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Here is this week’s Pop Culture IQ brought to you by Shout! Factory as heard exclusively on this week’s Radio Happy Hour:
Game starts at approximately the 34:20 mark. Just hit play below
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Q: Name John Belushi’s first live action movie in which he played a member of the Delta Tau Chi Fraternity.
A: Animal House
Q: Which future “E.R.” and “Top Gun” star played Gilbert Lowell in “Revenge of the Nerds?”
A:Anthony Edwards
Q: Name the “Van Wilder” star who married Scarlett Johansson in 2008.
A:Ryan Reynolds
Allie Sakowicz, 15-year-old writing prodigy, answered the first and third questions correctly thus becoming the youngest ever to play and win the Pop Culture IQ.
That achievement is just another success added to the already impressive portfolio being built by the Illinois teen. She has published over twenty articles in several national magazines including Odyssey Magazine and Chicago Parent, has attended President Barack Obama’s Election Night and Super Tuesday Election Night parties and the premiere of High School Musical 3 in Los Angeles for the Scholastic Kids Press Corps and now can say she’s appeared on the #1 most listened to and downloaded comedy on all of BlogTalkRadio.
Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer based in Los Angeles, California. His life is like a rap video; cigars, expensive cars, and explosions – at least that’s how it’s depicted on the cover of his new comedy album, “Leaning on Expensive Cars and Getting Paid to Do it“. The album showcases his love for pop culture, the internet, American athletes, and hip-hop.
Click here to see all past Pop Culture IQ quizzes to see how you would have fared.
Here is this week’s Pop Culture IQ brought to you by Shout! Factory as heard exclusively on this week’s Radio Happy Hour:
Game starts at approximately the 7:00 mark. Just hit play below!
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Q: Name the MTV franchise now in it’s 22nd season that introduced reality stars like Pedro Zamora, Puck Rainey, Eric Nies, and Jacinda Barrett.
A:“The Real World”
Q: Name the singer, and now “Dancing with the Stars” alum, that got her start as on her parents reality show, “The Osbournes.”
A:Kelly Osbourne
Q: Name the MTV game show from 1987 that featured up-and-coming comics, Adam Sandler, Denis Leary, and Colin Quinn.
A:“Remote Control”
The long awaited new theme song for the Radio Happy Hour was unveiled on this week’s show.
When lead singer of edibleRedCollette McLafferty joined the show as a co-host, Vinny Bond suggested she record a new theme song for the show. Dr. Blogstein thought that was a great idea and a perfect way to welcome in the new era of the Radio Happy Hour with Collette and The Burl, the other “newish kid on the block.”
The original Dr. Blogstein theme song was recorded by a Beatles tribute band Mostly Moptop. It had been in use since July 17, 2007.
The new theme song, recorded by Collette McLafferty, lead singer of edibleRed and featuring rapper Hassahn Phenomenon has a more up to date feel and more closely captures the vibe on the #1 most downloaded comedy. The song was producer by Loor Ambient.
Just press play below to listen to the brand new Radio Happy Hour theme:
BEHIND THE MUSIC The story behind the new Radio Happy Hour theme song, as told by Collette McLafferty:
The new Dr. Blogstein theme song started as a email conversation between me and Hassahn Phenomenon… I initially wrote a hook and composed a standard rock and roll theme song from my Garageband… it was super rough! Hasahn wrote a rap over it and emailed back to me about 6 weeks later… I also combed through a bunch of mp3’s from the Dr. Blogstein show so I could pick out some key samples of Doc’s voice ( I especially wanted to get one of him yelling at Vinny, since that is a staple of the show:) As I was going through the episodes, I stumbled upon The Mouthinator. I wasn’t initially planning to use him, but Mouthinator is to Dr. Blogstein what Cartman is to Southpark..Rolling Stone once said that Cartman’s voice is worth the price of basic cable. Mouthinator’s voice is worth the price of high speed internet!
During that time, I started working with a kick ass electronic producer by the name of Loor Ambient… I liked the track I came up with, but since it consisted of Garageband samples that anyone could use, I thought it would be cool to get him on the track so he could spice it up with something original. Loor took it in a totally new direction and gave it more of a urban, futuristic feel. We produced it together, but he came up with the overall sound.
Interesting side note… just as we were about to bounce the track…we noticed that Hassahn said “6′oclock is the hour”… with specifying the time zone! So we had to lose that and I changed it to “9 PM eastern is the Hour”…. I’m glad we caught that!
Dr. Blogstein was impressed with actress Michelle Trachtenberg’s rapping skills. He said that “there’s nothing sexier than a white girl rapping” and even thought she was better than Fergie.
Below is the video he discussed, shot by her Mercy co star James Van Der Beek, of Trachtenberg singing the Nicki Minaj verse in Robin Thicke’s song “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.”
To hear this week’s show in its entirety featuring Chris Illuminati, coauthor of Assholeology, Dave Lingwood and Duncan Penn of MTV’s The Buried Life and the premiere of the new Radio Happy Hour theme song:
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