by Alicia Bones " In 2017, a Massachusetts city hall was overrun with millions of drugstore beetles. When a pest control company was called to the building, they discovered the source: rotting civil defense crackers. Since the early 1960s, the crackers had been stored in aluminum cans in an [...]
by Grace Jidoun "Three decades of smoothie and juice cleanse madness pushed Orange Julius to the margins of the food world, and today, it has all but vanished. But for those who remember the wonders of the archetypal ‘70s drink (that was invented way earlier), Orange Julius represents [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. “What’s in a Name?” (February 16, 1966)On a show all about the zany inhabitants of Hooterville, Ralph Monroe (Mary Grace Canfield) stands out because the most unusual thing about her is her name. She works as a carpenter and dresses for her work, but [...]
