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The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. [1] They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways.
The plot centers on two laundry workers named Rocky and Leo in a small Pennsylvania town in 1969. After finishing up a shift at work, the men drive around, getting drunk and searching for an auto-inspection station. The inspection certification on Rocky's car runs out at midnight and he needs to find somewhere that will renew it.
Homestar Runner was created in Atlanta in 1996 by University of Georgia [5] [6] [7] students Mike Chapman and friend Craig Zobel, who wrote the original picture book, The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest, while working summer jobs surrounding the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment.
Twiddle was an American rock band that is currently taking an indefinite hiatus as of November 26, 2023. They were considered a jam band, and utilized instrumental improvisation in their live performances.
Jay Ward and his business partner Alex Anderson created Bullwinkle for The Frostbite Falls Review, a storyboard idea which was never developed into a series.They gave him the name "Bullwinkle Jay Moose" after Clarence Bullwinkel, who owned a Ford [8] [9] dealership at College and Claremont, in Oakland, California, [10] [11] because they thought it was a funny name. [12]
"More Cowbell" [a] is a comedy sketch that aired on Saturday Night Live on April 8, 2000. The sketch was written by regular cast member Will Ferrell [2] and depicts the recording of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a 1972 ALA Notable Children's Book written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has also won a George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit, a Georgia Children's Book Award, and is a Reading Rainbow book.