Where does the word “varsity” come from? You better believe it is a shortening of the word “university”! I … actually find that fascinating. Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) At one point resident Cowboy Robertson sports a Lone Ranger costume to chase down and hog tie varsity athlete Cole. What was the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse and companion?
2) The only notable soundtrack addition is Barenaked Ladies with Grade 9 which peaked at 53 on the Canadian charts. They did have one number one single in the US. What is it?
3) Coach Orion, got to love him. The constellation Orion though? Do you love it? What is the most famous star in Orion?
4) Joshua Jackson is mostly known as a television star, particularly as a main cast member of Dawson’s Creek. He also appeared in 5 seasons of what Fox Science Fiction series often compared to the X-Files?
5) Here’s a final deepcut for you: Where was Goldberg’s family from again?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: Premiered on The Disney Channel on September 29, 1997, up against:
This might be impossible, but bear with me … what is this film?
Answers
1) The horse was named Silver. And the companion I was looking for was Tonto. If I really wanted to cook your noodle, I would have asked what the theme song was (It was the William Tell Overture by Rossini, apparently chosen because the creator was a penny-pincher who wanted all music to be public domain for the original radio program).
2) One Week. If you listened to it you’d recognize it. Even my Father-in-Law would probably recognize it and he knows nothing about music. Or at least he should, because his son got in trouble for singing the Chickety China Chinese Chicken part in school because a teacher didn’t know it was a song and thought it was racist.
3) You know it is Betelgeuse. It is a red giant and is much larger than the Sun, its surface would be beyond the asteroid belt if it were in our solar system. Eventually it’ll explode in a supernova, but it is around 600 light years away so it won’t affect us. It’ll be super bright though.
4) Fringe. I remember when Fringe came out, and I watched it, and I thought it was so bad to start. It was moved to the Friday Night Death Slot (man, that was a thing on Fox for so long), but survived and gained a cult following.
5) Philadelphia … someday I guess they’ll probably move back to Philadelphia … it wasn’t at any point during the original trilogy though.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: Y’all don’t remember The Star Chamber. I only put this here because no joke … how was this on primetime Cinemax? The film is ludicrous and actually garbage. It is suuuuuuuuch a weird film. And oddly the same storyline as the Bad Movie Classic Slow Bullet.
Scratch that, watch it so you can also decide it is garbage.
Bad Movie Twins 