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* In the first chapter of ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', Enoch Root visits early 1700s Boston and encounters a child prodigy named Ben (surname not given, but clearly intended to be Franklin.) |
* In the first chapter of ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', Enoch Root visits early 1700s Boston and encounters a child prodigy named Ben (surname not given, but clearly intended to be Franklin.) |
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* ''[[America (The Book)]]'': The foreword, supposedly written by the ghost of [[Thomas Jefferson]], claims that if crack cocaine had existed when Franklin was alive then "that boozed-up snuff machine would weigh 80 pounds and live outside the Port Authority." |
* ''[[America (The Book)]]'': The foreword, supposedly written by the ghost of [[Thomas Jefferson]], claims that if crack cocaine had existed when Franklin was alive then "that boozed-up snuff machine would weigh 80 pounds and live outside the Port Authority." |
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| ⚫ | * In ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' #169, the article "A MAD History of Sex", writes: "Perhaps the greatest Sexual Figure in Revolutionary times was also known as "The Father of Our Country". His name was Benjamin Franklin. We realize some people think [[George Washington]] was the father of our country, and you may say "You don't know your history." All we can say is "You don't know your Benjamin Franklin!" |
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== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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* Thanks to [[Time Travel]], he's a modern-day superhero in ''[[Spinnerette]]''. He's pretty much invincible due the universe itself making sure he survives to return to the past eventually and make history what it is. |
* Thanks to [[Time Travel]], he's a modern-day superhero in ''[[Spinnerette]]''. He's pretty much invincible due the universe itself making sure he survives to return to the past eventually and make history what it is. |
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* Franklin is one of the major [[Artificial Intelligence]]s working for the Americans in ''[[Afterlife Blues]]''. An ''oracle'', or use of his full computing power on a single question, is said to be very valuable. |
* Franklin is one of the major [[Artificial Intelligence]]s working for the Americans in ''[[Afterlife Blues]]''. An ''oracle'', or use of his full computing power on a single question, is said to be very valuable. |
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* ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'': The last strip in [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=375 "Founding Fathers in an Amusement Park"], Ben Franklin is ''very'' interested in the dunk tank... because it's "basically a wet tshirt contest". |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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'''Speaker:''' Franklin! For the fifth time, I'm sorry you overpaid for your house, but it's not going in! |
'''Speaker:''' Franklin! For the fifth time, I'm sorry you overpaid for your house, but it's not going in! |
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'''Benjamin Franklin:''' You'll be soor-ry! }} |
'''Benjamin Franklin:''' You'll be soor-ry! }} |
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| ⚫ | * In [[Mad Magazine]] #169, the article "A MAD History of Sex", writes: "Perhaps the greatest Sexual Figure in Revolutionary times was also known as "The Father of Our Country". His name was Benjamin Franklin. We realize some people think [[George Washington]] was the father of our country, and you may say "You don't know your history." All we can say is "You don't know your Benjamin Franklin!" |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* [[w:United States one-hundred-dollar bill|The United States one-hundred-dollar bill.]] |
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* Actor [[Billy Bob Thornton]] apparently believes he's reincarnated from Ol' Ben. |
* Actor [[Billy Bob Thornton]] apparently believes he's reincarnated from Ol' Ben. |
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* When [[Bobcat Goldthwait]] cut his hair because he was going bald, he joked that he was "starting to look like Ben Franklin". He also, in another bit, said that [[Crosby Stills And Nash|David Crosby]] looks like "Ben Franklin fucked a walrus". |
* When [[Bobcat Goldthwait]] cut his hair because he was going bald, he joked that he was "starting to look like Ben Franklin". He also, in another bit, said that [[Crosby Stills And Nash|David Crosby]] looks like "Ben Franklin fucked a walrus". |
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