Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[El Pollo Guerrera]

There was also a Pikachu in the background.

"Goldmember" was distributed by New Line Cinema (division of Warner), and the first three Pokemon movies were distributed in the US by Warner. Would have pretty easy to acquire the rights.

(Actually, the rights to Pokemon in the US went to Miramax in 2001, so it's likely the scene was filmed earlier and left in because a] any screen time is good advertising or b] everyone forgot about it.)


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I love that in "Godzilla: Final Wars", the 'original' Godzilla finds and decimates the 'US' Godzilla (renamed Zilla, thanks to Jay Leno) in a fight lasting about 20 seconds.

US MMA fighter "The Predator" Don Frye starred in "Godzilla: Final Wars".

[fireheart]

Was this before or after the Broderick Godzilla? If after, you can see why. Toho doesn't want another shitfest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu62k4K4sQ4

The movie came out in 2002. You tell me

[Aragarthiel]

There's a lightning storm in Venezuela that's been going for over 500 years.

[Tama]

Was this before or after the Broderick Godzilla? If after, you can see why. Toho doesn't want another shitfest

[fireheart]

So in Austin Powers Goldmember, there's a scene involving a fake Godzilla and a person in a Charmander costume running around.

Apparently the copyright for Charmander was easier to obtain than the copyright for Godzilla.

[dawnfire]

here's some odd facts about Australia http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/spe...-1227191582756

[Bardmaiden]

The words to the Londonderry Air aka Danny Boy were written by an English Lawyer Frederic Weatherly who had never been to Ireland.

[Kit-Ginevra]

...but it makes up for that now with its present inhabitants

[fireheart]

Melbourne was named after the British Prime minister William Lamb, 2nd viscount Melbourne. I think Batmania is a cooler name.

Thank you! , Adelaide was named after Queen Adelaide (William IVs royal consort), Perth was named after A town in scotland, Darwin was named after Charles Darwin (I am not making this up...he was on the boat that surveyed the Northern Territory and one of the crew on the boat opted to name the area port Darwin after him), Brisbane was named after the governor of New South Wales in 1825 (although the town itself was not chosen until Queensland was established as a separate colony in 1859) and that's all I can find.

Another fun fact: South Australia was one of the few states NOT founded by ex-convicts.

[dawnfire]

Melbourne was named after the British Prime minister William Lamb, 2nd viscount Melbourne. I think Batmania is a cooler name.

[wolfie]

Does this mean that moonshiners were also counterfeiters?

[fireheart]

Far as I can find, it was in 1793, several years after the founding of the settlement, that rum became considered legal tender in New South Wales, and remained so for 17 years.

Sounds like the 25-year figure I was quoted may have referred to other colonies forming and keeping the rule there for some time.

(Quick Aus history sum-up: when Australia was first founded, it was known as "New South Wales. Then new colonies started forming separately. I believe the order was something like Victoria, SA, Qld, WA. Tasmania was originally known as Van Diemen's Land up until around the 1800's, then became named Tasmania after Abel Tasman. In 1901, they opted to unite the above named colonies into one nation, which was our Australian federation and with it came the choosing of both a prime minister and our countries capital. Originally Melbourne was slated as the capital, but they eventually decided to make a new city-state for the capital, and the Australian Capital Territory was born. NT was the last of the territories to form and did so much later.)

Also a fun fact: Melbourne was originally known as Batmania. Why? Because the guy who designed the city had the last name Batman. They eventually settled on Melbourne for some reason that escapes me.

(BTW, I apologise if there's a lot missing there, I'm heavily paraphrasing off of what I can remember.)

[Kittish]

Far as I can find, it was in 1793, several years after the founding of the settlement, that rum became considered legal tender in New South Wales, and remained so for 17 years.

[fireheart]

A random one (the verifiability of this is a bit questionable):

In the first 25 years of Australia being settled as a nation (not sure if this is pre or post-Federation), rum was legal tender.

[firecat88]

More Newsies trivia:

- In researching the character of Racetrack, Max Casella found that the young newsie had been quite the gambler in real life. He took his research and his getting-into-character a bit too far, though, resulting in phone calls from angry moms when their sons would lose their allowance and lunch money to him playing craps and such.

- Spot's slingshot and cane were added to the character at the request of Gabriel Damon, the actor who played him, upon his discovery that the real Spot Conlon was known for having them. Reportedly, he became quite good with the slingshot.

- Several of the cast and crew were involved in the making of a horror movie spoof called 'Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square'. In this short film, Don Knotts (played by Mark David) goes on a murderous rampage on the Newsies movie set after having been denied a role in the movie. It was directed by Michael Goorijan (Skittery), filmed by Ivan Dudynsky (Dutchy), and produced by Max Casella (Racetrack). It can be found in multiple parts on Youtube. It's...really freakin' weird. O.o