Mr. Pop History – It’s a great story from 2003 and shows just how the Internet and the music world can collide.
Fed up – the singer featured tape loops with a profane admonishment to people trying to download cuts from her new “American Life” album. They thought they were getting real songs. That ticked off someone – because her website got hacked with a not-so-kind message scrawled across the front page. Another website – featuring amateur types – took her raw tracks and made dummy Madonna recordings. Thanks www.mrpopculture.com
Mr. Pop History – President Clinton was the only President to be impeached. It’s true. The House voted to impeach Clinton in December 1998 on two articles of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his affair with White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky. Two months later – in February, the senate voted to acquit him. 
Mr. Pop History – It’s a unique show – in that – it has been on the air since 1962. The man’s name is Mario Kreutzberger, but everyone knows him as Don Francisco. The original show launched in 1962 in Santiago Chile on Sunday and was originally titled “Omnibus.” After a short time, it moved to Saturdays and the name (Giant Saturday)“Sabado Gigante.” It originally was an 8-hour show. “Sabado” was first broadcast in this country on Univision – back in 1986 and there it remains. It’s as popular as ever 
Mr. Pop History – Earlier this decade and you can thank CNBC. I remember it being a big deal when ESPNews copied the trend and that was back in 2001. 
Mr. Pop History – Thank you. It was back in 1970, when Paul wrote the first of several love songs to Linda – the first being “Baby, I’m Amazed.” The other is of course – “My Love.” 
Mr. Pop History – Yes – and it was called “All Shook Up,” a musical commissioned by the Presley estate back in 2003. 
Mr. Pop History – Yes and the stage musical was written by Ben Elton and it had a limited run earlier this decade. 
Mr. Pop History – Nintendo America began issuing gloves for usage of its “Mario Party” game on the old Nintendo 64 home game system. It had to do with the fast action and the grooved joystick. This was back around 2000. 
Mr. Pop History – I’ve had a few e-mails asking about Britney Spears bubblegum. Was there such an animal? Answer is yes – back in 2000 with Britney Spears Bubblegum. The package resembled a compact disc. 
Mr. Pop History – I make it a point not to look at Wiki, so here’s what I have:
Marvel comic book “X-Men” debuted in 1963, almost went away during the 1970’s,
then went on to an incredible peak during the 1980’s with 400,000 readers. What revived them? The addition of new heroes – most notably Wolverine and Storm.
X-men creators are writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. And, the first X-Men movie came out in 2000
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