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unusual facts about Catch 22



DGCR2

Deletions of the 22q11.2 have been associated with a wide range of developmental defects (notably DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome, conotruncal anomaly face syndrome and isolated conotruncal cardiac defects) classified under the acronym CATCH 22.

The Supervillains

The band released 7 studio albums, and have been a supporting band on tour with Pepper, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, Streetlight Manifesto, Mu330, Inner Circle, Authority Zero, the Expendables, the Mad Caddies, and Catch 22.

Worthless United

In 2003 Worthless United released "A Nation Under" on Now Or Never Records and followed the release by touring across all of North American with bands such as The Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Bigwig, Catch 22, and River City Rebels.


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Anti-romance

J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is probably the most famous and successful anti-romance, though there are many others, including Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, "Araby" by James Joyce and Joseph Heller's Catch-22.

B-25 Mitchell aircraft in Catch-22

The Catch-22s budget could only accommodate 17 flyable B-25 Mitchells, and an additional non-flyable hulk was acquired in Mexico, made barely ferry-able and flown with landing gear down to the Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico filming location, only to be burned and destroyed in the landing crash scene.

When Catch-22 began preliminary production, Paramount made a decision to hire the Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain sufficient B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft to recreate a Mediterranean wartime base as depicted in the Joseph Heller novel of the same name.

Buile Shuibhne

Joseph Heller also references the story in his novel Catch-22, where he portrays Yossarian perching naked in a tree during, or after, Nately's burial.

Dray Skky

Skky filmed the video for "Catch 22" in May 2009 which features Brisco, Tiffany (BET's College Hill South Beach), and K.O.(Skky's official dance team).

Face of a Hero

Though out of print for a long time, interest in this narrative, dealing with the war experience of a B-24 tail gunner in Southern Europe during W.W.II, was rekindled when it was suggested that it inspired Joseph Heller while writing his well-known war novel Catch-22.

Freygolo

In 2004, they released their second album, "Time to Drop the Gun", full of energy and melodic motifs, the influence of groups such as NOFX and Catch 22 has weakened, giving way to a unique Freygolo style.

Judit Selymes

She directed Iván Darvas (as a lead) in a version of Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and collaborated with many other well-known Hungarian artists, including: Academy Award nominee Lajos Koltai, Zoltán Latinovits, Miklós Gábor, Éva Ruttkai, Lajos Básti, Tamás Major, György Bárdy, ibor Bitskey, Erzsi Máté and Itala Békés.

Lačni Franz

Their name, meaning hungry Franz, is a pun on the name of a character from the novel Catch-22, Hungry Joe, and describes hunger for rock music.

Major Major

Major Major Major Major, a fictional character from Joseph Heller's 1961 novel Catch-22

McNamara Taylor mission

Richardson felt that there was a Catch-22 situation in that there was nobody who commanded Diem's respect yet Diem's continual hold on power would ensure disaster.

Nately

Edward J. Nately III is a character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22.

Nately's Whore's Kid Sister is another character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22.

Norman Fell

Although Fell is best known for his television work, he also played minor character roles in several motion pictures including the original Ocean's 11, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, PT 109, The Graduate, Bullitt, and Catch-22 as Sergeant Towser.

Pianosa

Joseph Heller's absurdist novel Catch-22 is set on a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber squadron base on Pianosa during World War II, but Heller conceded that he took literary license in making Pianosa big enough for a major military complex.

Q.E.D.

In Joseph Heller's book Catch-22, the Chaplain, having been told to examine a forged letter allegedly signed by him (which he knew he didn't sign), verified that his name was in fact there.