. Contrary to popular opinion, the show was never seen in a similar light to the video game Polybius.

Robots vs The Donald: Quickening

 

[brunohusker]

Robots vs The Donald: Quickening

A pilot for the cartoon show about billionaire developer Donald Trump. The show was never picked up by the network and was only revealed in 201after his death from skin cancer.

The show is about an idealized Trump taking on killer robots threatening New York. Originally a more comic show in the vein of The Simpsons and The Critic, Trump didn’t want to be “the butt of jokes on the show” and thus it was made more serious. However it was panned by executives and Trump eventually said the show was “a horrible attempt by that loser Matt Judge to make money off me.” However, creator Mike Judge said that it was Trump who approached him and the team at Fox in 1995 about making a show.

Eventually the show became a YouTube phenomenon and even Ivanka and Don Jr got in on the joke and said they would want to be featured in a web series and didn’t mind being made fun of, though Don jr. pulled out eventually.

The battle of Cotton Hill.

 

[Otto Kretschmer]

A pilot for the cartoon show about billionaire developer Donald Trump. The show was never picked up by the network and was only revealed in 201after his death from skin cancer.

The show is about an idealized Trump taking on killer robots threatening New York. Originally a more comic show in the vein of The Simpsons and The Critic, Trump didn’t want to be “the butt of jokes on the show” and thus it was made more serious. However it was panned by executives and Trump eventually said the show was “a horrible attempt by that loser Matt Judge to make money off me.” However, creator Mike Judge said that it was Trump who approached him and the team at Fox in 1995 about making a show.

Eventually the show became a YouTube phenomenon and even Ivanka and Don Jr got in on the joke and said they would want to be featured in a web series and didn’t mind being made fun of, though Don jr. pulled out eventually.

The battle of Cotton Hill.

Name of a blockbuster 2017 American movie depicting the successful Confederate assault during the American Civil War on a Union position named Cotton Hill. During the battle the Confederate forced of the Foreign Corps (a 30,000 strong unit composed of European volunteers,) successfully assaulted a union position.

HBO's Russia

 

[AltoRegnant]

Name of a blockbuster 2017 American movie depicting the successful Confederate assault during the American Civil War on a Union position named Cotton Hill. During the battle the Confederate forced of the Foreign Corps (a 30,000 strong unit composed of European volunteers,) successfully assaulted a union position.

HBO's Russia

an alternate history show where Lenin's attempts to aggravate a civil war were successful, ending ww1 in an entente victory later than expected and the Provisional Goverment was destroyed, which allows Germany an easier peace deal. Russian communism aggravates Germany into restoring the kaiser, who takes a strong anti-bolshevik stance, culminating in a 'cold war' of sorts between Imperial Germany, The 3rd French Republic, Imperial Germany, and Russia. Neither can act against their foes directly without the third pouncing

The Golden World

 

[Otto Kretschmer]

an alternate history show where Lenin's attempts to aggravate a civil war were successful, ending ww1 in an entente victory later than expected and the Provisional Goverment was destroyed, which allows Germany an easier peace deal. Russian communism aggravates Germany into restoring the kaiser, who takes a strong anti-bolshevik stance, culminating in a 'cold war' of sorts between Imperial Germany, The 3rd French Republic, Imperial Germany, and Russia. Neither can act against their foes directly without the third pouncing

The Golden World

Name of a TV series made by Netlix about alternate world in which ww1 never took place and, as a consequence, technological progress was faster, with first nuclear powerplants introduced in 1940s and the German Empire sending the first man into space in 1951. By the year 2020 (in which the show is set) nearly all countries in the world are developed. The show depicts the internal politics of the German Empire and it's main protagonist, Rudolf Beck, the former pilot of the Imperial Air Force who tries to become chancellor.

La Bataille de Trafalgar

 

[Plateosaurus]

La Bataille de Trafalgar

Documentary about the Trafalgar Riots following the European Union Football League 1991 championships. The documentary links the cause if it to inflamed tensions between the more liberal north of France with the increasingly conservative south.

The Eumaeus Project

 

[brunohusker]

The Eumaeus Project

A Christian think tank founded by former Georgia governor and presidential runner up Jimmy Carter whose goal was to give a voice to religious liberals and progressives. The group had a strong following in the late 70s and early 80s but diminished as the more secular Bush administration took over in 84 and evangelical conservatives started getting politically active in the 90s.

Today, the group is seen as more centrist than left or right, having received criticism from the far left and irreligious liberals, but still gives a voice to left of center religious voices in the United States.

The Great Emo War of Aught Three.

 

[oboro]

A Christian think tank founded by former Georgia governor and presidential runner up Jimmy Carter whose goal was to give a voice to religious liberals and progressives. The group had a strong following in the late 70s and early 80s but diminished as the more secular Bush administration took over in 84 and evangelical conservatives started getting politically active in the 90s.

Today, the group is seen as more centrist than left or right, having received criticism from the far left and irreligious liberals, but still gives a voice to left of center religious voices in the United States.

The Great Emo War of Aught Three.

Album made by Kid Rock making fun of emo kids, who, when Bush decided to invade Iraq and reinstate the draft, were selected preferentially, as W saw it as a way to own the libs, giving the whiners and goths something to really worry about

Pre-Edisonic Musical Recordings

 

[Whitewings]

Album made by Kid Rock making fun of emo kids, who, when Bush decided to invade Iraq and reinstate the draft, were selected preferentially, as W saw it as a way to own the libs, giving the whiners and goths something to really worry about

Pre-Edisonic Musical Recordings

The name applied to a once-conjectural recording technique based in photochemistry and audio-controlled electric current modulation to create a reasonably high quality audio recording on a strip of film, in essence a soundtrack with no accompanying movie, using only technologies available in the early 1870s. As a publicity gag, George and Emma Payne built a recorder and player using the technique and convinced a number of vocal and instrumental artists to visit their workshop in upstate New York and contribute to the first use of the technology. then released the strips in intentionally antiquated-looking tins, claiming to have found the strips and player in various antique stores. The claim stood up to no scrutiny, but the gag did its job in earning the House of Payne Electronics Workshop enough publicity for the couple to quit their old jobs, and the occasional "discovery" of "lost" pre-Edisonic musical recordings has become a running gag in steampunk circles.

The Promised Neverland

 

[Plateosaurus]

The Promised Neverland

Documentary about the infamous troubled production of Peter Pan of Neverland, Michael Jackson's passion project who was to co-direct alongside Alan Johnson. Made over a five-year period racketed by some of the worst incidents a film incident can suffer, and punctuated by his untimely death in 1990. It was eventually taken over by Stephen Spielberg.

Charlottetown History and Science Museum, est. 1968

 

[Plateosaurus]

Charlottetown History and Science Museum, est. 1968

The museum was built for the centennial of the Quebec Republic. Its main focus is on maritime and atlantic history and nature, with some halls dedicated to palaeontology and geology.

The Men who cried Witch
(if you're wondering, yes make it like The Boy Who Cried Wolf)