Famous Freds
This children's television icon was a Presbyterian minister who happened to have excellent taste in sweaters.
Fred Rogers
This 1962 song by Bob Dylan asks how many times must the cannonballs fly before they are forever banned.
Blowin' in the Wind
"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
When Harry Met Sally
In 2007, one million of these Hasbro toys were recalled due to little chefs getting their hands or fingers trapped in the device and causing burns.
Easy Bake Ovens
This astronaut became the first American woman to travel in space and, in 2013, President Obama posthumously honored her with a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Sally Ride
This geological engineer at Slate Rock and Gravel Company was portrayed by John Goodman in a 1994 film.
Fred Flintstone
This 1944 song by Woody Guthrie was written in response to what he consider the smug complacency of Irving Berlin's God Bless America.
This Land is Your Land
"Don't forget: I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."
Notting Hill
Several models of this style of baby bed were recalled over the years due to gaps that could entrap and suffocate infants and toddlers.
Drop-side cribs
This co-star of a 1990s television show is the subject of a meme about how she made elder millenials gay.
Gillian Anderson
This frontman of a 1990s nu metal band says he chose the group's stupid name "to turn people's heads away ... A lot of people pick up the disc and go, 'Oh, they must suck.’ Those are the people that we don’t even want listening to our music."
Fred Durst
Many have missed the not-so-subtle undertones of this 1984 Bruce Springsteen song about a Vietnam veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life.
Born in the USA
“I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly.”
You've Got Mail
In 1982, several Chicago residents died from potassium cyanide poisoning after this product was tampered with in retail stores in Chicago. Johnson & Johnson recalled the product and the incident led to an increase in tamper-resistant packaging for medications.
Tylenol
This lesbian daughter of a vice president had a strained relationship with her political sister because "Liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage."
Mary Cheney
This dancer had a career in stage, film, and television that spanned 76 years prior to his death in 1987.
Fred Astaire
Pete Seeger's 1949 version of this African-American spiritual has become an international anthem for civil rights.
We Shall Overcome
"I hate it, I hate the way you’re always right. I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it when you’re not around, and the fact that you didn’t call.
But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you.
Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.”
10 Things I Hate About You
In January 2010, this automobile manufacturer began the year with a major decline in its stock price after recalling 2.3 million vehicles due to several reports that the gas pedal had become stuck.
Toyota
This lesbian poet thinks you should let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Mary Oliver
This senator, attorney, lobbyist, and failed presidential candidate also appeared in Matlock, Die Hard 2, and Law & Order.
Fred Thompson
This 1939 Billie Holiday song featured the words of a poem by Lewis Allan that brought attention to the inheremtn evil of lynching.
Strange Fruit
“I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home, only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a cab. And it was like… magic.”
Sleepless in Seattle
In 1997, a line of this children's doll was recalled due to reports that children's hair and fingers were getting caught in the doll's mouths which were designed to "eat" plastic food.
Cabbage Patch Kids Snacktime Kids
In 1991, a bisexual attorney on this show shared the first significant lesbian kiss on primetime television.
L.A. Law