It’s Fine Art Week on Cool Weird Awesome
This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever created.
If This TV Show Hadn’t Been Canceled, We Might Not Have Had The Original Versions of “Star Trek” and TV’s “Batman” (Cool Weird Awesome 1210)
Today in 1931, the birthday of William Shatner, Captain Kirk from the original “Star Trek” series. Of course, if a different show he was supposed to star in had gone ahead, Shatner might not have ended up as Captain Kirk.
For Our Fifth Birthday, The Story Of The Song “Happy Birthday To You” (Cool Weird Awesome 1209)
Today we’re looking at the song that a lot of us sing over a birthday cake: “Happy Birthday To You.” And does this song ever have a wild history.
Taco Bell Once Sold A Burger Called The “Bell Beefer” (Cool Weird Awesome 1208)
It's our show's fifth birthday! It's also the birthday in 1962 of the first Taco Bell restaurant, which had a "chili burger" on its original menu.
Shizo Kanakuri Finished A Marathon He’d Started 54 Years Earlier (Cool Weird Awesome 1207)
Today in 1967, a Japanese athlete Shizo Kanakuri, finished a Olympic marathon that he’d started in 1912. Better late than never!
The Nutty Narrows Bridge Was Built For Squirrels In Washington State (Cool Weird Awesome 1206)
Today in 1963, the opening of a bridge in Longview, Washington. that wasn't for cars, or bikes, or even pedestrians. It was a bridge for squirrels.