Flushed Away From Memory
We go all the way back to a simpler time, when recess was king, when we still felt special, when love came in the form of a purple dinosaur named Barney. Ryan and Parks layout the history of the beloved character as well as the man behind the giant purple mask. Turns out this Dino has been getting busy since the show ended. 😉
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The Culture Dumps team (along with guest Audra Isadora) gears up for the most celebrated women’s music festival of all time, Lilith Fair! What started as the brain child of Sarah McLachlan and ended as a now forgotten chapter in popular music has just as many layers to the story one would expect from a Culture Dump. Girls to the front!
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For our second installment of our food series, “Culinary Dumps,” Ryan and Adam breakdown what might be the most entertaining salad dish of all time. The McSalad Shaker. Interactive and healthy, what could go wrong! Also, there is a dead rat story.
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We finish up our mini series on tragic pop stars Milli Vanilli. Their lip sync game catches up to them in the worst way. But was the blame fairly placed? It usually is not. Stay tuned for a very bizarre and touching KFC commericial.
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We dive into what was perhaps the biggest scandal in pop music history. Milli Vanilli was the sacrificial lamb of lip synching, a practice commonly used in today’s pop music. Perhaps they took it a step too far? Or were they puppets in a nefarious shadow organization of music industry moguls?
Milli Vanilli were the only artists in history to have a Grammy revoked. They also loved to party and eat.
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It’s time for our Halloween special! For the debut of our food-focused side series, “Culinary Dumps,” we discuss the infamous black bun clad Halloween Whopper. Enjoy, and don’t look into the toilet!
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Welcome to Culture Dumps! Throughout this series we will be diving into the bleakest corners of pop culture. Whether it’s music, tv, celebrities, food, or events, if it was forgotten or a failure we will talk about it! For our first episode we talk about the all but forgotten Hands Across America when millions of Americans held hands for fifteen minutes in a row spanning the entire United States. It wasn’t nearly as great as it sounds.
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