12 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Mindlessly Babble About on Your Next Late-Night Show Appearance
You ever watch an episode of South Park and think, “These guys should make a Barney?” The creators of Barney & Friends did.
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The Vinyl Album That Smells Like Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vagina
The punk band Private Function offered a vinyl variant of their latest album that’s scented like that Goop candle that smells like Paltrow’s vagina. They sold out, and the records are reportedly reselling for $700.
What If We Kissed in the Sydney Sweeney Bath?
Sweeney is selling soap that’s supposedly infused with her used bathwater. If you want to be mad about it, be mad at the demand, not the supply.
The World’s Most Uncomfortable Uber
An Uber and Lyft driver in Philadelphia has decked out his car inside and out with Eagles merch, including several model eagles perched on his roof rack. An exterior speaker plays a 10-minute clip of Eagle calls or the song “Fly, Eagles, Fly.”
Russia Wants to Ban ‘Shrek’
A Russian state official has said that movies like Shrek, The Grinch and Monsters, Inc. represent an “infiltration of Western culture” and has called for popularizing ancient Soviet children’s entertainment.
Wordle, But for Guessing Notable People’s Wikipedia Pages
WikiWho is a game that blurs out the majority of a random person’s Wikipedia page, and has you guess whose it is based on extremely limited information.
Trey Parker Almost Directed a Barney Movie
One of the oddest impacts of the original proto-South Park short The Spirit of Christmas is that it caught the eye of the folks over at Barney & Friends, who offered Parker more than $1 million to direct their next movie.
How Many Young Actors Wanted to Be the New Harry, Hermione and Ron?
Over 30,000 actors from Ireland and the U.K. tried out for the HBO collaboration with famous bigot and aspiring author J.K. Rowling. The three main characters have just been announced, and they’re signed up for at least a decade of this shit.
Texas Sellouts Want Hollywood to Produce Texas Propaganda
Washed-up dorks like Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are lobbying for a bill that would offer huge monetary incentives to film movies and TV shows in the state, with the catch that they can’t say anything bad about Texas.
The European Space Agency Is Going to Blast the Song From ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Into Space
To celebrate 50 years of the agency, the iconic waltz “By the Beautiful Blue Danube” will be played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, with the live recording being broadcast blindly into space via an antenna in Spain.
Jenna Fischer Was Fired for Sneaking Into an ‘SNL’ Party
Before her acting career took off, Fischer was a typist for the TV Critics Association, and she snuck into a work party that she wasn’t invited to. Her boss obviously saw her and fired her, but she said, “It was fine because I met Molly Shannon.”
Shannon imparted some powerful advice, too: “Whatever you do, don’t give up. It took me 10 years to get on Saturday Night Live, and my best advice to you is just know it’ll happen eventually if you just stick with it.”
Broadway Had Its Best Year Ever
The 2024-25 season saw a 23-percent increase from the previous season, bringing in $1.9 billion.
What Was the Highest-Grossing Film of the ‘80s?
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade raked in $474 million at the box office, The Empire Strikes Back hit $538 million, but E.T. blows them both out of the water at $793 million (on a $10 million budget).
