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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Believe it or not, trend forecasting was a buzzy topic around 1993, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Popcorn Faith Popcorn]] (who changed her name from Faith Plotkin) was fairly well-known at the time for her outlandish predictions about societal attitudes and technological innovations (like clothing infused with "neuro-chemicals"), so for his invention exchange Joel went for the obvious pun and came up with microwave popcorn stuffed with futurist observations. Faith Popcorn is still around today but her FifteenMinutesOfFame have long-since passed, so the sketch needs some explaining for modern audiences.
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* InMemoriam: The credits end with a dedication to Kevin Murphy's father.

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* InMemoriam: The credits end with a dedication to Kevin Murphy's father.father.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Believe it or not, trend forecasting was a buzzy topic around 1993, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Popcorn Faith Popcorn]] (who changed her name from Faith Plotkin) was fairly well-known at the time for her outlandish predictions about societal attitudes and technological innovations (like clothing infused with "neuro-chemicals"), so for his invention exchange Joel went for the obvious pun and came up with microwave popcorn stuffed with futurist observations. Faith Popcorn is still around today but her FifteenMinutesOfFame have long-since passed, so the sketch needs some explaining for modern audiences.
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* InMemoriam: The credits end with a dedication to Kevin Murphy's father.

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