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19 unusual facts about Honey


Age progression

The BBC television series "Honey, We're Killing the Kids" focused on showing parents the consequences of poor parenting using the Age progression technique to estimate how their children may look like as adults if they continue with their present life-style, dietary and exercise habits.

Along Came Daffy

Along Came Daffy is one of only two Warner Bros. shorts (the other being Honey's Money) in which Yosemite Sam is not paired with Bugs Bunny (although at one point Daffy does ask, "What's cookin', Doc?", a variant of Bugs's "What's up, Doc?" catchphrase along with the famous "eh" and the imitated 'carrot chewing').

Felicia Stoler

Dr. Felicia Stoler is an American registered dietitian and exercise physiologist who has hosted Honey, We're Killing the Kids, a television series originally developed by the BBC that shows parents the consequences of poor parenting, using computer-generated images of what their children may look like as adults if they continue with their present life-style, dietary and exercise habits.

Fremont Street

1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid prominently featured Fremont Street in the movie.

His Bitter Half

(In the later "Honey's Money," Wentworth is completely innocent, his giant weight causing trouble for Sam, who tries to get rid of him to keep the money for himself.)

Both "His Bitter Half" and a later short -- 1962's "Honey's Money" -- have a similar plot: a fortune-seeking bachelor marrying an ugly mean widow and, after forced to do backbreaking housechores, being made to care for her child, introduced (to both the main protagonist and the audience) only after the marriage is legalized.

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

When Adam knocks down his room's door, production designer Leslie Dilley created a set with miniature furniture about four feet away from the camera, while the adult actors would be about fifteen feet away.

Honey, I'm Homely!

Prior to recording Honey, I'm Homely!, DHC toured with bands such as Blink-182 and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and a host of Epitaph punk bands.

Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us

The music video was first shown at the record release party of I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002, and was available online.

Honey's Dead

The title refers to one of the band's early hits, "Just Like Honey", and is intended to demonstrate a complete departure from their earlier musical style.

Lisa Hark

Lisa Hark is a nutritionist, and the diet and lifestyle consultant presenter for the American version of the BBC television series, Honey, We're Killing the Kids.

Loves Ugly Children

During the latter part of 1995 LUC played in Australia on a Flying Nun bill with Garageland and King Loser, released an EP and video for the song Personal World, contributed to the Flying Nun ABBA tribute album Abbasalutely (they covered Honey, Honey) and ended the year with an extended tour in the UK.

Rock This Country!

This video was the second consecutive live video released from the Come on Over album, and third overall, as both "Honey, I'm Home" and "Come on Over" were issued live videos.

Scott McGinnis

He has also directed individual television episodes, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Angel and The Jersey.

Sharon O'Neill

In 1994, O'Neill and Palmer joined forces once again, writing "Love Takes Time" for Palmer's Honey.

Stig Anderson

In the early stages of ABBA, Anderson co-wrote many of the songs' lyrics, among them some of the band's biggest hits, such as "Ring Ring" (1973), "Waterloo" (1974), "Honey, Honey" (1974), "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (1975), "Mamma Mia" (1975), "S.O.S" (1975), "Fernando" (1976), "Dancing Queen" (1976), "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977), and "The Name of the Game" (1977).

The Very Best of Andy Williams

"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" and "Up, Up and Away" come from 1968's Honey LP.

Tom Spezialy

He has directed a few numbers of television series such as Reaper and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show.

Tyger

Tyger Drew-Honey (born 1996), English child actor from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey


Apis cerana

This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi, and both are in the same subgenus as the Western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera.

As Bees In Honey Drown

As Bees In Honey Drown is a satirical comedy by Douglas Carter Beane, an American playwright and screenwriter.

Blam Honey

Blam Honey released two albums: Grandiose Delusion (1998) and Typical Ingeniousness: Suggest (1999).

Can the Can

The song "Ain't Ya Something Honey" was written by Quatro and produced by Mickie Most.

Chak Chak

Çäkçäk, a sweet dessert of Tatar, made of honey and pastry

Chantal Claret

"Honey Honey" & "Pleasure Seeker" have been featured on VH1's Mob Wives.

Cuteness

It can be a factor in live action productions such as movies starring Shirley Temple, the Honey, I Shrunk The Kids trilogy, the Three Men and a Baby duology, and elements of One Good Cop, as well the successful documentary film March of the Penguins.

Dormouse

The edible dormouse was considered a delicacy in ancient Rome, either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds).

ECWA Hospital Egbe

Tommy and wife arrived Egbe two days before Christmas 1915 from their honey moon, they didn’t realise how exciting Christmas Day was going to be.

Edward George Honey

A monument of Honey was erected by Eric Harding near the Shrine of Remembrance in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.

Electuary

An electuary is a medicinal paste composed of powders, or other medical ingredients, incorporated with sweeteners to hide the taste, like syrup, honey, jam, etc., for the purposes of oral consumption.

Eric Forrester

And then Pam sabotages the latest showcase by showering Donna—wearing the showstopper gown—with honey, both a reference to Brian De Palma's 1976 film, Carrie (in which the title character is showered with blood) and to Eric and Donna's well-known habit of using honey during sex play.

Eucryphia lucida

It is also utilized by Tasmanian beekeepers in the making of Leatherwood Honey, a noted monofloral honey that has been recognised by the international Slow Food movement in its Ark of Taste.

Eve Gordon

After that, she appeared in ER, The Partridge Family Story, Avalon and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (as Diane Szalinski, taking the role over from Marcia Strassman), and starred in David Chase's first original series, Almost Grown, and The Good Life with Drew Carey.

Gary McCormick

He also wrote Performance—A Guide to the Performing Arts in New Zealand for the Department of Internal Affairs (1979) and the satiric secret diary of Jacques Chirac, Honey, I blew up the Atoll (with Scott Wilson, 1995).

Grady Howard

Howard held membership in the North Carolina Beekeepers' Association, handling gallberry and gum honey in several farms in Cedar Creek and Harnett County, North Carolina.

Honey Barbara

Honey Barbara is an American rock band from San Antonio, Texas.

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor, Bee mite that attacks honey bee s Apis cerana and Apis mellifera.

Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken

Thus begins an adventure in which Honey and Lily are pursued by Phoenix, Princess Flora, and her suitors to various cities around the world, including Paris, New York City, Oslo, London, Monte Carlo, Tokyo, and Gibraltar.

Honey Island Swamp monster

On July 20, 2013, Mattel introduced the Monster High character Honey Swamp as daughter of Honey Island Swamp monster at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Honey Nut Cheerios

Historically, Honey Nut Cheerios has participated in much the same promotional advertising as the original brand, while collaborating with the field of NASCAR and especially driver Bill Lester, in promoting healthy diets.

Honey to the B

Honey to the B is the debut album album by pop singer Billie Piper, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

The single "Honey to the Bee" re-entered at number 17 in the official UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007, 8 years after initial release, thanks to efforts by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles.

Isagenix International

In February 2009, Isagenix was part of a nation-wide recall on peanuts thought to be contaminated with Salmonella, which were used by Isagenix in their Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut Bar.

Kvutzat Kinneret

Beekeeping and the sale of honey were among the earliest economic branches.

Lipniki, Ostrołęka County

He also had to appeal to the Royal Beekeeping Society and accept the so-called "Prawo Bartne" or "Beekeeper's Laws." This was a set of laws governing the production and sale of honey, wax, and related products, which were a chief product of this region and were particularly valuable to the noble class at the time.

Louisiana Voodoo

There were different recipes in Voodoo spells for cure-all; one recipe was to mix jimson weed (Warning: due to the toxicity of Jimson Weed, it is not advised for unskilled practitioners to create) with sulfur and honey.

Lyle Ritz

Ritz compiled over 5,000 credits including such notable tracks as Herb Alpert's "Taste of Honey," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations".

Meliae

Many species of Fraxinus, the ash trees, exude a sugary substance, which the ancient Greeks called méli, "honey".

Money Honey

Money Honey, a nickname for Maria Bartiromo during her work with the CNBC finance news channel

Muesli

Other ingredients commonly included are additional grated or chopped fresh fruit (e.g., bananas, apples, berries, grapes, mango), dried fruit, milk products (e.g., fresh milk, yogurt, cream, condensed milk, fromage frais, quark, cottage cheese, or nondairy milk substitutes), lemon juice, ground nuts, seeds, spices (especially cinnamon), honey and muesli mix.

Ned Scott

Ned Scott arrived in Hollywood in February, 1935 and took up residence with Fred Zinnemann, Henwar Rodakiewicz and Gunther von Fritsch in a studio apartment complex at 7900 Honey Drive, North Hollywood.

Norma Jean Riley

"Norma Jean Riley" is the title of a song written by Rob Honey, Monty Powell and Dan Truman, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio.

Paradise Film Entertainment

Franco Roccaforte, Greg Centauro, CJ, Dora Venter, Jenny Baby, Jade Sin, Tiffany Rousso, Liz Honey, Regina Ice, Mya Diamond

Pure Love

In the song, Rabbitt compares "pure love" to such things as milk, honey and the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal, before pointing out that the love shared between the protagonist and his/her object of affection is "99 44/100 percent pure" (borrowing from the old Ivory soap advertising slogan).

Rugg Williams

Rugg has now co-created and produced the pilot, Calvin and Freddie’s Cosmic Encounters starring his own sons Oren Williams (Rebound) and Zachary Isaiah Williams (Honey).

Seymour Simons

The trio also collaborated on "(I'm In Love With You) Honey" which was performed in the 1945 film Her Highness and the Bellboy.

Slim Harpo

In 2012 a Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Whiskey commercial featured Harpo's song "I'm a King Bee" covered by San Francisco blues band The Stone Foxes.

SS Midland City

She was then brought to Georgian Bay where the steamer ran a regular route from Midland to Parry Sound, stopping in Honey Harbour, Minnicog, Whalen's, Go-Home-Bay, Wah-Wah-Taysee, Manitou, Copperhead, Sans Souci, and Rose Point.

The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull

It tells the story of Samson, who tore apart a lion and when he returned, noticed a swarm of bees and some honey on the lion's carcass.

The Honey Drippers

The Honey Drippers, a backing band of Roy C that recorded the widely-sampled 1973 song "Impeach the President"

Third Heaven

In the Second Book of Enoch, Third Heaven is described as a location "between corruptibility and incorruptibility" containing the Tree of Life, "whereon the Lord rests, when he goes up into paradise." (chapter 8) Two springs in the Third Heaven, one of milk and the other of honey, along with two others of wine and oil, flow down into the Garden of Eden.

Under the Red Sky

The intro to "Unbelievable" is very similar to the intro on Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't" as sung by The Beatles on Beatles for Sale.

Valeri Bure

Following his retirement, Bure's wife, Candace, announced on her website that the couple would be opening a restaurant, "The Milk and Honey Café", in Pembroke Pines, Florida in April 2007; the restaurant later closed.

Willis Alan Ramsey

At the same time, he enjoyed a revival in the United States, due in part to numerous artists who cut versions of Ramsey's songs, including Widespread Panic ("Geraldine & The Honey Bee"), Jerry Jeff Walker ("Northeast Texas Women"), Waylon Jennings, Shawn Colvin ("Satin Sheets"), Jimmy Buffett ("The Ballad of Spider John," "Northeast Texas Women"), and Jimmie Dale Gilmore ("Goodbye to Old Missoula").

You Blow Me Away

Released as the third and final single from the Honey album, the track was a moderate commercial success in the UK, but not as successful as the previous single "Know by Now".