The Trouble with Tribbles is a headline by the New York Times about the original Star Trek in 1968. It refers to an incident where a madman tried to bomb the CBS Paramount studio in Hollywood using mini bombs disguised as Tribble props. The bombings thankfully didn't kill anyone, but several crew members were injured, including both Shatner and Nimoy. Afterwards, the "Tribble" concept was abandoned for its association.
Title of both the 1956 film staring Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe, and the 1998 remake staring Hugh Grant and Rose McGowan. Both films center around a married couple slowly falling out of love, with title referencing how the husband repeatedly brings the wife flowers, seemingly only because it is expected of him with no meaning behind the gesture. Both films were generally praised, though many felt Hugh Grant's performance in the remake was hurt by his bad attempt at an American accent.
A romance novel written by Mitch Albom that tells the story of Betsy Hough, a middle aged woman who moved to the seaside town of Moody’s Point Michigan after working as a traveling musician. Betsy then lives in a small beach house, trying to make friends but only has one local, a man named Jack Hooper, who treats her with any sort of warmth. The two both are lost souls having moved to the community hoping to settle down but haven’t found anything, though throughout the novel, they grow closer in friendship and later a romance. Both then decide they’ve found their own paradise in Moody’s point. However they also learn paradise is not where a person is but who they are with, and eventually they travel the world. The novel was critically panned but sold well. A Netflix movie was also made starring Vera Farmiga and Andre Braugher as the two leads. The movie was somewhat better received but still seen as schlocky.
2002 indie comedy staring Norm MacDonald, about a divorcee who rents out an RV to travel the country and find himself again in the wake off his marriage imploding due to his wife's infidelity. Fairly well reviewed if only for the performances of both Norm MacDonald and Bruce Campbell.
A forgotten sitcom that aired in the mid '90s about a single father rising three children who has to hide his other life as a serial killer. The violence shown in the scenes where the main character commits his murders and their jarring difference in tone to the scences involving his family tree led to the show being cancelled after 13 episodes.
The first installment in a series of fantasy novels by Piers Anthony, concerning the antics of a morning-show radio crew (later a TV crew after their station was shut down in the fourth book) consisting of a mix of humans and magical creatures. Anthony wrote the book to pay off some bills after Ballantine Books rejected A Spell For Chameleon due to accusations of sexist content, only for it to turn into his main money-making organ.
A comedic parody of the murder of orient express. steven chow brought owen wilson and jackie chan into this project. filled with countless references to various detective and mysteries legends. this cult classic is a great way to spend anyoneboring night.
Children's book written by Captain Underpants writer and illustrator Dav Pilkey, featuring two children who befriend an alien life form which resembles sentient spaghetti and meatballs, and of course, communicates in fart noises. Featuring the same humor that found Pilkey success with Captain Underpants, the book and it's sequels proved very popular.
Character in the book series "The Chronices of Albion", which takes a look at British history though a fantasy lenses, going from the times of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to Victoria "the Eternal" pushing the army of the God-Emperor Barbarossa out of Albion. In the books, Pitt the Elder is a member of a council that helps the High King to govern their vast land.
A short animated action film about sentient panada (bread in soup) which have horrific atrocities inflicted on them in an attempt to prevent more from springing into existence. It was a thinly-veiled commentary on the Holocaust and the depiction of gas chambers was very realistic. The daughter of the title is a general concept, that of the next generation, but also the main character's child who is kidnapped halfway through the film.
A popular comics series from POW! Comics about a coven of vampires throughout history. Not to be confused with the Marvel comic series of the same name.
The name of the book by American historian, Richard Bailey, detailing the bizarre correspondence between President Theodore Roosevelt and Al Capone, the last man to ever serve a full sentence in Alcatraz prison.
A 2021 book written by libertarian activist JC Watts about how the Pawnee tribe was bailed out in Watts’s home state of Sequoyah. Watts argued that the bailout didn’t really help the tribe, who used the money simply to build a bigger casino in Tulsa rather than helping poor tribal members. Watts however was criticized for his portrayal of the Pawnee and many ended up calling him a “racist Uncle Tom” for his views on them.
