A rumored spin-off of the fictional in-universe character Poochie from The Simpsons. The only word of it was an off-hand mention of it as an idea by Matt Groening in a 1998 interview, following his debut in The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie show. However, nothing more ever came of it. This has become a common discussion among lost media communities.
A short novel by Roald Dahl. Aimed at adults, it tells the story of a somewhat careless vintner and his not quite fruitless attempts to keep the local great tits away from his grapes (their fondness for his grapes is noted to be very unusual). Mostly a horror author, the book was one of his few works that could honestly be described as light and relatively cheerful.
A novel by Charles Dickens, this was a sequel to A Christmas Carol but a prequel to The Chimes, this story depicted a carousel that came to life and bitterly resented its creators for abandoning it. This story foreshadowed the character of Trotty in The Chimes.
A biography of notorious Venezuelan revolutionary and mass murderer Hugo Chavez, who escaped justice after his 1992 coup attempt and led a gurilla campaign for twenty years before his death by cancer in 2012. The biography chronicles his descent into increasingly messianic extreme socialism, as Venezuela flitted between center-right, centrist and left-wing socialist (but still sane about it) parties with a series of elections that were remarked on by the rest of the world as growing less and less corrupt each time, as Venezuela improved in economics, human rights and living standards consistently.
Battlecraft V: Empire's Fall was the fifth book of the Battlecraft: Pacific War series about the fall of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It was written by Isaac Asimov and was praised for its accuracy to the real-world Pacific Theater of World War II. Highlights included the island-hopping campaign, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was generally received as the second-best book in the Battlecraft series, with only Battlecraft I: Day of Infamy (which was about Pearl Harbor and the initial stages of the Pacific Theater of World War II) being better.
A comedic pop punk supergroup consisting of Tim Armstrong (Rancid) on vocals, Mike Ness (Social Distortion) on guitar, Mike Dirnt (Green Day) on bass, and Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake) on drums. The band was active from 1996 to 2003. As the name suggests, the band's entire schtick was immature, juvenile humor and black comedy played ironically, and backed by catchy choruses with power chords. They released two major albums: Long, Hard and Full of Seamen in 1998, and Every Single Inch of My Love in 2001, both to moderate success. The band broke up due to pre-existing commitments, but they do retain a strong cult following to this day.
A speech by Congressman Ricardo Mountbain in 1997 to the House of Representatives, shortly before his resignation. During a very public stress-related nervous breakdown, Mountbain declared that the House was 'a House of Flies on the carcass of a once great nation'. In fairness, the US had been in an economic death spiral for the last three years following the collapse of the European Union into civil war and the SARS epidemic in China in recent months hadn't made things better. Most of Congress, increasingly wealthy and in hock to wealthy interests who believed things could be ridden out even as people were driven out of their homes and practically starving in the streets all over the country.
An animated series that ran from 1983 to 1987, about the titular Booger Hill Gang, a group of friendly hoodlums in NYC, who look out for the community they live in. While it was it is a bit quaint and corny, it was notable for covering topics like gang violence, drug use, poverty, racism, and bullying, in a family friendly manner, thus helping to introduce such topics to a wider audience.
In 1985 at JFK stadium in Philadelphia, a group of protestors from the infamous Westboro Baptist Church protested outside. While police protected them and counter protestors, a cop named John Fosella punched church leader Fred Phelps after Phelps saw a group of Catholic nuns and apparently called them “whores of Babylon, who sodomize the Pope.” Fosella, himself a devout Catholic, punched Phelps and a riot ensued. Fosella was fired but later sued the WBC, while Live Aid organizers condemned the church and argued such protests shouldn’t be allowed.
In 1988, a beer promotion done by Budweiser went horribly wrong due to a the beer being contaminated with a strain of a virus that caused drinkers to get violently ill. Because the promotion Budweiser was doing was citywide large swaths of Milwaukee's population ended up puking and the mess was so severe. Clean up efforts took till the end of the month. Hence, Budweiser now has this nickname among many circles.
A haunted house attraction that went horribly wrong. Camp Bloodbath was located by a lake in the Redwood forests of Northern California, and was opened on 1995 as a haunted house attraction.
Flashman vs the She-Devil with a Sword was the name of a short run comic series in the early 90s, reasonably popular back in the day but since mostly forgotten.
Iranian-French novelist Marjane Satrapi, after the publishing of her book Persepolis, decided to allow an art challenge by requesting that young artists paint scenes from her novel on the walls of her house.
2009 song by Taylor Swift making fun of her ex, Ed Sheehan, who she broke up with to marry the much older David Allan Coe. Many felt Swift had married Coe for money and hoped he’d pass away from years of drug abuse, and to convince people, she wrote a song about asking Sheeran to marry her, but he said no.
