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Late on the night of November 22, 1987, an unknown person interrupted broadcasts on two Chicago television stations while wearing a mask resembling Max Headroom, a glitchy, distorted futuristic TV character popular in the 1980s. The hijacker rambled, made strange jokes, and behaved erratically before the signal abruptly ended. Despite an FBI investigation, the “Max Headroom Incident” was never solved.

Besides “Surfin’ Bird,” are there any Top 40 songs Family Guy has used in more than one episode?

I noticed “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” by Paula Cole shows up at least twice:

* In S8E20 when Han Solo/Peter is tortured by being forced to listen to the song.

* In S19E10 when Peter is driving his car through an empty grocery store, the same song is playing.

I’m asking about Top 40/pop songs only because there are probably classical pieces used all over the place.

Any others?

Organized by United Way, Balloonfest ’86 was intended as both a fundraiser and a world-record attempt, with children selling balloon sponsorships to benefit local charities. Instead, rain and shifting winds forced many of the nearly 1.5 million balloons back to earth, covering roads, Lake Erie, and nearby communities. The event briefly disrupted airport traffic and complicated a Coast Guard search for two missing boaters, later becoming one of Cleveland’s most infamous civic mishaps.

Known as “The Kissing Bandit,” Morganna Roberts became a pop-culture fixture in the 70s-80s for running onto Major League Baseball fields in tight tops and hot pants to kiss star players during games. Despite frequent arrests, she became a (strangely) accepted part of sports culture, kissing players including Fred Lynn, Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Pete Rose, and Cal Ripken Jr.

Disco Demolition Night was a promotion between games of a Chicago White Sox doubleheader in which fans brought disco records to be blown up on the field. Organizers expected around 20,000 attendees, but more than 45,000 showed up. The event descended into chaos after fans stormed the field, forcing the White Sox to forfeit the second game. The night is often remembered as a symbolic turning point in the backlash against disco music.

Watching “Road to India” (Season 14) and this scene looks like some kind of den/sitting room, but you can see the stairs right there.

I always thought the kitchen/dining area was in this spot. Have we ever seen this room before?

Rewatching the “You Better Shop Around” two-parter and noticed something I’d never caught before. During the grocery shopping competition, Al grabs O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer. Since the winner keeps all the groceries, wouldn’t Al be the last person on earth to choose O’Doul’s?

Two suspended walkways inside the Hyatt Regency Kansas City collapsed during a crowded dance event on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200. The disaster became one of the deadliest structural failures in U.S. history and led to major changes in engineering practice and building review procedures. **Title has wrong date. It’s 7/17.

Celebrations following the Detroit Tigers winning the 1984 World Series spilled into unrest in parts of Detroit. Photographs from the celebration, including this one of fan Bubba Helms posing beside an overturned burning Detroit police car, were widely circulated in national media and became part of the city’s reputation during the 1980s.

Emily Gail became a recognizable downtown Detroit civic leader in the late 1970s and early 1980s through her ‘Say Nice Things About Detroit’ movement, which encouraged civic pride during a period when Detroit was frequently labeled the ‘murder capital of the world.’ She operated a downtown shop called Emily’s Across the Street and later ran unsuccessfully for Detroit City Council in 1985. Gail is also the sister of Max Gail, best known for playing Wojo on the sitcom Barney Miller.

Photographed during the American Legion convention held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel during the U.S. Bicentennial summer of 1976. Within weeks, an unexplained respiratory outbreak linked to the gathering sickened more than 200 people and killed 34. The investigation ultimately led to the identification of Legionnaires' disease. With America marking its 250th anniversary this year, it also marks roughly 50 years since the outbreak.