Historical Fun

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - APRIL 17th On this day in history in 1973, George Lucas began writing Star Wars.   It was a simple story: Boy lives a boring life with Aunt and Uncle. Boy meets droid. Boy falls in love with droid. Pushes his buttons. Cleans his insides.   Droid tries to communicate his reservations about this level of contact, but can only manage some beeps.   The beeps get quicker.   Boy tinkers some more. Droid ejaculates a hologram of a pretty woman. Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope.   Droid is embarrassed.   This has never happened before.   It panics and escapes.   Boy chases droid. Whilst he's away "not" fixing the generators like he'd been asked to do, Boy's Aunt and Uncle get killed.   Boy captures droid.   Then Boy meets old man.   Boy is groomed by old man. Would you like to see my Lightsaber? Whoosh it around a bit? Yep, ...

Unbelievable Facts You Might Not Know About Daffy Duck   Daffy Duck is everyone's favourite Looney Tunes character, so long as we don't include Bugs Bunny and the other one. You know, the Pig.   Daffy Duck is a crazy, looney, zany and devious little duck. Both the arch-nemesis of Bugs Bunny and his best friend. Mostly depending on how many cups of coffee he had that morning.   But, did you know, he originally was normal. Well, mostly normal. Okay, not normal. He was a duck, after all. His character didn't develop into the fun-loving whacky character until a few years later.   Daffy Duck didn't originally have a lisp. He also more resembled an actual duck when he made his first appearance.   Daffy Duck made his first ever appearance on April 17th, 1937, in Porky's Duck Hunt.   Daffy Duck is the 3rd most featured character in Looney Tunes . Only Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig featured more.   Of course, ...