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Tupperware pioneered the direct marketing strategy made famous by the Tupperware party. Brownie Wise (1913-1992), a former sales representative of Stanley Home Products, developed the strategy. During the early 1950s, Tupperware’s sales and popularity exploded, thanks in large part to Wise’s influence among women who sold Tupperware, and some of the famous “jubilees” celebrating the success of Tupperware ladies at lavish and outlandishly themed parties. Tupperware was known—at a time when women came back from working during World War II only to be told to “go back to the kitchen” — as a method of empowering women, and giving them a toehold in the post-war business world. The tradition of Tupperware’s “Jubilee” style events continues to this day, with rallies being held in major cities to recognize and reward top-selling and top-recruiting individuals, teams, and organizations.

Submitted by Howard B

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Gladiators is a British television series produced by LWT for ITV from 10 October 1992 to 1 January 2000. It is an adaptation of the United States game show American Gladiators. An Australian spin-off and a Swedish one followed. A revival of the show was broadcast on Sky1 in 2008 and 2009 prior to being axed.

Submitted by Guy R

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AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered a pioneer of heavy metal,[1][2] they have always classified their music as rock and roll.[3]
AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage. The band recorded their highly successful album Highway to Hell in 1979. Lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but soon ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released their best-selling album, Back in Black.

Submitted by Tony S

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Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for “S. Claus”.
Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising his role as C-3PO from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Sound designer Ben Burtt also provided sound effects for R2-D2 and Chewbacca.

Submitted by Julia F

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Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. Judge’s short film “Frog Baseball”, starring the characters Beavis and Butt-head was featured on Liquid Television, a show featuring short animated and live action material that could be considered the precursor to Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Cable television channel MTV signed Judge to create the series, and it aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997. The series has retained a large cult following. It is rated TV-14 when reruns are aired in the United States.

Submitted by Jordan S

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Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived in Los Gatos, California by advertising executive Gary Dahl. It is said that some time in April 1975, Dahl was having a conversation with his friends about why he didn’t like to go through the average inconveniences that come with owning most pets. He said that he had a great solution to it. His idea was to sell a pet that would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, groomed (etc…) and would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. He said these (pet rocks) were to be the perfect pets, and joked about it with his friends.[1] However, he took the idea very seriously. The first Pet Rocks were ordinary gray stones bought at a builder’s supply store and marketed as if they were live pets. This was one of the many similarities between pet rocks and live pets that were intended by Dahl. The fad lasted about six months, ending after a short increase in sales during the Christmas season of December 1975. During its short run, the Pet Rock made Dahl a millionaire.[2]

Submitted by Jessie N

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Members Only is a brand of clothing that became popular in the 1980s for the “Members Only Jacket”. The brand was created in 1975 and introduced to American markets in 1979 by Europe Craft Imports (later acquired in 1987 by the Marcade Group).

Members Only was renowned for their brand of jackets, which was first introduced in 1981 and manufactured in a wide variety of colors. The jackets had passants. Their advertising tagline, “when you put it on, something happens”, also gained fame, especially in the early 1990s when several condom manufacturers stole the tagline.

The brand was licensed in 2004 by Kirtie Regan, who resurrected the brand and developed a new line of apparel.

Submitted by Kelly R

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James Stuart Duggan[7] (born January 14, 1954),[3][5] better known by his ring name “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). His best known character is that of an American patriot, which sees him use a 2×4 length of wood as a weapon, the battle cry “Hooo!” and the U-S-A! cheer. During his time in WWE he was the oldest active wrestler after Ric Flair retired in 2008.

Duggan is a survivor of kidney cancer, an illness he was diagnosed with during his time with WCW.[5] Duggan has claimed to have wrestled in all 50 States in America as well as in the countries/territories of Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guam, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland,Spain, Switzerland, Scotland, England and Wales (In The United Kingdom.)

In the WWF, Duggan was the winner of the first-ever Royal Rumble match in 1988[8] and in WCW, he was a one time United States Heavyweight Champion[9] and a one time (and the final) World Television Champion.[10][11]

Submitted by Kenny R

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Footloose is a 1984 American film that tells the story of Ren McCormack, played by Kevin Bacon, a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormack moves to a small town where the local government has banned dancing and rock music. Ren and his classmates want to have a senior prom with music and dancing. They must figure out a way to get around the law and Reverend Shaw Moore, played by John Lithgow, who blames rock music’s influence for the death of his first child.

The movie was loosely based on events that took place in the tiny, rural farming community of Elmore City, Oklahoma.[1] Much of the film was filmed in Utah County, Utah.

Submitted by Sean F

i hereby suggest the NES videogame Crystalis. i loved that game growing up, but i could never get to DYNA. the game is obscure and very difficult.

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Crystalis, known in Japan as God Slayer: Haruka Tenkū no Sonata (ゴッド・スレイヤー はるか天空のソナタ?, lit. “God Slayer: Sonata of the Far-Away Sky”), is an action RPG/action-adventure video game produced by SNK for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on April 13, 1990 in Japan and later that July in the United States. Though Crystalis never became a runaway hit, it is now considered a cult classic.[1] The game’s initial success prompted a release for the Game Boy Color by Nintendo Software Technology in 2000, which is generally considered more of a remake than a simple port.[2][3][4] Many changes were made to the story, music, and other aspects of the game, upsetting many fans of the original.