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  1. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI the US federal government goes after DND and other fantasy tabletop games?

    The Satanic Panic of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s really targeted Dungeons & Dragons as well as other fantasy tabletop roleplaying games. Controversy and public outcry got bad at one point that there was a call for the US federal government to intervene and regulate fantasy tabletop games. How...
  2. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Native Americans Helped the Nazis?

    Before and during WW2, there was an active plan for Nazi Germany to recruit Native Americans to their side against the United States. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/nazis-considered-sioux-extension-native-americans-aryans-2/ There was a deeper reason for this; according to my...
  3. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI War Crimes Trial of WW1 more like Nuremberg?

    The Leipzig War Crimes Trials held in 1921 to punish German soldiers for war crimes was a failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_War_Crimes_Trials The Treaty of the Versailles stipulated the Allies had the legal right and authority to try German soldiers for war crimes but extraditing...
  4. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Super Sentai Exported To US in 1980s?

    If you are a child of the 1990s, you'll recall the smash hit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, adapted from the Japanese Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Zyuranger was not the first attempt to localize Japanese sentai shows for American audiences. Its predecessor Choujin Sentai Jetman almost became...
  5. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Dr. Seuss Doesn't Write Children's Books?

    Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Geisel (1904-1991) almost didn't become a writer/illustrator of children's books. In 1936, he tried to sell a manuscript titled A Story No One Can Beat to publishers who rejected it for many different reasons (some didn't like the cartoon art, some didn't like the verse...
  6. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Mr Bug Goes To Town Succeeded?

    On December 5, 1941, Fleischer Studios released through Paramount their second animated film "Mr. Bug Goes To Town". The film was a major box office bomb, receiving little promotion from Paramount and also opening two days before Pearl Harbor and America's entry into WW2. This had some...
  7. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Anime Goes Mainstream In US Earlier?

    Anime (Japanese animation) has been airing for years in the USA; viewers just didn't recognize it for what it was. In the 1960s, we had Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Gigantor and Kimba the White Lion airing on US television. The second wave came in the late 1970s with Star Blazers and Battle of the...
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    WI Xuxa's TV Show Caught On In The USA?

    Brazilian actress, singer and model Xuxa Meneghel hosted a wildly popular children's television show in Brazil that ran from 1986 to 1992. This show Xou de Xuxa entertained an entire generation of Brazilian children; it was a variety show that had special guests, music, cartoons and other...
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    WI Nazi Germany Invaded Switzerland

    I know that a possible invasion of Britain by Nazi Germany in WW2 is the topic of debate. But what about Switzerland? Hitler had been eyeballing Switzerland for ages and planned to invade the country once his mainland enemies were defeated. Apparently, he hated the country for being a...
  10. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Rock Music Develops Earlier?

    Rock was essentially launched by the early forms of itself, namely rock & roll and rockabilly. The ancestors of rock music were many - jazz, blues, country, Appalachian folk music and gospel. Considering the popularity of jazz and country in the 1920s & 1930s, what if rock music ended up being...
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    WI World War 1&2 Style Propaganda Used During Vietnam?

    Propaganda in the form of posters were widely used during both World War 1 and 2 on the American home front. These propaganda pieces were used to generate support on the home front, motivate people to enlist and promote the wars as being justified in both legal & moral terms. Many famous ones...
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    WI Atari Sold the Famicom in the US?

    The Famicom (the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System) was originally going to be sold in the USA by Atari. At the time in 1983, Atari was still considered the Big Man on Campus for video games, in spite of the industry slowdown just before the 1984 crash. That's why Nintendo...
  13. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI the Nintendo Entertainment System failed?

    I've noticed we've had some video game threads here, implying we have gamers on this forum. I'm no different but I'm more into the older consoles like the Atari and the NES - newer consoles like the Wii U, PS3 & 4, etc aren't my cup of tea. But I digress. For those of us who are into the...
  14. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Edward Gorey Did Comic Books

    Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was an illustrator whose work defied categorization. His books nowadays are found in the cartoon and/or humor section of bookstores or libraries. Some have labelled his books as being children's books - yet Gorey had no fondness for children. A few Gorey titles like...
  15. DakotaTimeTraveler

    WI Poorly Handling Hooper's Death Cancels Sesame Street

    One of the most memorable points in the history of the famed PBS educational show Sesame Street had to be the death of Mr. Hooper and the actor who portrayed him, Will Lee. Lee died of a heart attack on Dec. 7, 1982 just after taping segments for Sesame Street as well as appearing in the Macy's...
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