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Basement to big screen: Wayne’s World making-of mayhem (and why it works)
Wayne’s World making-of: Bohemian Rhapsody headbang, “No Stairway” gag, Mirthmobile facts & filming trivia. Party time, excellent.
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Why The Sandlot Still Hits Like a Home‑Run (And Yeah, Makes You Want That Tee)
Dust, dogs, and puke gags: the messy, hilarious making of The Sandlot—Beast puppets, PF Flyers, and the origin of “You’re killin’ me, Smalls!”
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Up, Up, Down, Down… and suddenly you’re hot: the Konami Code origin story
Up, up, down, down… and boom: 30 lives, high scores, and millennial respect from across the room. We break down the happy accident that escaped Konami’s lab, why Contra made it gospel, and the nerd fights over “Select Start.”
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Freddie Mercury at Live Aid: twenty minutes that bent time, tuned Wembley, and left the couch cheering
Queen’s Live Aid set wasn’t a performance; it was a takeover. We break down the setlist architecture, the crowd-conducting magic, and Freddie’s powerful final chapter—handled with love, volume, and zero gloom.
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Red pill, blue pill: The psychology of the matrix
The trench coat moment that launched a thousand debates. We unpack red pill vs. blue pill—Plato’s Cave, existentialism, systems vs. self—and why wearing the question beats pretending there isn’t one.
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Old-School Ski: when the Olympics looked like a highlighter factory crashed into a jet stream
Before wind-tunnel chic, ski racing dressed like a highlighter and bombed mountains like a mixtape deadline. We decode 80s/90s Olympic design—neon palettes, geometric aggression, wax wizardry—and why the look still slaps on a tee (no lycra required).
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Wildflowers: the Tom Petty record that tells you to drop the baggage and keep the heart
Wildflowers is Petty at his most human: wooden floors, live takes, and lines that sneak past your armor. We dig into the sessions, the band chemistry, and the lyrics that feel like a permission slip to finally breathe.
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Reading Playboy: cocktails, cartoons, and a bunny that out-hustled the internet
When TV had three channels, Playboy crashed the party with cocktails, cartoons, and interviews that could out-think your professor. We raid the early-days vault—Hef facts, mansion lore, and the bunny’s unlikely empire—with just enough mischief to make your bar cart blush.
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Stephen King’s IT: hidden tricks, behind-the-scenes chills, and why Derry won’t leave your brain
Return to Derry for a spoiler-lite tour of IT’s best secrets—Easter eggs you missed, on-set wizardry that made the scares land, and why the Losers’ Club story hits like 80s/90s nostalgia with teeth. Perfect fuel for your next late-night rewatch.
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