Given the worldwide success of the Peppa Pig® TV series (and subsequent spinoffs), it’s perhaps not surprising that the character has attracted attention in academic circles. Here are some recent examples of scholarly publications on the subject. Does Peppa Pig encourage inappropriate use of primary care resources? British Medical Journal, 2017; 359 Peppa Pig and Friends International […]
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Man vs. Bear, without Troy Hurtubise
A new TV series called “Man Vs Bear” tries to fulfill some of the ambitions of Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise, but without using the protective suits of armor that Troy tried to perfect. The TV producers describe what they hope to portray: For thousands of years, Grizzly Bears have stood at the top […]
Recent progress in SpongeBob SquarePants® studies
SpongeBob SquarePants first made a public appearance in 1999, but it took quite some time for the emergence of a scholarly work which directly cited the character as a primary focus for study. This one, from 2005, is a likely candidate as the first : ■ A More Porous Postmodernity: Absurdity, Politics, Consumerism and the Cultural […]
The Ig Nobel Prizes are a category on Jeopardy, for the 8th time
The television quiz show Jeopardy used the Ig Nobel Prizes as a category, in the program broadcast on May 23, 2019. This was the eighth time the Igs have been a Jeopardy category (previous appearances were in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018). Here are the answers from the new session: The contest was exciting, reports the Inquirer Journal: Bolton native gives […]