Secret Movie Cameos: E.T.’s Bedroom
December 18, 2011
I SPY...AT THE MOVIES
More fun in-jokes and cameos from the silver screen.
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000)
I Spy...E.T.’s living room
Where to Find It: Wearing nothing but a plastic blow-up swimming-pool toy, Dylan (Drew Barrymore) bursts into a house ...
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How to Eavesdrop on Astronauts
December 12, 2011
Over the past few weeks we're published several excerpts from our very latest annual "Big John" publication, Uncle John's 24-KARAT GOLD Bathroom Reader, a 544-page behemoth of mind-widening wonder. We brought you: • Where Did DEFCON Come From? ...
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The Tupperware Story
December 3, 2011
THE TUPPERWARE STORY
Today the word Tupperware is a generic term for any plastic food container
with a sealable lid. That’s thanks to two people: Earl Tupper, inventor
of the product that bears his name, and Brownie Wise, who has
been all but eras...
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Where Did “DEFCON” Come From?
December 1, 2011
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The Hawaiian Island You Cannot Go To
November 6, 2011
FORBIDDEN ISLAND, USA
If you’ve ever visited the Hawaiian islands, you may already know that
one of them, Niihau, west of Kauai, is off-limits to outsiders. Here’s the
story of how that came to be, and what life on the island is like today.
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