Explaining on Instagram: "Follow (us) @Explaining to learn something NEW every day 🧠‼️ Jim Carrey, who has long regarded Jerry Lewis as a comedic hero, made a memorable visit to Lewis in April 2016 — about 16 months before Lewis’s death in August 2017.  At Lewis’s 90th birthday celebration held at New York’s Friars Club, Carrey quoted a joke that Lewis had once made — one that Lewis had seemingly forgotten he ever uttered. When Carrey repeated it to him, Lewis burst into laughter, reportedly l

Explaining on Instagram: "Follow (us) @Explaining to learn something NEW every day 🧠‼️ The “Black or White” music video dropped in 1991, not with Al or later! It was part of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous era and premiered simultaneously in many countries. 🎥 Directed by John Landis and co-choreographed by Michael and Vincent Paterson, it became one of the first videos to use morphing effects — faces shifting and blending into each other — making it groundbreaking for its time. Let us know your th

Explaining on Instagram: "Follow (us) @Explaining to learn something NEW every day 🧠‼️ This vintage commercial shows the power of $3,000 in 1967 😳 The Volkswagen “Keeping Up with the Kremplers” commercial humorously contrasts two neighbors who both have $3,000 to spend. One neighbor buys an expensive car and nothing else, while the other uses the same amount to purchase a Volkswagen — plus a long list of household luxuries like a refrigerator, washer, and TV — and still comes out ahead. The ad