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This Thing Rules
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A good show about great things from @brianaltano.bsky.social and @maxscoville.bsky.social. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Overcast, and more.
(We have a bunch of these clip-outs from older episodes that we'd been previously been posting on Instagram, and figured we'd start sharing them here as well. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!)
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The same pair of chimps also attended a screening of 2016's The Legend of Tarzan a few year later; they gave it "Two Opposable Thumbs Up":
Chimpanzees go the the Legend of Tarzan Movie Premiere | MYRTLE BEACH SAFARI
YouTube video by Myrtle Beach Safari
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A version of The Power of Love sans its fancy 3D effects was later released under the name "Forbidden Lover" in 1923. Sadly, both versions of the movie are now presumed lost.
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Thanks! We hope that our stuff entertains and educates in equal measure
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Quaker Oats also wanted to have a proper "Wonka Bar" on shelves on day one, but their first attempts at the bar melted too easily, and were quickly pulled from stores; it would only be in 1975 that they finally managed to bring stable Wonka bars to market:
December 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You *might* have heard before that real chocolate and cream was used to make the river, but it seems this was just another boondoggle of an internet rumor:
Was the River in 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' Really Made of Chocolate and Cream?
The fake river in the 1971 movie allegedly was made from real food that spoiled over time.
www.snopes.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM