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Bestsellers...
Somebody on a Mac mailing list who was annoyed at his brother in law's
statement that he was buying Windows because it was the most popular kind
of computer decided to compile the following fun list to illustrate the
differences between "popular" and "good."
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"* The single that spent the most consecutive weeks (54) on the US
charts is The Macarena, by Los Del Rio. The Macarena dethroned the
previous consecutive chart topper, 'Oh, What a Night' (by The Four
Seasons)
"* The world's most translated author is everyone's favorite commie,
Vladimir Lenin. (3,842 translations). William Shakespeare is a distant
fourth with 1,689 translations.
[I disagree; Marx is my favorite commie.]
"* The longest running Broadway play of all time is Cats (1982 to
present).
"* The U.S. President who was elected with the largest popular
majority was none other than Tricky Dick--Richard M. Nixon won with
47.1 million to McGovern's 29.1 million votes.
"* The most watched weekly program in television history is Baywatch..
Nielsen Media Research puts its weekly viewership in 110 countries at
2.3 billion (That is right, BILLION). At a distant second is Jim
Henson's The Muppets. With barely 10% of Baywatch's audience, a mere
235 million people in 106 countries enjoy Kermit the Frog weekly.
"* The best selling novel of all time--at 30 million copies--is Valley
of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann.
"* The Number 3 Best Selling Music Video of all time is Step By Step
by New Kids On The Block. The Number 2 best seller is Hangin' Tough
by--that's right again--New Kids On The Block. Incidentally, Hangin'
Tough was previously the number 1 best selling music video of all
time, until it was displaced by (I couldn't even make this stuff up if
I tried) Hangin' Tough Live, by New Kids On The Block.
"* The world's best selling prepared food is that gustatory treat, the
Big Mac, at over 14 billion served.
"* The world's largest daily circulation newspaper is neither the Wall
Street Journal nor the New York Times, but Pravda, at 10 million
copies per day.
"* Though not a public corporation (with no accompanying public
financial disclosure required), the highest revenue generating
infomercial is believed to be The Psychic Friends' Network (1-900
Psychic).
"* The final numbers have not been tallied yet, but it appears that
Elton John's re-release of Candle In The Wind:"Rose of England
(Tribute to Princess Diana) is about to pass Bing Crosby's White
Christmas for best selling single of all time.
"* The world's best selling brewery is Anheiser Busch; makers of many
fine products--most notably its biggest seller--Budweiser Beer.
"* Not too long ago, (Whoomp) There It Is by Tag Team was the year's
best selling single.
"* 1996's best selling non-fiction book was Make the Connection by
that literary lion herself, Oprah Winfrey (co-written by her dean of
letters, Bob Greene).
"* The most watched event in television history is Princess Di's
funeral, which displaced the previous number one: The Royal Wedding of
Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. Man's landing on the moon is a
bit further down the list.
"* The best selling film soundtrack of all time is The Bodyguard.
"(* Sources: Top Ten of Everything, by Russel Ash (DIK Publishing);
Nielsen Media Research; The Book of Mosts, Aaron Cohl (St. Martin's
Press); Guinness Book of World Records, 1997; Issac Asimov's Book of
Facts.)
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Eric Bennett ( [email protected] ; http://www.pobox.com/~ericb )
Cornell University
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Rather than attacking Microsoft where it's strongest--its lawyers--[the
group of companies opposing Microsoft] should focus its efforts where
Microsoft is weakest: the complexity of Microsoft's products and the
relatively low payoff they provide in productivity. - Eamonn Sullivan, PC
Week Magazine
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