Rocky Horror Picture Show Audience Participation Script

Rocky Horror Picture Show audience pledge

Rocky Horror Picture Show audience participation script The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a parody of science fiction and “B” grade horror films, was a popular cult movie that, due to its unique allowance of audience participation during the showing of the movie, developed a tremendous following during the mid to late 1970’s. The following is…

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The Kodak Brownie Camera (1900’s)

"Boulevard du Temple", the first ever photograph of a person 1838

With the introduction of the Brownie camera, an inexpensive, quality camera for the masses, a photography boom began that has continued through the present day. But the invention of photography came long before the Brownie camera hit the streets and in fact, can be traced back as early as the year 1021.

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The history of the Macarena Song and Dance fad of the 1990’s

Macarena dance at the 2012 CCP4 Study Weekend, University of Warwick

The “Macarena” song and dance grew into an incredibly popular fad during the 1990’s. The song and subsequently the Macarena dance spread like wildfire throughout the mid-1990s. The song and dance remain an often-referenced piece of 1990’s pop-culture, mentioned in TV shows, movies, books, and even by a United States presidential candidate.

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The Kewpie Dolls fad of the 1910’s

German bisque Kewpie, c. 1912, with original heart sticker on its chest

Children have played with dolls since the dawn of civilization.  A fragment of an alabaster doll with movable arms was found that dated from the Babylonian period.  Archeologists have found dolls in Egyptian tombs which date to as early as 2000 BC.  Dolls have been found in the graves of Greek and Roman children.  One…

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History of the Monopoly board game (1930’s)

The oldest known version of the game called Monopoly, handmade by Charles Darrow, is in the Strong Museum in Rochester

Charles B. Darrow invented the Monopoly game. Or did he? It was 1934, the height of the Great Depression, when Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania, took what he called the MONOPOLY board game to the executives at Parker Brothers. Like many other Americans, Charles Darrow was unemployed at the time.  They soundly rejected the…

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