Archive for April, 2015
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MUSIC LEGEND: A song was re-named years after it first came out because it was used in a clip package […]
April 30th, 2015 | Posted in Music Legends Revealed | 4 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Walt Disney used to not allow women to be trained as animators for his company. A great […]
April 29th, 2015 | Posted in Movie Legends Revealed | 1 Comment
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about novels and novelists and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the novel urban legends featured so far. NOVEL URBAN LEGEND: Charles Dickens was paid by the word. Reader Audrey sent in this one awhile back, […]
April 28th, 2015 | Posted in Grab Bag Legends, Novel Legends Revealed | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: The state of Mississippi once banned Sesame Street. Mississippi has a unique place in the history of […]
April 27th, 2015 | Posted in TV Legends Revealed | 2 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MUSIC LEGEND: Toto’s “Rosanna” was about Rosanna Arquette. Toto was a long-lived band that was particularly popular in the late […]
April 24th, 2015 | Posted in Music Legends Revealed | 2 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE/VIDEO GAME URBAN LEGEND: Universal Studios sued Nintendo over Donkey Kong infringing on their King Kong trademark. One of the […]
April 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Grab Bag Legends, Movie Legends Revealed, Video Game Legends Revealed | 4 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to architecture and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the magazine urban legends featured so far. MAGAZINE URBAN LEGEND: A series of photos of the Normandy landing during D-Day by famed war photographer Robert Capa […]
April 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Grab Bag Legends, Magazine Legends Revealed, Photography Legends Revealed | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: The Da Vinci Code was nearly adapted for the third season of 24. One of the great […]
April 21st, 2015 | Posted in TV Legends Revealed | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MUSIC LEGEND: The hit song “The Poor People of Paris” got its name through a mistaken translation. Talking about the […]
April 20th, 2015 | Posted in Music Legends Revealed | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about toys and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all toy urban legends featured so far! TOY URBAN LEGEND: G.I. Joe‘s Snake Eyes cannot be depicted as being a fan of the New York Yankees. If you […]
April 16th, 2015 | Posted in Grab Bag Legends, Toy Legends Revealed | No Comments