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Little Fish: Not Sponsored By Reba McEntire

January 18, 2026 • 29m

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Overview

This is a Little Fish bonus episode where the hosts share listener-submitted facts from the past week. Topics range from Reba McEntire corn mazes and crystal turbine blades to Batman's effect on subway etiquette and historical trivia about Bonnie and Clyde, Tim Hortons, and the Encyclopedia Britannica's controversial Wales entry. The episode also features the assignment of archived facts to new Patreon custodians.

Reba McEntire's Corn Maze Empire

The episode opens with an astonishing fact about country music star Reba McEntire: in 2023, there were 40 full-sized corn mazes in the United States featuring her face or name. This represents approximately 8% of all corn mazes in America, spread across 23 states. The hosts express surprise that such a phenomenon exists, with some admitting they'd never heard of the singer despite her 75 million record sales and status as the Queen of Country.

  • 25 corn mazes featured Reba McEntire's face, plus another 15 that included her name, totaling 40 mazes
  • Out of approximately 500 corn mazes in the USA, 8% were Reba McEntire themed
  • The mazes appeared in 23 states, which equals the number of states that existed in the union in 1820
" Did you say the doll plantation? I see what you do there. "
" This is exactly where you would get murdered. "

Cruel Intentions and the Meaning of 'Original'

A listener points out the ironic naming of a film production company. The 2000 movie Cruel Intentions 2 was produced by a company called Original Film, despite being a heavily derivative work—a cut-down TV adaptation turned sequel, itself based on multiple previous adaptations going back to an 18th-century French novel.

  • Cruel Intentions 2 was adapted from a chain of works: TV adaptation to film sequel to Broadway play to 18th century French novel
  • The production company responsible was ironically named Original Film
" The 2000 movie, Cruel Intentions 2, is a cut down of a TV adaptation turned sequel to Cruel Intentions, which was adapted from Dangerous Liaisons, a film adapted from a Broadway play that was itself an adaptation from an 18th century French novel, and it was produced by a company called Original Film. "

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