Trivia For August 11, 2026

Iwatani was trying to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes aimed at traditionally masculine interests, such as war or sports. The graphics were also designed to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players.

In the commercials, actress Clara Peller recited the catchphrase after receiving a comically large bun with a small patty. The ad was an immediate hit and made Peller a celebrity. The phrase would enter popular culture as an idiom used to question the substance of a product or idea, and was even used in the presidential debates of 1984.

The The two-hour pilot was originally titled Gold Coast before being renamed. The show had a distinct style with a director of Miami Vice commenting, "The show is written for an MTV audience, which is more interested in images, emotions and energy than plot and character and words."

Preppies are a subculture associated with private schools located in the Northeast U.S. Birnbach's tongue-in-cheek guidebook illuminated many aspects of the conservative upper middle class, old money WASP society that attended those schools.

The song was released as the B-side of the "Dancing in the Dark" single. The movie is the third and final collaboration between Eastwood and director Buddy Van Horn, following Any Which Way You Can (1980) and The Dead Pool (1988).