Knowledge Waits Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/knowledge-waits/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:18:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://popculturereferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-thumbnail-1-32x32.png Knowledge Waits Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/knowledge-waits/ 32 32 Should There Be a Separate Holiday Billboard Chart? https://popculturereferences.com/should-there-be-a-separate-holiday-billboard-chart/ https://popculturereferences.com/should-there-be-a-separate-holiday-billboard-chart/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:13:33 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7622 Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You" has now had more weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 than any other artist. Should that be how the Billboard Hot 100 works?

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/should-there-be-a-separate-holiday-billboard-chart/feed/ 0 Would a TV Show Continue if the Second Lead Murdered the Creator of the Series? https://popculturereferences.com/would-a-tv-show-continue-if-the-second-lead-murdered-the-creator-of-the-series/ https://popculturereferences.com/would-a-tv-show-continue-if-the-second-lead-murdered-the-creator-of-the-series/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:15:13 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7527 Brian asks his readers if they think that a TV show would keep airing if the secondary lead murdered the creator of the series

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/would-a-tv-show-continue-if-the-second-lead-murdered-the-creator-of-the-series/feed/ 1 ‘We Decided to Make Season Three of And Just Like That the End…And Not Tell The Actors’ https://popculturereferences.com/we-decided-to-make-season-three-of-and-just-like-that-the-end-and-not-tell-the-actors/ https://popculturereferences.com/we-decided-to-make-season-three-of-and-just-like-that-the-end-and-not-tell-the-actors/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:36:29 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7396 Brian explains how absurd the explanation being give for the finale of And Just Like That is.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/we-decided-to-make-season-three-of-and-just-like-that-the-end-and-not-tell-the-actors/feed/ 1 We Get You’re Hard Up For Words, But LORIS Simply Can’t Be a Wordle Answer https://popculturereferences.com/we-get-youre-hard-up-for-words-but-loris-simply-cant-be-a-wordle-answer/ https://popculturereferences.com/we-get-youre-hard-up-for-words-but-loris-simply-cant-be-a-wordle-answer/#respond Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:08:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7384 Brian looks at the absurdity of LORIS being a Wordle answer.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/we-get-youre-hard-up-for-words-but-loris-simply-cant-be-a-wordle-answer/feed/ 0 There’s Nothing Wrong With the Shows With the Best Casts Getting the Most Nominations https://popculturereferences.com/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-shows-with-the-best-casts-getting-the-most-nominations/ https://popculturereferences.com/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-shows-with-the-best-casts-getting-the-most-nominations/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:59:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7378 Brian explains why he doesn't think it is a problem for the TV shows with the best casts to have the most Emmy nominations

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-shows-with-the-best-casts-getting-the-most-nominations/feed/ 2 The Enshittification of Royal Match Continues https://popculturereferences.com/the-enshittification-of-royal-match-continues/ https://popculturereferences.com/the-enshittification-of-royal-match-continues/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:09:38 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7372 Today, we look at how the enshittification of Royal Match continues apace. Knowledge Waits is a feature where I just share some bit of pop culture history that interests me that doesn’t quite fit into

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/the-enshittification-of-royal-match-continues/feed/ 0 IDLER is an Embarrassing Word for Wordle to Use https://popculturereferences.com/idler-is-an-embarrassing-word-for-wordle-to-use/ https://popculturereferences.com/idler-is-an-embarrassing-word-for-wordle-to-use/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 16:38:56 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7326 Brian explains why IDLER was such a poor word choice by Wordle

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/idler-is-an-embarrassing-word-for-wordle-to-use/feed/ 0 Royal Match Is Emulating Candy Crush Saga in an Annoying Fashion https://popculturereferences.com/royal-match-is-emulating-candy-crush-saga-in-an-annoying-fashion/ https://popculturereferences.com/royal-match-is-emulating-candy-crush-saga-in-an-annoying-fashion/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:05:29 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7315 Royal Match is mostly a much better mobile game experience than Candy Crush Saga, but it has recently begun emulating Candy Crush Saga in an annoying fashion

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/royal-match-is-emulating-candy-crush-saga-in-an-annoying-fashion/feed/ 0 When Video Games Just Stop Trying https://popculturereferences.com/when-video-games-just-stop-trying/ https://popculturereferences.com/when-video-games-just-stop-trying/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:18:18 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7144 It's interesting watching a mobile video game you once enjoyed just fall apart over time

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/when-video-games-just-stop-trying/feed/ 0 Candy Crush Saga’s Response to Royal Match Passing It in Sales is to…Do More Ads? https://popculturereferences.com/candy-crush-sagas-response-to-royal-match-passing-it-in-sales-is-to-do-more-ads/ https://popculturereferences.com/candy-crush-sagas-response-to-royal-match-passing-it-in-sales-is-to-do-more-ads/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:13:43 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7135 Candy Crush Saga has been passed by Royal Match in the world of tile-matching "free" games, and its response to being passed is to...just do more ads?

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