Sergeant Zip Posted February 9, 2013 Report Posted February 9, 2013 Thursday Jan 17, 2013. New York Times crossword puzzle. 46 down, five letter word. City intersected by I-76 and I-77. More random, the crossword is printed out and sitting in a rental in South Beach. That answer was filled in?!?AKRON Quote
Dr Z Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 SNL last night, March 9th Justin Timberlake Episode. Dating game skit, contestant number one says he is from Akron. Link Quote
pdt1420 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Posted March 12, 2013 Kroll show... a lady who accidentally smothers pugs in her sleep is on a dog matchmaker show... she's from Akron. Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Posted March 29, 2013 These guys put together a nice montage of Akron references from films over the years. Pretty funny. Quote
zen Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 What's the most random or obscure reference to Akron you can find? We seem to pop up in the weirdest places with seemingly no rhyme or reason behind it. Sometimes the accent throws me, but I'm almost positive that Bowie says "It's hard to write in Akron" at 2:22 Quote
ZachTheZip Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Posted June 26, 2013 The NY Times writes a feature on Akron. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 This is far from random, but again, LBJ gave us a shout out to an international audience after winning the championship. "I'm LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio…" Though I couldn't find a youtube clip, 'Bron then reiterated the sentiment in his post-game interview with Magic Johnson, Jalen Rose & Bill Simmons. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted July 4, 2013 Report Posted July 4, 2013 These guys put together a nice montage of Akron references from films over the years. Pretty funny. That was good. About half AK-runs and half ak-RAWNS Quote
MDZip Posted December 8, 2013 Report Posted December 8, 2013 Chevy commercial today where a Santa lookalike says he needs a truck for a long drive north. When the sales person asks where that is he responds "Akron". Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Posted December 8, 2013 Chevy commercial today where a Santa lookalike says he needs a truck for a long drive north. When the sales person asks where that is he responds "Akron". I saw it as well. This is classic "random Akron"! Quote
skip-zip Posted December 9, 2013 Report Posted December 9, 2013 Not sure if this one is in here: In We Are Marshall, Jack Lengyel is talking to an assistant coach at his home, played by Matthew Fox, and is trying to get him to stay on the staff. You can see trains in the background, and Jack asks if that's the train line that comes down there from AKRON. Quote
skip-zip Posted December 9, 2013 Report Posted December 9, 2013 This is far from random, but again, LBJ gave us a shout out to an international audience after winning the championship. "I'm LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio…" Though I couldn't find a youtube clip, 'Bron then reiterated the sentiment in his post-game interview with Magic Johnson, Jalen Rose & Bill Simmons. Bron also talked about Akron in his opening monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live. Quote
Z.I.P. Posted December 9, 2013 Report Posted December 9, 2013 At least he said, "Akron's nice"! (re: The Chevy commercial) Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Posted October 1, 2014 Akron made it onto the Colbert Report today (at 1:38), though apparently the city picked up and moved to Middleburg Heights. Quote
MDZip Posted October 21, 2014 Report Posted October 21, 2014 This is the most random reference I have ever seen - linking the Zips to a fake Notre Dame conspiracy. :-) http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2014/10/21/7027553/the-conspiracy-against-notre-dame Quote
MDZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Posted January 24, 2015 In Ben Stiller's 2007 movie The Heartbreak Kid, he makes up a lie to his wife about who he played golf with and includes an insurance guy from Akron. Please do not ask me how I know this. :-) 1 Quote
ZachTheZip Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Posted March 28, 2015 http://newsok.com/columbus-travelblog-wrong-museum-in-canton/article/5404101Some Oklahoma basketball fans were traveling through the area the other day. Mostly focuses on Canton, but they stopped in Akron to check out Infocision Stadium.After we left Canton, we drove through Akron, and the University of Akron's new football stadium (constructed in 2009) sits hard by the interstate. The Zips play at OU in September, and their football stadium is very nice. Looks much more traditional (which means better) than, say, North Texas' new stadium at the I-35 fork in Denton. Akron is coached by Terry Bowden, so there's that angle. Akron played in the historic Rubber Bowl -- Firestone Tires, remember, is headquartered in Akron -- but it was miles from campus and in need of constant renovation. So the school built a new stadium.I've never heard that Akron had a big rival, but Can't State is only 10 miles away. I never realized Can't was so close to the Cleveland/Akron area. I looked it up, and yep, Can't State is the big rival for Akron. I guess I could have asked Darnell Mayberry; he once covered the Zips for the Akron Beacon Journal.Traffic wasn't bad through the Canton/Akron area, despite it being 4-5 p.m. I would have guessed we'd have hit some bad traffic. Akron is a big place. The fifth-largest city in Ohio, trailing the big C's (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati) and Toledo. (Dayton ranks sixth, Canton eighth, Youngstown ninth). The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, which I assume includes Canton, had a 2010 population of 703,000. And of course, Akron and Canton are included in Cleveland's metro population, which counts 3.5 million residents and ranks 18th in America.Sometimes perspective on cities like Akron and Canton is lost for people from Ohio, because of geography and Ohio having plenty of large cities. In a state like Oklahoma (and many other states out west not named Texas or California), Akron would be considered a major metropolitan center. Also, he was mistaken about the Metropolitan Statistical Area including Canton. Canton is in its own Area, with another 400k residents.Anyway, it's a good read. It's fun to see an outsider's perspective. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Posted March 28, 2015 I've been bored at work before. . .Not like this, you haven't. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted March 28, 2015 Report Posted March 28, 2015 He looked up Can't State but apparently he didn't look up Firestone Tire. Quote
Balsy Posted March 28, 2015 Report Posted March 28, 2015 I'll give him a pass. Nice little bit of research from a Sooner Quote
Balsy Posted April 14, 2015 Report Posted April 14, 2015 Here's a random reference in BuzzFeed. No. 16. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted July 20, 2015 Report Posted July 20, 2015 Yahoo.com gives us more props for "Devil's Strip."https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-best-regional-slang-words-from-around-the-124205404407.html Quote
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