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Post by bravomailer on Nov 26, 2019 17:35:00 GMT
Forbidden Planet was home to the Krell who made various ingenious things. There's a high-end audio firm with that name. Their amps are pretty cool looking - and very pricey. Love the heat sinks.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 27, 2019 19:57:46 GMT
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Post by fangirl1975 on Nov 27, 2019 21:09:01 GMT
There's a line of food products called, I kid you not, Soylent.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 28, 2019 5:36:54 GMT
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Post by telegonus on Nov 28, 2019 6:31:16 GMT
Forbidden Planet was home to the Krell who made various ingenious things. There's a high-end audio firm with that name. Their amps are pretty cool looking - and very pricey. Love the heat sinks. Little Caesar's pizza comes to mind. There was also, decades ago, an Al Capone's pizza as well, or there was one not far from where I live.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 28, 2019 15:45:09 GMT
There was once a "Reggie Candy Bar" named after baseball plyer Reggie Jackson.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 28, 2019 15:50:00 GMT
There was once a "Reggie Candy Bar" named after baseball plyer Reggie Jackson. Yes, and hilariously it was supposedly due to Jackson's obnoxious persona that the brand got pulled. I recall Godfather's Pizza--there were a few of them around my area some years back Do they still exist at all, or has the whole chain gone to sleep with the fishes?
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 28, 2019 15:55:44 GMT
Forbidden Planet takes place on Altair IV. There's a chip company called Altair Semiconductor which might have gotten its name from the film but there's a star with that name too.
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Post by telegonus on Nov 29, 2019 7:28:43 GMT
There was once a "Reggie Candy Bar" named after baseball plyer Reggie Jackson. Yes, and hilariously it was supposedly due to Jackson's obnoxious persona that the brand got pulled. I recall Godfather's Pizza--there were a few of them around my area some years back Do they still exist at all, or has the whole chain gone to sleep with the fishes? Yes, Amy. I remember seeing the Reggie bars in variety stores. They like they might actually tasted good, but I passed.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 29, 2019 13:35:55 GMT
Surprised no one manufactures a Rosebud sled.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 29, 2019 15:53:38 GMT
Contrary to popular belief, the "Baby Ruth" candy bar was not named after Babe Ruth, but after a US President's daughter.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 29, 2019 17:10:21 GMT
Whether writing poetry in an ice house, fighting off a chill while with your partisan band, or visiting that special someone in Yuriatin, make it Zhivago!  |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 30, 2019 14:26:57 GMT
Yes, and hilariously it was supposedly due to Jackson's obnoxious persona that the brand got pulled. I recall Godfather's Pizza--there were a few of them around my area some years back Do they still exist at all, or has the whole chain gone to sleep with the fishes? Yes, Amy. I remember seeing the Reggie bars in variety stores. They like they might actually tasted good, but I passed. LOL. There was a recent rerun of Archie Bunker's Place that featured Jackson meeting Arch and confronting Archie's bigotry. The only problem was that Jackson came across as essentially so unlikeably arrogant, you more rather ended up somewhat siding with Archie, or at least feeling a bit sorry for him. I think it was meant to mirror the old AITF episode with Sammy Davis, Jr., but Jackson made the premise into a misfire.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 30, 2019 14:29:52 GMT
Surprised no one manufactures a Rosebud sled. How about a limited edition Citizen Kane snowglobe, choice of elderly Kane on his deathbed or little Kane bopping his erstwhile guardian with said sled? Sounds like a sure-fire Franklin Mint collectible to me. 
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 30, 2019 16:01:15 GMT
Not exactly a brand name perhaps, but a retired U.S. diplomat opened Rick's Cafe Americain in (where else?) Casablanca in 2004.  Of course, it has a piano player. His name isn't Sam, but close enough: it's Issam (he's also the manager).  Play it, Issam. Play "As Time Goes By." And he does, regularly. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 30, 2019 17:00:18 GMT
The "Blommer chocolate bar" (no longer available) was named after the Blommer chocolate factory in downtown Chicago. Wafts of chocolate fumes swirl in the Chicago downtown area to this day. They must still be producing varieties of chocolate.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 30, 2019 21:47:11 GMT
Not exactly a brand name perhaps, but a retired U.S. diplomat opened Rick's Cafe Americain in (where else?) Casablanca in 2004. Fits fine to me. Reminds me of Rosa's Cantina in El Paso.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 1, 2019 1:07:12 GMT
Not exactly a brand name perhaps, but a retired U.S. diplomat opened Rick's Cafe Americain in (where else?) Casablanca in 2004. Fits fine to me. Reminds me of Rosa's Cantina in El Paso. According to local history, Rosa's was there since the '40s, but under another name. Renamed in the '50s, lore has it that Marty Robbins and his band stopped there after hours just to stretch their legs on a drive from Nashville to Phoenix, and the song was completed by the time they reached their destination, with Robbins never having set foot in the place he musically immortalized. Back to Casablanca, I remember now there was also a short-lived bar ('79 - '82) called The Blue Parrot in West Hollywood.  It was one of my favorite "Boys' Town" bars for the relaxed atmosphere of its potted-palmed, ceiling-fanned, large-windowed airiness.  No Ferrari in a fez, but you might occasionally see one parked on the street outside (without the fez).
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