Search results for: “inventor”
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Operation Varsity Blues (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Operation Varsity Blues: Never trust a man who wears warmups too much. Quick synopsis for Operation Varsity Blues: The story of all those rich jerks who paid to have their kids fraudulently get into college. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Aunt Becky from Full House went to jail because of…
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The Lady and the Dale (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Lady and the Dale: A three-wheeled car looks no less ridiculous than those three-wheel motorcycles. Quick synopsis: The story of Elizabeth Carmichael and her three-wheeled car, the Dale. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Liz Carmichael was born Jerry Dean Michael in 1927 in Indiana. Well, allegedly as she had…
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Allen v. Farrow (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Allen v. Farrow: This is so gross. Quick synopsis: The story of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s relationship. Fun Fact Non-History People Should Know Will Like: Woody Allen hired people to follow the detectives investigating the child molestation charges against him. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Woody Allen films a movie…
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The Movies That Made Us (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Movies That Made Us: 12-year-old Brendan was so psyched for this! Quick synopsis: Mini-documentaries on some of your favorite movies…and Dirty Dancing (I kid, ladies). Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Home Alone was nearly cancelled when it almost completely finished. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Dan Aykroyd’s family is…
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The Imposter (Prime)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Imposter: This is impersonating a good true crime documentary. Quick synopsis: The disappearance of Nicholas Barclay and the imposter who tried to take his identity. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The imposter, Frederic Bourdin, has impersonated at least 3 actual missing teenagers. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Nicholas Barclay…
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More Than Miyagi (Amazon)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for More Than Miyagi: He was in a lot more than you remember! Quick synopsis: The life of actor and comedian Noriyuki “Pat” Morita. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Morita actually had a disease which was supposed to render him unable to walk, but an experimental surgery healed him. Fun Fact…
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(Un)well (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for (Un)well: If you can’t have the Tiger King, have some Sasha Cobra. Quick synopsis: A TV series which looks at a different, ahem, medicinal alternative in each episode. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I’ll just go ahead and list some of the alternative medical treatments in this series in order…
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Challenger: The Final Flight (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Challenger: The Final Flight: Government bureaucracy led to a tragedy? You don’t say. Quick synopsis: The story of NASA’s 1986 Challenger disaster. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The disaster occurred because of large rubber O-rings. The morning of the launch, the manufacturer of the solid rocket booster needed to be…
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Fyre (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Fyre: This made me hate Instagram more than I already did. Yes, get off my lawn. Quick synopsis: Documentary on the Fyre festival. It was supposed to be a concert on a Caribbean island which would last for days. It turned into a legitimate nightmare. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like:…