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Provided by the compucert bagatelle \bag-uh-TEL\, noun:
- A trifle; a thing of little or no importance.
- A short, light musical or literary piece.
- A game played with a cue and balls on an oblong table having cups or arches at one end.
- A colloquialism used to delineate the precise moment at which a cinematic franchise has crossed over from remote plausibility to self parodying absurdity, usually indicating a low point in the series from which it is unlikely to recover. A reference to one of the opening scenes of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in which the titular hero manages to avoid death by nuclear explosion by hiding inside a kitchen refrigerator. The film is widely recognised by fans as a major departure from the rest of the series both in terms of content and quality.
Guy 1: "Wow. Did you see the new Indy movie? What the hell was that? It was like I was having some kind of flu induced absurdist nightmare."
Guy 2: "Yep... did or did not that series permanently Nuke the Fridge?"
Guy 1: "Oh, totally Nuked the Fridge! But I guess Spielberg is happy as long as he has the money of the people who trusted him."
Guy 2: "Guess so..."
Trivia
Why did American Greg LeMond, the first non-European to win the Tour de France bike race, originally take up cycling?
- To stay in shape for his first love, competitive skiing, during the warm months. He did so well at biking that he turned professional, winning the Tour de France three times—in 1986, 1989, and 1990.
- ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)
- Ixtoc I: blowout caused vast oil spill off Mexico (1979)
- The Producers: musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)
- Josephine Baker (1906-1975): singer, dancer, activist
- Boots Randolph (1927-2007): saxophonist
- Larry McMurtry (72): novelist/screenwriter who wrote The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove; poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) shares his birth date
- Kerry King (44): guitarist, Slayer
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