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Dolly Parton is Pretty Metal

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There are a lot of words and one or two somewhat vulgar hand gestures you could use to describe Dolly Parton and although the self-described backwoods Barbie has released songs in a number of genres, metal isn’t one of them. Which hasn’t stopped her from absolutely rocking the shit out of capacity crowds anyway. 

The Crew of ‘Mad Max’ Were Paid in Beer

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For several years Mad Max held the rather prestigious title of “most profitable film ever fucking made” (emphasis ours) thanks to a combination of an almost non existent budget and massive box office success. If you’re wondering how a film filled with stunts, explosions and kick ass leather jackets, that may have something to do with the fact the director paid some of the crew with beer. 

The Soviet Soldiers Who Spent Weeks Harassing Germans During WW2

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We think it’s safe to say that the Soviets gave the Wehrmacht a pretty hard time during WW2 and there are few, if any real instances of the German’s achieving victory against the Soviets without either catastrophic loss of life or at least one instance of a Soviet soldier dicking them over. One of the best examples of this happened in the middle of the war when the Wehrmacht took over a Russian fortress and the soldiers inside, rather than giving up, hid in the basement and spent several weeks harassing the shit out the Germans. 

The Secret Tower In The Middle Of London

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For several decades, the BT Tower, a 600 foot tall tower that had been featured in shows like Dr Who and was visited daily by hundreds, if not thousands of people, was officially considered a secret by the British Government and its location was classified.

The Adorable Way Tarantino Got Rod Taylor To Play Churchill

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Though Rod Taylor spent less time on screen in Inglourious Basterds than Adolf Hitler, he spent weeks preparing for the role, a role he never wanted in the first place, until Tarantino convinced him it was a great idea.