[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM&feature=popular] One of my favorite sites is Strange New Products which has the latest in offbeat product introductions. I’ve heard that creating a fad is like doing the 100 yard dash on a tightrope. You have to hit ’em fast and hit ’em hard. The strangest product introductions are in the gift and candy industries.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNnulRuMGU] The story behind the classic song “Blue Moon” is a long and twisted one. In 1933, composers Rodgers and Hart were contracted by MGM to score “the screwball comedy to end all screwball comedies,” a film called “The Hollywood Party.” Bombshell sex symbol Jean Harlow was supposed to have played an innocent young girl […]