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4 unusual facts about Outland


Outland

Outland Trophy, a trophy awarded annually to the best college football lineman in the United States

The Outlands, an Outer Plane in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

Paul Ireland

In 2012, he also acted in Australian Broadcasting Corporation comedy, Outland after auditioning and meeting the writers, who told him that they wanted a British actor in the role in the programme.

The Boy James

Critical and public acclaim has led to the show being the longest running of Belt Up Theatre's repertoire, and was one of the two shows that were part of their international debut in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, in 2012 (alongside Outland).


A Wish for Wings That Work

The story centers on Opus the Penguin (who was at the time one of the main characters in Breathed's comic strip Outland.

John H. Outland

On January 28, 1902 Outland married Ethel Arnett Grimes in her hometown of Dana, Indiana.

Machine and Soul

Musically, Machine + Soul carried on with the synth-rock/funk style of Metal Rhythm and Outland; in fact, the two Prince covers, "U Got the Look" and "1999" (the latter of which was relegated to B-side status), were recorded during the Outland sessions and at one point were set for inclusion on that album.

Rich Glover

In his senior season for the Huskers in 1972, he won the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award; the second of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and the first of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award.

Rich Glover was the second straight winner of the Outland Trophy from Nebraska, his New York Giant teammate Larry Jacobson won in 1971.

Space Force

Cues from Logan's Run, Outland, and Capricorn One can be heard in series one, while music from The Wind and the Lion, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Gremlins and Alien can be heard in series two.

The Last Basselope

The 32 page story depicts Breathed's Outland characters hunting a purportedly fierce beast called a Basselope.

Tony Mandarich

Recruited to Michigan State University by defensive back coach Nick Saban, Mandarich played in the 1988 Rose Bowl, was named as a First-team All-American, an Outland Award finalist and a two-time Big Ten Lineman of the Year.


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