Least-Known Urban Legends

The list for December 23, 1996
The Top 16 Least-Known Urban Legends

  1. And when the couple gets home from their date and gets out of the car, there, dangling from the car door, is the severed… SPEAKER FROM THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE!!!

  2. Large bands of politicians roaming the sewers of Washington after being flushed down the toilet by voters.

  3. Cool Whip, at the right temperature, is an effective contraceptive.

  4. The Yuppie, the Suitcase Full of Cash Left in a Taxi, and the Ethical Dilemma

  5. The ghost of Keith Richards can still be seen performing with the Stones.

  6. Not only are the models in the Victoria Secrets catalog all really men, so is Victoria herself.

  7. Penny Marshall and Rosie O’Donnell actually seen shopping at K-Mart.

  8. Overweight tabby straps jet engine to its back in futile attempt to catch mice.

  9. Michael Jackson’s secret “reverse identical twin” whose skin gets darker and darker each year.

  10. If you look in the background of a particular scene from “Three Men and a Baby”, you can see the dying film careers of Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and Tom Selleck.

  11. The original “Dr Pepper” was actually a proctologist.

  12. The “Good Times” Hoax – Frightening rumor that Jimmy “J.J.” Walker will star in a movie version of the bad 70’s sitcom.

  13. “Frosty” the frozen wino.

  14. The Prom Queen who got home just fine, but was a little parched.

  15. After hours of being clubbed by LAPD, a homely man was actually “beaten handsome.”
And the Number 1 Least-Known Urban Legend…

  1. That really high note on Mariah Carey’s last single? A cat being strangled.
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CREDITS
Selected from 90 submissions from 33 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 1, 16 (6th #1)
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 2
  • Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 3
  • Debbie Lander, Las Vegas, NV — 4
  • Perry Friedman, Menlo Park, CA — 5
  • Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 6
  • Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX — 7
  • Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 8
  • Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 9
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 10
  • Don Horton, Sacramento, CA — 11
  • Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 12
  • David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 13
  • Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 13
  • Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 14
  • Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 15
  • Entire contributor list — Topic
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