Trivia Tracks

In this episode, Pryce gives some facts about outlaw country legends Johnny Bush, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver, all of whom died within a span of three weeks last October; also, the feud involving Three Stooges comedy short producers Jules White and Hugh McCollum (a repeat of a recent segment), forgotten wrestler Bob Sweetan, some unplanned movies with Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney), and Memorial Day.

In this episode, Pryce talks about legendary college football coach Lou Little, bizarre brand extensions, the late wrestler Tracy Smothers, the history of Sonic Drive-In (a rebroadcast of a previous segment), and the ill-fated TV drama Profit (yet another rebroadcast of a previous segment).

In this episode, Pryce gives you some interesting facts about Paul Newman; “Boontling”, the jargon/argot spoken by people in Northern California since the late 19th century (a re-airing of a recent segment); classic wrestler Gorilla Monsoon; the Rev. Jerry Falwell (a rebroadcast of a previous segment); and a Chicago office supply salesman’s lucky $1 million...

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In this episode, Pryce talks about The White House Cafe (one of Camden, Arkansas’ oldest restaurants), electric bassist Carol Kaye (a re-airing of a previous segment), The Fabulous Freebirds (wrestling fans will know them), the short-lived TV series Nightingales (on National Nurses Day; another repeat of a recent segment), and some movie roles Cary Grant missed...

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In this episode, Pryce gives you the facts about Mel Tillis, singer-songwriter Shandi Sinnamon (a replay of a previous segment), women’s wrestling star Wendi Richter, the story of Mark Tatum aka “The Man Without a Face” (yet another replay of a recent segment), and how Gilded Age icon Diamond Jim Brady ate himself to death...

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In this episode, Pryce talks about Characters no longer on The Simpsons (Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, and Maude Flanders), Facts about The Carter Family, “Uncle Joe” Cannon (the man who’s often called the most dominant Speaker in the history of the House of Representatives; he held that position from 1903 to 1911. In 1923, the...

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In this episode, Pryce talks about Cover Up (one of TV’s countless one-season-or-less wonders), Ray Kroc (just factoids; if the name Ray Kroc sounds familiar, it’s because he bought out McDonald’s from its sibling founders Dick and Maurice), Mr. Wrestling II, Jay North – Life After Dennis the Menace (how he came to terms with...

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In this episode Pryce talks about the Ouachita County Medical Center, legendary animator Tex Avery, wrestling icon ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund, David Cassidy and Man Undercover (his first post-Partridge Family effort that lasted only 10 episodes), and what the world looked like in the year 1998.

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In this episode, Pryce gives you the details on classic film and tv character ‘Zorro’, classic musician Phil Harris, The Universal Wrestling Federation, and famous composer Buddy Morrow.

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In this episode, Pryce talks about the progressive-era’s Women’s Club movement, the off-screen personality of Andy Griffith, classic wrestler Ken Patera, and play-based movie ‘The Women’, and The Dean Martin Show’s ‘Gold Diggers’.

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