Finding Nemo” is the best-selling DVD of all time and, until 2010’s “Toy Story 3”, it was the highest-grossing, G-rated movie at the box office Flashcards
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BSA
As every little boy (of my era) knows, the Scouting movement was founded by Lord Baden-Powell, in 1907. He also founded the Girl Guide and Girl Scout organization in 1910, along with this sister Agnes Baden-Powell. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) soon followed, also in 1910. The Boy Scouts motto is “Be Prepared”.
The stage musical “Hairspray” is based on the original 1988 film by him .
John Waters
The stage musical was in turn adapted for the big screen, in a film of the same name released in 2007 and starring John Travolta.
This , the 1974 musical, was written by Charlie Smalls and is an African-American adaptation of Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.
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Thr wiz
The film version of the stage show was released in 1978, starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow.
Also wicked
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NEONS
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas opened in 1996 and features many old signs from the heyday of the Las Vegas Strip. Much of the museum is a “boneyard”, housing about 150 signs on 6 acres of land.
Sex Education” is a marvelous Netflic comedy-drama show made for Netflix that stars
Gillian Anderson as a single-mother and sex therapist, and Asa Butterfield as her insecure teenage son.
This is a 2003 stage musical that is a retelling of the L. Frank Baum novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.
Wicked” (more completely, “Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz”)
This show was written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, a production that turned out to be a very successful follow-up to their prior hit, “The Pajama Game
In the musical show “Damn Yankees”, the title refers to the New York Yankees baseball team that dominated the sport in the fifties. That said, the show tells the story of a man who sells his soul to help his beloved Washington Senators team beat the Yankees and win the pennant. So, “Damn Yankees” is yet another version of the classic German legend of “Faust”.
The future was looking really rosy for Adler and Ross but, sadly, Jerry Ross died of obstructive lung disease only a few weeks after “Damn Yankees” opened on Broadway in 1955. He was just 29 years old.
MTV debut year and debut video
MTV
The first video played at the launch of MTV the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” (I love that song), followed by Pat Benatar singing “You Better Run”
was a World and Olympic Champion figure skater from Oslo, Norway who competed in the days when “amateur” sports stars were not paid. She made up for her lack of income from competing by developing a career in Hollywood. She was one of the highest-paid film stars at the height of her movie career.
Sonja Henie
is a Pulitzer-winning 2019 musical by Michael R. Jackson. The main character works at a theater showing “The Lion King”. His name is Usher, and he works as an usher. If that’s not confusing, there’s also the storyline: Usher is a Black queer man writing a musical about a Black queer man writing a musical.
“A Strange Loop
Grease” is a very successful stage musical with a blockbuster film version released in 1978. The movie stars
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Travolta wasn’t the first choice for the lead role. It was first offered to Henry Winkler of “Happy Days” fame in which he played “the Fonz”. Winkler turned down the role for fear of being typecast as a leather-clad fifties “hood”.
Science etymology
First detected in the suns atmosphere in 68 it got its name from an old word for sun
Helium
Helios the sun
discovered there before on earth
Business
This company announced on September 29th 2023 we will send out thr last red envelope
Netflix
Out of the mail order business
arachnophobia is to a fly as this is to a mouse
So fly I got arachnophobia
Allure uh phobia - fear of cats
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O fuh die uh phobia or oh fid uh phobia ?- fear of snakes
Not a fear of a 91 womens magazine founded by Linda wells
Grenamo who is from this tribe name has become a staple of jumping from high places
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