What was the name of that song which was the first single off of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack by The BeeGees? Stayin’ Alive? No, I was thinking of How Deep Is Your Love. Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) The BeeGees notably released the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack which had three number one tracks by the band. As a matter of fact it was the best selling album in history until it was supplanted by what?
2) Honestly, I kind of always thought of Stallone as a director, but he really doesn’t direct that much. His most recent effort was what 2010 action film?
3) Travolta has a number one single. It is of course a duet. What is that song?
4) One song from the album did get some accolades, being nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes. Who wrote and sang the noted song Far From Over?
5) One of the most infamous events in U.S. sports history was Disco Demolition Night in 1979. The event took place at Comiskey Park. Who is the home team that had to forfeit the second leg of the double header that night?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: Since the release predates the listings I have they are all over the place. But I did find a date, June 27, 1998, where it played at 7:15PM on TMC up against this bad boy:
What is this movie?
Answers
1) This seems like a hard question, but it was Thriller by Michael Jackson. Some of the Billboard stuff from the 80s are really the true records. Like five number one singles on an album by Bad is ridiculous, and I basically don’t count Katy Perry tying it with Teenage Dream. Saturday Night Fever had four number one hits, one of them wasn’t by The BeeGees though.
2) That would of course be The Expendables. The combo of Rambo (2008) and The Expendables (2010) is just chef’s kiss. Both are just so gross and violence first. There is a claim he is going to direct a new film called Can’t Go Home. I’ll believe it when I see it.
3) You’re the One That I Want sung, of course, with Olivia Newton-John. He actually cracked the top 10 with a cover of Let Her In in 1976 prior to Grease, but otherwise his discography isn’t much to write home about.
4) Let’s see. I give you almost no information, but maybe you can deduce that where there is a Sylvester Stallone production there must be a Frank Stallone vocal performance lurking around somewhere. Of course it was written and sung by Frank Stallone. It was inevitable.
5) The Chicago White Sox. Comiskey Park was demolished in 1991 and a new park replaced it (then called U.S. Cellular Field) nearby.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: Arnold? Sinbad? That has to be Jingle All the Way. Playing in June though? Odd choice. I guess it is like … kind of half Christmas. Maybe.
I mean, no, it is half-Christmas, I just don’t think it is the reason it is playing. The reason it is playing is because Cinemax needed something to fill up that time slot.
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