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7 unusual facts about Kool


Corien Wortmann-Kool

She is a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President on Economic and Financial Affairs of the European People’s Party (EPP) Group.

Wortmann-Kool played a crucial role as negotiator on behalf of the European Parliament on the Stability and Growth Pact legislation, the so-called “6pack” for European economic governance, that came into force in the end of 2011.

Janice Dean

Previously, she was on CHUM Limited in Ottawa where she held numerous positions such as a morning news anchor for Breakfast @ the New RO, producer and host of The Broad Perspective on CFRA and an anchor for KOOL-FM.

Journey Escape

Assisting the player are roadies, which provided short periods of immunity to obstacles, and The Manager, inexplicably depicted as the Kool-Aid Man, which allowed the player to move to the Scarab completely unhindered.

KOOL-FM

At the time, no other station in the Phoenix market had an oldies format, and Osborne was given the freedom by KOOL-FM (then owned by Gene Autry) to play anything he wanted.

M Network

M Network produced home ports of popular arcade games, including BurgerTime, Bump 'n' Jump and Lock 'n' Chase (all 1982) as well as original titles such as Tron: Deadly Discs (1982 – based on the Disney movie) and Kool-Aid Man (1983), one of the earliest "promogames", originally available only via mail order by sending in UPC symbols from Kool-Aid containers.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The book chronicles the Acid Tests (parties in which LSD-laced Kool-Aid was used to obtain a communal trip), the group's encounters with (in)famous figures of the time, including famous authors, Hells Angels, and The Grateful Dead, and it also describes Kesey's exile to Mexico and his arrests.


David Kool

Kool is currently the head men's basketball coach at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan.

After the end of the 2012–13 WMU season, Kool accepted the men's varsity head coaching position at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan.

De-Lite Records

In 1985, De-Lite was absorbed into PolyGram sublabel Mercury Records, Kool and the Gang transferred to.

Gee Bayss

With the beginning of Hip Hop Galsen and the creation of Pee Froiss (with Xuman Gunman and Kool Kocc 6), Gee Bayss really starts a career as hip hop DJ, training himself to the art of turntablism.

Half a Klip

It was the first new solo release from Kool G Rap in six years, and its producers included DJ Premier, Marley Marl, Domingo, and Marks.

Kim Green

In 1997 KOOL cigarettes took over as a major sponsor with Parker Johnstone, and the team was renamed Team KOOL Green, before expanding to a two-car effort in 1998 with Paul Tracy and rising youngster Dario Franchitti.

KMNR

Some MSM students, including Roger Beckman, fabricated a makeshift radio station in the dormitories which was unofficially called KMFA, these letters standing for the original four buildings in the Quadrangle residential complex: Kelly, McAnerney, Farrar, and Altman Hall (although it was also known by something else – Kool MF Association).

Kool DJ Red Alert

Kool DJ Red Alert was recognized with a location on the Bronx Walk of Fame, a series of street signs recognizing people of note from the borough, alongside other notables such as Colin Powell, who have originated from the Bronx.

Kool Keith

Keith Thornton (born 19 October 1966), better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York.

Kool Moe Dee–LL Cool J feud

LL responded on his 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out with "To Da Break of Dawn"; where he makes fun of "Star Trek shades" (referring to Kool Moe Dee's characteristic eyeglasses), and also attacks both MC Hammer and Ice-T for dissing him on records.

Kool Out Entertainment

In November 2009, Kool Out expanded into international acts bringing L.A. Hip Hop duo People Under the Stairs to South Africa.

Lenny Henry in Pieces

The second series introduced new characters including Blaxploitation Pope, who is Lucius T. Kool III, a ghetto brother and leader of the Catholic Church; President Umbukele, who is an expert in diplomacy and acquiring foreign aid, but then spends it all on silly things; bad influence Granddad; and a family of animated polar bears with Brummie accents, who live at Dudley zoo.

Meal, Combat, Individual ration

Typical commercial brands issued in the cigarette ration were: Camel, Chesterfield, Kent, Kool, Lucky Strike, Marlboro, Pall Mall, Salem, or Winston.

Professor Kool

Professor Kool aired on WMAR-TV in Baltimore on Saturday mornings from 1967 to 1978 and was hosted by Stu Kerr.

After Professor Kool went off the air, Stu Kerr was on a show called Caboose, which featured a young puppeteer named Kevin Clash, better known today as the man behind Elmo.

Rishi Rich

Kyaa Kool Hai Hum: The track One Night, produced by Rishi and sung by Jay Sean, was taken from Jay Sean's album Me Against Myself and was included in the 2005 film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum.

Tha Realest discography

"A Change To Come" J-Flexx featuring Tha Realest, Bahamadia, Kool & the Gang & Con-Funk-Shun (Gang Related soundtrack) (1997)

The Giancana Story

After contributing to the Hip Hop for Respect project, a collection of rappers who released an EP to protest against police brutality, and performing the opening verse on the single "One Four Love Pt. 1", Kool G Rap's critically acclaimed turn on the track led to a deal with Rawkus Records.

To da Break of Dawn

Kool Moe Dee responded with the song "Death Blow" from the 1991 album Funke, Funke Wisdom.

Toaster pastry

Nabisco also made a toaster pastry based on the Oreo cookie as "Kool Stuf", which was also later discontinued.

Tooth Protectors

Released in 1983, Tooth Protectors is one of the earliest "advergames" or "promogames" – games with overt tie-ins to retail products – and one of several released that year for the Atari 2600 platform (others included M Network's Kool-Aid Man and Purina's Chase the Chuck Wagon.

WestStar TalkRadio Network

The network also distributes Goddard's Gold and The 70s, two oldies/classic hits syndicated series hosted by KOOL-FM long-time Phoenix-based on-air radio broadcaster Steve Goddard, and An American Christmas, an annual special hosted by Mannheim Steamroller.

WKNL

The last song of the "Kool" format was "Last Dance" by Donna Summer with the first song of the "Roxy" station being "Some Nights" by Fun.

XHOCL-FM

Before XHOCL was KOOL, it was XHCR (Country Music Bob; its format later moved to KUSS).

You Want This

Thomas, Donald Boyce, George Brown, Richard Westfield, Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Ronald Bell, Richard Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Henry Cosby, Deke Richards


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