The Dangers of Fruit
This popular 80s breakfast fruit can interfere with prescription medicines such as statins or birth control pills by disrupting how the body breaks them down.
Grapefruit
This former late-night host’s show featured recurring segments such as “Will It Float?” and “Small Town News.”
David Letterman
To create convincing scenes of space disaster in this 2013 film, filmmakers invented an entirely new robot-controlled camera/light setup they dubbed “Sandy’s Box.”
Gravity
Over 100 million pounds of this ham-adjacent food were shipped to troops in WWII, prompting a tide of hate mail from soldiers who called it “meatloaf without basic training.”
Spam
Cabot Cove, fictional home of author Jessica Fletcher, is located in the “down east” area of this New England state.
Maine
The worst foodborne illness outbreak in the U.S. was traced to these melons (grown in Colorado!), which often harbor listeria.
Cantaloupe
This 50s heartthrob’s career lasted only 5 years, ending when he was killed at age 24 in a car accident.
James Dean
In the alternative timeline of this Apple TV show, Al Gore becomes president and John Lennon is never assassinated.
For All Mankind
The world's most expensive hams come from this European country and can go for more than $4K a leg.
Spain
In its last season, Murder She Wrote parodied this popular NBC show by making the set of “Buds,” a fictional ensemble comedy, the backdrop for a murder mystery.
Friends
Although some claim these berries have immune-boosting properties on par with Tamiflu, most parts of the plant contain cyanide and it must be carefully processed to eliminate the poison.
Elderberries
This Gary-born star made his recording debut at age 9 and had 13 number one hits over the course of his controversial career.
Michael Jackson
Nobel laureate and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne consulted on the science behind the black holes and time warps in this 2014 Christopher Nolan film.
Interstellar
Hams, much like mice, can be characterized by one of these two locations, with one indicating dry-curing and the other brining.
Country or city
Sheriff Amos Tupper was played by Tom Bosley, also beloved for his role in this 1970s TV throwback to the 1950s.
Happy Days
These common American songbirds, known for their “cheerily, cheer up, cheerio” song, often become dangerously drunk and disoriented after eating berries that have fermented into alcohol.
Robins
This legendary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer got his nickname for his uncommonly youthful appearance.
Babyface
The unfortunately canceled Netflix series Away features a treacherous mission to Mars and stars this actress, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of a boxer in Million Dollar Baby.
Hilary Swank
The oldest known ham, which is housed in a museum in Smithfield, VA and livestreamed on a 24/7 ham cam, was made in this 20th century decade.
19 oughties (1902)
Private eye Harry McGraw, who sometimes assisted Jessica on cases, was played by this actor, perhaps best know for his portrayal of a candlestick.
Jerry Orbach
In 2014 this satirical award for trivial scientific achievements was given to researchers who proved that banana peels are only slightly less slippery than Teflon or ice.
Known as “the hick from French Lick,” this basketball player has been named one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Larry Bird
Jodi Foster utters the famous line “They should have sent a poet” in this 1997 movie about alien communications.
Contact
Ham was invented by this Celtic people, who during Iron Age and Roman times occupied an area overlapping most heavily with modern day France.
Gauls
Angela Lansbury, whose singing talents were featured in several episodes, played the original Mrs. Lovett in this bloody Broadway musical.
Sweeney Todd