‘Eat Lead!’: When Activists Hacked Talking Barbie
Thanks to the Barbie Liberation Organization, the congenial doll barked military orders and screamed "vengeance is mine!" during a very weird holiday 1993 toy season.
Thanks to the Barbie Liberation Organization, the congenial doll barked military orders and screamed "vengeance is mine!" during a very weird holiday 1993 toy season.
The vivacious doll has held an expansive real estate portfolio since 1962, when her first (foldable) Dreamhouse was unveiled.
Media mogul Ted Turner didn’t hesitate to alter classic Hollywood movies, claiming: “The last time I checked, I owned the films.”
In 1984, audiences were excited for a new Murphy movie. What they got was a glorified cameo.
After decades of development and $200 million spent, Procter & Gamble thought they had the perfect snack food additive with olestra. Too bad it caused “rectal urgency.”
The Smurf-colored trio came up in the counterculture. Then Intel came calling.
In 1993, Fox thought they could win the late-night wars with the premiere of "The Chevy Chase Show." Unfortunately, that was until Chevy Chase walked on stage.
The cartoon from Japan was perfect for an American audience--so long as producers edited out all the beheadings.
In 1984, the explicit comic turned his attention to Saturday morning kid’s television.
In 2003, Fox invited viewers to watch a construction worker lie through his teeth about being rich.
Before Chuck E. Cheese was officially a mouse, he was a rat. And the backstabbing around him was epic.
The short-statured athlete was, in the words of one reporter, the hottest (and shortest) star since Yoda.
The stop-motion hit pitted celebrities in gory battles to the death.
In the 1980s, provocative talk show host Morton Downey Jr. traded barbs (and fists) with guests. Then he took it a step too far.
The device that could turn TVs and lights on with a couple of claps became a pop culture sensation, even though its makers worried people would associate it with venereal disease.
In 1973 Wisconsin, two Cub Scout leaders discovered a neat trick involving heated plastic. A classic toy was born.
The dice sprung up as part of 1950s car culture. But how did they get furry?
With 12,000 pounds of bite force, this 40-foot-tall robot ate cars like candy—and audiences ate it up.
'Silent Night, Deadly Night,' 1984's killer Santa slasher, led some psychologists to worry kids might develop panic disorders and even regress in their toilet training.
How an Ohio-made kitchen knife was reimagined as a piece of Japanese steel—one endorsed by Lorena Bobbitt, in a manner of speaking.
The thumbnail-sized cars were a hit thanks in large part to John Muschitta Jr., the world's fastest-talking pitchman.
It’s 1995, and Guy Bommarito has just bungled an ad campaign so badly that he’s begging Chili’s not to fire him. They give him one last shot.
Devout decedents of the KISS Army could opt to be buried in an official KISS coffin, where Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would wag their tongues at you for all eternity.
'Alien Autopsy,' a gruesome 1995 special that aired on Fox, purportedly depicted an extraterrestrial cadaver being dissected. Was it a hoax? Yes, but also no.