August 2nd in nerd history: Weird Al's milestone, the top song in 1966, and the Keanu movie no one saw
Happy National Coloring Book Day! These days, you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy coloring — hell, you don’t even have to do it in a book. Take my word for it, coloring in a digital Millennium Falcon is oddly soothing.
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August 2nd in Nerd History
Here are 5 things that happened on August 2nd at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.
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Birthdays of honor: Peter O’Toole (1932), Wes Craven (1939), Kevin Smith (1970), Sam Worthington (1976), Edward Furlong (1977), Jack L. Warner (1892), Max Wright (1943), Butch Vig (1955).
II.
In 1985, John Hughes’ sci-fi-infused teen comedy Weird Science was released in theaters. It was cited as nothing more than pandering to teen boys by critics at the time but has gone on to become a bit of a cult classic.
Whatever you do, do NOT mention to any ’90s kids in your life that today is the day hit theaters in 1996.




