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2 unusual facts about Wham-O


Instant Fish

Instant Fish was an idea conceived by the Wham-O toy company in the early 1960s.

Slingshot

The Wham-O company, founded in 1948, was named after their first product, the Wham-O slingshot.


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2-4 Family

2-4 Family also joined with other vocalists to release a cover version of Wham!'s famous single "Last Christmas" under the moniker Rap Allstars.

Andrew Ridgeley

CBS Records (later Sony Music), having taken up the option on Wham!'s contract that specified solo albums from Michael and Ridgeley, released a guitar and drum driven solo recording from Ridgeley, Son of Albert, in 1990.

Can't Smile Without You

On behalf of the songwriters, publishing company Dick James Music sued George Michael for plagiarism in the mid-'80s, claiming that the 1984 Wham! single "Last Christmas" lifted its melody from "Can't Smile Without You." The case was settled out of court.

Children Awaiting Parents

Friday's Child, a weekly television segment hosted by WHAM TV 13 Associate News Director, Don Alhart, in Rochester, New York, features a local waiting child in an effort to recruit forever families.

David Price Racing

Andrew Ridgeley, formerly of the pop duo Wham!, also ran with DPR in French F3, after the band split up.

Deon Estus

Deon Estus (born Jeffery Deon Estus, 1956, Detroit, Michigan) is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on the latter's first two subsequent solo projects.

Don Alhart

Alhart began his professional television career at WOKR-TV (the predecessor of WHAM) in 1966 after graduating from Ithaca College.

Everything She Wants

Furthermore, Michael remarked in an interview (to promote 25 Live tour) that "Everything She Wants" is his favourite Wham! song.

KSSX

KOGO-FM plays more soft rock (from artists like Hall and Oates and Wham!), new wave (from artists like OMD), and rock (from artists like Stray Cats) hits than XHRM-FM, which has a heavy Hispanic composition added to their music mix.

New York State Route 15

NY 15, meanwhile, continues on a northeasterly line toward Rochester, passing by the studios of local television stations, WHAM and WUHF, prior to entering a major commercial district surrounding The Marketplace Mall and Jefferson Road (NY 252).

Saas-Fee

Saas-Fee was the location where the video for Wham!'s hit single "Last Christmas" was filmed in 1984.

Stacey Pensgen

In January 2011 Pensgen quit working at WHAM and began working with WROC-TV News 8 the following month.

Super Ball

"It took us nearly two years to iron the kinks out of Super Ball before we produced it," according to Richard Knerr, President of Wham-O.

The BossHoss

Christmas-CD contains a cover of "Last Christmas" of George Michael of Wham) & Riding Home For Christmas)

The Kwartet

Replacing Dean Rottau with Billy Ford, modifying their band name, and adopting a new, oldies, a capella repertoire, the band put together an EP of cover songs titled Enter the Cactus, including covers of Wham!'s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, The Temptations' My Girl, and The Foundations' Build Me Up Buttercup.

The Post-Crescent

Post Publishing owned the newspaper from 1920 until it was purchased by Gillett Communications on August 1, 1984, and was also a former owner of WLUK (Channel 11) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Marquette, Michigan's WLUC (Channel 6), WEAU (Channel 13) in Eau Claire, and Rochester, New York's WOKR (Channel 13).

Tor Zawar

Tor Zawar is a group of closely spaced fissure vents on a non-volcanic mountain in a tectonically active region between the Bibai and Gogai thrust faults (Global Volcanism Program) which is in the Ziarat reigon near the village of Wham.

We All Stand Together

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart one year later in 1985, one of three hits to do so that originally charted in December 1984 ("Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and "Last Christmas" by Wham! were the other two).

Wham Paymaster Robbery

Wham and his escort had completed their paying of the soldiers at Fort Grant, and were on their way to Fort Thomas, then Fort Apache.

WHAM-TV

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge.

WHAM has led the news ratings in Rochester for many years and lead anchor Don Alhart has been at the station since 1966 along with longtime anchors Ginny Ryan and Doug Emblidge.

WRWB

WHAM-DT2, a television station (Channel 13.2) licensed to serve Rochester, New York, licensed as WRWB-TV from 2000 to 2006


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