The Rory John Podcast

We go from Clueless to Frankenstein via Jane Austen, Goths, Free Love and Mary Shelley.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clueless_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley

Today we go from Pac-Man to Gene Hackman via a Guinness fishing trip. Please do share this podcast with a friend if you think they'll enjoy it - it would really help me out. And I'm on Twitter @theroryjohn if you'd like to get in touch x

Here are the articles I refer to -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman

Was there cocaine in Coca Cola? We find out as we go from Coke to Tom Hanks via the 1970s sitcom Happy Days

I'm on Twitter @theroryjohn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukebox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks

We find out if KFC's Colonel Sanders is a REAL Colonel, then discover how The Goonies, Stranger Things, and Lord of the Rings star Sam Astin has 4 dads, and hear about how TV's favourite detective Columbo came to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Astin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_(narrative)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo

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Today we go from Pringles to the Warner Bros via Middle Earth - including two lovely marriages, two people who died the same month, and two people who were cut-off because of religion

Here are the pages -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Warner

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Today we go from Cadbury to Greensleeves via a Glasgow Turf War and find out why an ice-cream with a flake is called a 99.

Here are the articles I refer to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_van

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensleeves

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Today we go from Peter Pan to a War Hero who never really existed via the Llewelyn-Davies Boys and Ben Whishaw's spy grandad.

Here are the articles I refer to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Llewelyn_Davies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llewelyn_Davies_boys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Whishaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(James_Bond)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fraser-Smith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat

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Today we go from Adidas to JFK's Killer's Funeral - via a brotherly war and a black glove.

Here are the articles I refer to -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Dassler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_(brand)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallbearer

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In this episode we go from Birdseye to the Nazi Olympics via a classroom on a rainy day.

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Here are the pages I discuss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Birdseye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics

And more info on Jesse Owens and Luz Long's friendship here -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz_Long

In this episode I go from Fish & Chips to The Parent Trap via a Biblical Tribal War and a Great American Author in just three clicks. Here are the wiki pages I refer to...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_and_the_Pauper