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The man who single-handedly ruined England’s oldest bank, Barings, Nick Leeson made such an impession on the media that Ewan McGregor ended up playing him in the movie. In a nutshell, he made some bad derivatives trades which moved the other way on him to the tune of about 1.3 billion dollars (yes, that’s with […]
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on: May 15, 2001
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In 1980, Marcol’s last season of his nine-year career as the Packers’ placekicker, he led the team to a bizarre overtime win against the Chicago Bears. In a sequence that would quickly secure itself as one of football’s best finishes, he turned possible humiliation into unexpected jubilation and renewed tensions between the Packers and their […]
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on: May 8, 2001
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This is the guy who embarassed the Russians and astounded the world, when in 1987 at the age of 19 flew a Cessna 172B undetected all the way from Malmi airport in Helsinki, landing the craft in Moscow’s Red Square. He was sentenced to 8 years hard labour but released the following August. Thanks for […]
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on: May 8, 2001
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Yahoo Serious is best know for his weird hair and a movie called “Young Einstein”, lotsa hype, did the talk show circuit, the cover of Time magazine, and somewhere in a sea of quantum foam, the real Einstein rolled in his grave.
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on: May 7, 2001
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Mr. Potatoe-head himself. He is possibly the reigning champion for All Time Butt of Most Talk Show Hosts, and selected outtakes of his genius still circulate the internet in the form of oft-forwarded “Actual Dan Quayle Quotes” emails. Remember, this man once speculated that we could probably breathe on Mars, but bear in mind his […]
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on: May 7, 2001
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In 1984 on a NYC subway car four black youths asked asked an unassuming dorky looking white guy for $5. According to the four black guys, they were panhandling for money to play video games. According to the white guy, they were about to rob him. Who’s right? Who knows. But at the end of […]
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on: April 27, 2001
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“Rothrock, national gung fu forms champion in the 1980’s, parlayed a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial into martial arts movie stardom. She was doing Hong Kong movies before Hong Kong movies were cool; before Hollywood caught on to the killer action of John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Sammo Hung. Partnered with Bond Girl Michelle Yeoh in […]
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on: April 26, 2001
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“David Carradine is probably best known for his role as “Kwai Chang Caine” in the 1970’s television show Kung Fu–a series that was originally supposed to star Bruce Lee. Studio heads felt Lee’s English skills weren’t up to the role, and Carradine rocketed to pop culture fame.” –James Hom
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on: April 26, 2001
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“‘Kung Fu Jim’ almost stole the show away from Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon with his hip bad dude ‘tude and flashy martial arts skills. Hollywood took notice, and Kelly was soon starring in his own films. It was the golden age of blaxpoitation, and fans cheered as Kelly took on the mob in […]
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on: April 26, 2001
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“Sho Kosugi rode the 80’s ninja craze to stardom in aptly named movies like Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination, 9 Deaths of the Ninja, well, you get the idea. But after the ninja craze died, Kosugi vanished from the martial arts scene, much like the lone ninja characters he […]
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on: April 26, 2001
