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Looking at pop culture, the hosts discuss blockbuster cinema of 1950, notably the film Samson and Delila, which grossed $9 million—a hefty sum for the time and an early signpost of the Hollywood blockbuster era. Disney’s Cinderella is credited with rescuing the animation studio from debt, marking a pivotal moment of Hollywood’s resilience. They highlight Robert Newton’s portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island, an influential depiction that helped shape the stereotypical pirate speech and was awarded the patron saint of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.