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社會與文化

社會與文化

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15/03/2023

What happened to Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom?

Billy helps a listener return to VMK, the online world where they remember “learning all the bad words.” Want to support the show? Become a patron at https://patreon.com/underunderstood. Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬. Show notes: Expedition Theme Park’s video about VMK (YouTube) Sam from Expedition Theme Park also has a new podcast called Expedition Enthused One Name, Two Games: Virtual Magic Kingdom (Pop History) Habbo Hotel promotional videos from the mid-2000s (YouTube) Isometric video game graphics (Wikipedia) Amazing video about eBoy directed/edited by our editor Ryan Manning (YouTube) Virtual Magic Kingdom (Fandom) VMK Values (Disney VMK via Internet Archive) Fans protest end of virtual Disney site in front of Disneyland (Orange County Register via Internet Archive Investigation into Habbo Hotel (Channel 4) Preserving Worlds (Means TV) MyVMK
18/05/2023

Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

Hollywood is stockpiling scripts for full seasons of unreleased television shows. Are they throwing them out or saving them for a rainy day? Want to support the show? Become a patron at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/underunderstood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬. Show notes: Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? (The New Yorker) Hollywood Writers Strike (Democracy Now!) Film and TV writers are striking (CNN) Writers strike focuses on whether AI could take jobs from screenwriters (CBS News) Writers On Set (George R. R. Martin’s Not A Blog) Alex O’Keefe (Linktree) The Bear (Hulu) 2023 Writers Guild Award for Comedy Series (YouTube) Reed Hastings on Colbert (YouTube) Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is… sleep (CNBC) We Watched It All | Netflix (YouTube) Writers Are Not Keeping Up (wgacontract2023.org) Reed Hastings on Building a Streaming Empire (YouTube) Hollywoodstrike.org wgacontract2023.org
08/03/2023

Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

Writer Sage Boggs thought he discovered why Triscuit is called Triscuit. But the cracker brand has a confusing and mysterious relationship with its own name. A rough version of this story originally ran on our bonus podcast, Overunderstood. This updated version contains some new information and reporting. Want to support the show? Become a patron at https://patreon.com/underunderstood. Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬. Show notes: Sage’s viral tweet (Twitter) John’s original tweet to Triscuit (Twitter) Some old Triscuit advertisements (Twitter) Triscuit’s response to Sage (Twitter) Triscuit tweets about three ingredients (Twitter) “Filamentous cracker” patent (PDF) “Continuous heating and baking machine” patent Snopes article on this matter (Snopes) Charles Louis Richter questions the answer (Twitter)
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Welcome to Underunderstood

There are questions the internet just hasn't answered yet. We investigate those questions and get the answers.
23/07/2019

What Happened To New Vietnam?

A Wikipedia stub about the worst Florida theme park idea ever sends John on a search for the reason it never opened. Show notes: 0:45 - New Vietnam on Wikipedia 1:12 - Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede) 2:16 - Carl McIntire on Wikipedia 3:52 - Wild West City 5:50 - New Vietnam in Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader 7:25 - Portable Press 8:11 - 20th Century Reformation Hour 8:44 - Some clips of the 20th Century Reformation Hour 9:37 - Christianity Today, May 2002 (paywall) 10:41 - Dr. Randall Balmer's website 12:42 - Fred Phelps on YouTube 14:54 - The Carl McIntire Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary Library 15:55 - Faraday Cage 19:03 - "Body Counts" by Dr. Yen Espiritu 24:27 - FCC Fairness Doctrine 24:46 - Infowars on Wikipedia 24:50 - This American Life episode about Alex Jones 29:17 - History of the Present (registration required), an article about film theory published in The North American Review in 1976, led us to the Newsweek story about New Vietnam. 30:40 - Actually, Newsweek's online archives only go back to 2013 30:48 - The September 8, 1975 issue of Newsweek that John bought on eBay 37:19 - Florida Today, November 8, 1975 39:33 - Ricky Ly's food blog Tasty Chomps
21/01/2021 • 訂閱者限定

City of Demons

Adrianne gets to the bottom of some Russian graffiti she spotted in Brooklyn.
29/04/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Something on the Tables at the Oscars

Regina noticed something strange during the Oscars this past weekend, so she goes looking for answers.
18/02/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Media Cruises

A trip through media company-affiliated vacations.
25/03/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Piccolini Cuscino

What kind of pasta was Robert Pattinson talking about?
24/02/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Welcome to the Food Bag

Some personal news and a couple stories about food!

21/01/2021 • 訂閱者限定

City of Demons

Adrianne gets to the bottom of some Russian graffiti she spotted in Brooklyn.
29/04/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Something on the Tables at the Oscars

Regina noticed something strange during the Oscars this past weekend, so she goes looking for answers.
18/02/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Media Cruises

A trip through media company-affiliated vacations.
25/03/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Piccolini Cuscino

What kind of pasta was Robert Pattinson talking about?
24/02/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Welcome to the Food Bag

Some personal news and a couple stories about food!
03/09/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Enders Game

Billy tries to make heads or tails of a YouTube rabbit hole. Want to leave us a voicemail? Call us at (212) 994-4882!
22/04/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Frozen Assets

Billy breaks down consolidation in the frozen beverage market. Plus, some Personal News!
14/10/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Hey Adrianne, It's Mark Ruffalo.

Adrianne goes off-script.
02/09/2021 • 訂閱者限定

Where Do These Muffins Come From?

Adrianne looks for the origin of an NYC blueberry muffin.
28/04/2022 • 訂閱者限定

Underundercrustables

Billy goes deep on frozen PB&J.

The internet doesn't have all the answers. But that doesn't mean we can't find them.

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What happened to Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom?

Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

Why Is It Called a Triscuit?

Welcome to Underunderstood

What Happened To New Vietnam?

City of Demons

Something on the Tables at the Oscars

Media Cruises

Piccolini Cuscino

Welcome to the Food Bag

City of Demons

Something on the Tables at the Oscars

Media Cruises

Piccolini Cuscino

Welcome to the Food Bag

Enders Game

Frozen Assets

Hey Adrianne, It's Mark Ruffalo.

Where Do These Muffins Come From?

Underundercrustables

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