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Date	Hook	Quality
May 1, 2011	... that Miami Vice producer Michael Mann originally conceived the character of Ricardo Tubbs as "nobody's Tonto"?
August 12, 2011	... that "Miracle Man"* was the first episode of* The X-Files written by Howard Gordon without his long-term collaborator Alex Gansa?
August 12, 2011	... that The X-Files episode "Shapes" reunited Twin Peaks cast members David Duchovny and Michael Horse?
August 21, 2011	... that The X-Files star David Duchovny "detested" the episode "Born Again", despite appearing alongside his then-girlfriend Maggie Wheeler?
August 25, 2011	... that Željko Ivanek, who plays the title role in The X-Files episode "Roland," was the first person to audition for the part?
September 15, 2011	... that Carl Sagan worked with the US Air Force on detonating a nuclear device on the Moon?
September 22, 2011	... that David Lynch experimented with backwards speech for Eraserhead before deciding to use it in "Episode 2" of Twin Peaks?
September 26, 2011	... that Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie were nominated for a Grammy award for a song in the key of X?
October 2, 2011	... that in 2009 Entertainment Weekly listed X as one of 20 "black sci-fi icons"?
October 7, 2011	... that Leonard Reiffel* helped Enrico Fermi build a cyclotron, studied launching a missile at the Moon, and won a Peabody Award for his radio show?*
October 22, 2011	... that actor Michel Lonsdale considers the part of a vice-consul in India Song to be his "most favorite role"?
October 30, 2011	... that John Hurt received three award nominations* for The Elephant Man, winning one of them?*
November 3, 2011	... that David Lynch has been awarded* two Césars, two Bodils, and a Palme d'Or, yet no Oscars?*
November 3, 2011	... that Dennis Hopper won four awards* for his role in* Blue Velvet, while co-star Isabella Rossellini only won one?
December 7, 2011	... that the "unassuming" villain of The X-Files episode "2Shy" has been compared to those from the earlier episodes "Squeeze" and " Irresistible"?
December 27, 2011	... that Deep Throat* was inspired by Deep Throat?*
December 28, 2011	... that The X-Files Mythology, Volume 1* was well-received, despite its lack of liver-eating elastic monsters?*
January 9, 2012	... that the writer of The X-Files episode "Per Manum" has described it as being about "the way you perceive connections between people"?
January 11, 2012	... that Deep Throat's daughter is Monk's wife?
January 16, 2012	... that the Well-Manicured Man* served as the "voice of reason" amongst* The X-Files' antagonists?
January 18, 2012	... that production of The X-Files episode "Terma" involved an oil plume 300 feet (91 m) high?
January 23, 2012	... that a gulag used to mine black oil* in* The X-Files was inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
January 26, 2012	... that the Watergate scandal might have been avoided had G. Gordon Liddy followed Operation Sandwedge?
February 4, 2012	... that the ending to Miami Vice's "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" "set a new standard for TV direction"?
February 27, 2012	... that the antagonist of the Millennium episode "522666" represents "an indictment upon the modern obsession with celebrity"?
March 3, 2012	... that Millennium's "Dead Letters" ventures into "Lynchian nightmare territory"?
March 4, 2012	... that one reviewer found several scenes in Millennium's "The Well-Worn Lock" to be as horrifying as anything he had seen on television?
March 5, 2012	... that Millennium's "Loin Like a Hunting Flame" took its name from a Dylan Thomas poem?
March 7, 2012	... that the airing of Millennium's "Kingdom Come" was postponed due to the death of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago?
March 7, 2012	... that the setting of the Millennium episode "Weeds" "simmers with recrimination and vigilantism"?
March 12, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "Blood Relatives" has been compared to episodes of The X-Files and Cracker?
March 13, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "The Judge" featured a "high camp" villain and an allusion to Moby-Dick?
March 14, 2012	... that a little girl in Millennium's "Wide Open" is named for author Patricia Highsmith?
March 19, 2012	... that in portraying Marita Covarrubias* in* The X-Files, actress Laurie Holden spent hours learning fifteen seconds of Russian dialogue?
March 22, 2012	... that although Philip Michael Thomas coined the term "EGOT" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), only Edward James Olmos and Jan Hammer would win any of those awards* working on* Miami Vice?
March 25, 2012	... that murders in Millennium's "Gehenna" echo ritual sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible's Gehenna?
March 26, 2012	... that Millennium's "The Wild and the Innocent" episode has been compared to the works of Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy?
March 28, 2012	... that the 2011 album Gravity the Seducer by Ladytron has been described as having "a feminine warmth"?
April 19, 2012	... that Thomas Dolby's 1981 single "Europa and the Pirate Twins" features a harmonica solo by XTC's Andy Partridge?
May 11, 2012	... that when filming "Walkabout", Millennium star Lance Henriksen wanted it to be clear his character was not reckless with medicine?
May 12, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "Maranatha" connects the Chernobyl disaster to events in the Book of Revelation?
May 14, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "Lamentation" features a kidney sent to an investigator's wife, as a reference to Jack the Ripper's "From Hell" letter?
May 21, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "Broken World" has been compared to Peter Shaffer's 1973 play Equus?
May 25, 2012	... that the villain in Millennium's "Paper Dove" was based on real life murderers Edmund Kemper and Jeffrey Dahmer?
May 27, 2012	... that Millennium's "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" makes reference to Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions?
May 28, 2012	... that Millennium's "Force Majeure" features stock footage from the 1996 Saguenay Flood in Quebec?
May 30, 2012	... that the central premise of Millennium's "Covenant" may have been based on Albert Fish's history of self-harm?
May 31, 2012	... that writer Frank Spotnitz has called "Sacrament" his favourite among the episodes he has written for Millennium?
June 1, 2012	... that Lucio Fulci's 1977 film Sette note in nero has been compared to the later American film Eyes of Laura Mars?
June 2, 2012	... that Glen Morgan and James Wong included several references to their cancelled series Space: Above and Beyond in their script for Millennium's "The Thin White Line"?
June 2, 2012	... that Andrea Bianchi's Nude per l'assassino follows "the giallo formula almost to the letter"?
June 3, 2012	... that the 1970 film Le foto proibite di una signora per bene features a bossa nova-influenced score that has been compared to the work of Antônio Carlos Jobim?
June 9, 2012	... that film director and producer Luciano Ercoli* is married to actress Nieves Navarro, star of several of his giallo thrillers?*
June 19, 2012	... that television producer and director Daniel Sackheim* has won one Primetime Emmy Award and been nominated for two more?*
June 19, 2012	... that Italian actress Ida Galli* has also been billed as Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon?*
June 21, 2012	... that Umberto Lenzi's 1972 film Il coltello di ghiaccio features thematic and directorial elements which one reviewer found similar to the works of Lucio Fulci?
June 23, 2012	... that 1972's Sette scialli di seta gialla was one of several "imitative whodunits" released after the success of Dario Argento's L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo?
June 24, 2012	... that the 1969 Italian film Una sull'altra was filmed on location in the United States, including a scene shot in San Quentin State Prison's gas chamber?
June 25, 2012	... that Luciano Ercoli's 1972 film La morte accarezza a mezzanotte stars the director's wife, Nieves Navarro?
July 11, 2012	... that the Millennium episode "The Beginning and the End" features the Talking Heads song "Life During Wartime"?
July 13, 2012	... that the second season* of* Millennium has been called "some sort of work of weird genius"?
July 14, 2012	... that Faith No More have recorded songs* for the soundtracks to* Judgment Night and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey?
July 15, 2012	... that Millennium's "Monster" features the song "Goodbye Charlie" by Bobby Darin, whose music is often used by the episode's writers?
July 15, 2012	... that an unmade episode* of* The X-Files was later made into the film Final Destination?
July 15, 2012	... that Michael R. Perry was inspired to write Millennium's "The Mikado" by the "dark side" of the internet, Jennifer Ringley's JenniCam website, and the Zodiac Killer?
July 17, 2012	... that Darin Morgan included a satire of Fox Broadcasting Company's censorship in "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me", after having difficulty with the network over the earlier "War of the Coprophages"?
July 20, 2012	... that Millennium's casting director guest starred in "Beware of the Dog"?
August 1, 2012	... that Millennium's "The Pest House" has been compared to the 1996 film Scream?
August 3, 2012	... that screenwriter Chris Carter (pictured) spent 13 years working for Surfing Magazine before creating The X-Files and Millennium?
August 6, 2012	... that the Fantômas album The Director's Cut features a thrash metal cover of Nino Rota's theme from The Godfather?
August 8, 2012	... that Crime and Dissonance, a compilation of work by Ennio Morricone, presents the composer as "a sonic experimentalist"?
August 9, 2012	... that the Miami Vice episode "No Exit" had its title changed from "Three-Eyed Turtle" when it was discovered the latter was sexual slang?
August 14, 2012	... that Tomahawk's eponymous album* features "some of the most unusual rhythms to be played by human hands since time began"?*
August 14, 2012	... that "Episode 14" of Twin Peaks features frequent jump cuts between the two actors portraying Laura Palmer's killer?
August 17, 2012	... that the 2010 album Mondo Cane by Mike Patton was conceived during the singer's time in Bologna?
August 19, 2012	... that "Episode 1" of Twin Peaks has drawn comparison to the 1990 film The Grifters?
August 19, 2012	... that several works in the filmography* of David Lynch have been collaborations with Mark Frost?'*
August 21, 2012	... that although her character had been dead from the beginning of the series, Sheryl Lee was asked to return for "Episode 3" of Twin Peaks?
August 22, 2012	... that Laborintus II, a collaboration between Mike Patton and Ictus Ensemble, is only the third recording of the titular piece since its composition in 1965?
August 28, 2012	... that both Michael J. Anderson and Dexter Fletcher were considered for the title role in David Lynch's unfinished film Ronnie Rocket?
September 4, 2012	... that Millennium's "Sense and Antisense" underwent several rewrites to lessen its focus on race relations?
September 4, 2012	... that film-maker David Lynch acts opposite his real-life partner Isabella Rossellini in Tina Rathborne's semi-autobiographical film Zelly and Me?
September 7, 2012	... that Tim Hunter, director of "Episode 4" of Twin Peaks, was inspired by Otto Preminger's use of small sets in 1945's Fallen Angel?
September 11, 2012	... that scenes in "Episode 5" of Twin Peaks were filmed in Angeles National Forest?
September 18, 2012	... that "Episode 7" was the only episode of Twin Peaks directed by its co-creator Mark Frost?
September 22, 2012	... that Harley Peyton, writer of "Episode 6" of Twin Peaks, found it difficult to write for Kyle MacLachlan's character Dale Cooper?
September 25, 2012	... that filmmaker and Eagle Scout David Lynch* was declared medically unfit for conscription, was arrested for detonating a pipe bomb, and was present at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy?*
October 7, 2012	... that one reviewer called "A Single Blade of Grass" "yet another adventure in weird, Native American mysticism from the folks at 1013 Productions"?
October 8, 2012	... that Tomahawk's fourth album Oddfellows will be the first to feature new bass player Trevor Dunn?
October 10, 2012	... that Millennium's "Owls" was inspired by the earlier episode "The Hand of St. Sebastian"?
October 15, 2012	... that after collaborating* with actress Laura Dern on three films, David Lynch and a cow personally lobbied for her to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?*
October 15, 2012	... that Millennium's "19:19" has been seen as mixing the themes of its first and second seasons?
October 17, 2012	... that Millennium's "Anamnesis" features the song "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith?
October 17, 2012	... that Millennium's "A Room with No View" features the Paul Mauriat rendition of "Love Is Blue"?
October 25, 2012	... that Millennium's second season finale "The Time Is Now" was inspired in part by a cattle disease in the United Kingdom?
October 27, 2012	... that the third season* of* Millennium sought to reduce its central conflicts to a struggle between two friends?
November 4, 2012	... that 1968's La morte ha fatto l'uovo has been compared to the works of Michelangelo Antonioni, David Lynch and Luis Buñuel?
November 5, 2012	... that Mino Guerrini's direction of Omicidio per appuntamento has been compared to that of Mario Bava?
January 18, 2013	... that Tomahawk's third album Anonymous was based on Native American compositions researched by guitarist Duane Denison?
January 25, 2013	... that vocalist Mike Patton described the tour schedule to promote Tomahawk's Mit Gas as "a lot of time to be sitting in some stinking-ass club with some guy puking in your purse"?
March 3, 2013	... that Jason Newsted has recorded songs* with Metallica, Voivod and several musical supergroups?*
May 14, 2013	... that Duccio Tessari's 1970 work La morte risale a ieri sera contains "a great deal more humanity" than most giallo films?
October 14, 2013	... that The X-Files: The Album contains a spoken word hidden track by the series' creator, Chris Carter?
October 17, 2013	... that the video game The X-Files: Unrestricted Access includes a comprehensive database based on the first four seasons of The X-Files?
October 24, 2013	... that The X-Files: Revelations was compiled as an introduction to The X-Files by series writers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz?
October 31, 2013	... that the Halloween-themed Millennium episode "The Curse of Frank Black" was inspired by the Japanese horror film Kwaidan?
February 18, 2014	... that Millennium's Brittany Tiplady credited the episode "The Fourth Horseman" with helping her to develop as an actress?
February 27, 2014	... that Millennium's "...Thirteen Years Later" featured the members of Kiss in dual roles?
June 29, 2014	... that Millennium's composer Mark Snow praised the use of operatic music in the episode "Roosters"?
September 21, 2015	... that Millennium, a spin-off of The X-Files, is an adaptation of Millennium, a spin-off of The X-Files?
September 22, 2015	... that Emmy Award-nominated cinematographer Robert McLachlan* turned down a place at the 1976 Summer Olympics?*
October 9, 2015	... that Richard Roma—"a shark in a sharkskin suit"—has won his portrayers two Tony Awards and an Olivier Award, but missed out at the Oscars?
October 31, 2015	... that Lucio Fulci's 1979 film Zombi 2 has been released under eleven different titles?
November 23, 2015	... that actor Sarah-Jane Redmond* auditioned for the film* Hellraiser: Hellseeker using bondage artwork by Eric Stanton instead of a head shot?
November 24, 2015	... that one critic compared Millennium's "Siren" to the film It's a Wonderful Life?
November 30, 2015	... that Millennium's "Collateral Damage" featured Coast to Coast AM host Art Bell playing himself?
March 15, 2016	... that the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship* was "ignored" by promoter Bill Watts after it was vacated in 1992, before being replaced by the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1996?*
April 29, 2016	... that Chuck Mosley worked with a range of musicians on Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food, including Roddy Bottum, Jonathon Davis and "a guy named Eric"?
May 22, 2016	... that the 1972 film Chi l'ha vista morire? featured George Lazenby in a performance complimented by critics?
February 16, 2020	... that the music video for Faith No More's "Anne's Song" features a caged Chuck Mosley being tormented by Metallica's James Hetfield?
August 29, 2021	... that Tonic Immobility's "pure, undiluted chaos" is "an escape from the realities of the world"?
August 29, 2021	... that Chuck Mosley described the distinctive singing style used throughout his career* as "screaming to the beat, like ranting"?*
September 23, 2021	.. that "Another Body Murdered", a collaboration between Faith No More and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., has been described as having "a chest-puffing, smack-talking energy that’s undeniable"?
September 24, 2021	... that Faith No More's "Ricochet", originally earmarked as a B-side, contains "one of the band's most memorable lines"?
September 26, 2021	... that Faith No More's "Digging the Grave" was featured on both Beavis and Butt-Head and Top of the Pops?
October 13, 2021	... that Faith No More's "Evidence" has drawn comparisons to Burt Bacharach?
October 25, 2021	... that Philip Michael Thomas compared himself to Santa Claus upon releasing his album Living the Book of My Life?
October 31, 2021	... that championship belt designer Reggie Parks, whose work was used by WWE, UFC, and Madonna, was the first wrestling opponent of future NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes?
November 9, 2021	... that after starring in several films directed by Umberto Lenzi, actor Me Me Lai later worked as a police officer who confiscated them as "video nasties"?
November 16, 2021	... that David Arquette donated his earnings from his appearances in World Championship Wrestling* to the families of dead and injured wrestlers?*
December 12, 2021	... that Dante "may have detested everything about Arabs and Muslims", but placed Saladin, Avicenna, and Averroes among the virtuous in the first circle of hell?
December 14, 2021	... that the punishment of sinners in the second circle of hell (pictured) is an example of contrapasso?
December 30, 2021	... that Dante used the third circle of hell (illustrated) to discuss contemporary Florentine politics rather than the sin of gluttony?