Current Events > People still swear Sinbad's "Shazam" was real.

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If it was real, is it proof someone went back in time and messed things up?

It's objectively not real.
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He should fucking capitalize on this and be like "we remaking it since the original is lost"
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The Mandela Effect is real.
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Orlando_Jordan posted...

The Mandela Effect is real.

Lmk
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Orlando_Jordan posted...

The Mandela Effect is real.

Seriously lmk tho
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There is only one "real" example of the Mandela Effect, imo

Person 1 - "What does it do?"
Person 2 - "Do? That's the beauty of it. It dosn't do anything."

I bet you can even hear the quote in your head. But what's it from? Back To The Future? The Big Lebowski? The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy? Doctor Who? The Simpsons? It's not from any movie.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

There is only one "real" example of the Mandela Effect, imo

Person 1 - "What does it do?"
Person 2 - "Do? That's the beauty of it. It dosn't do anything."

I bet you can even hear the quote in your head. But what's it from? Back To The Future? The Big Lebowski? The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy? Doctor Who? The Simpsons? It's not from any movie.

Sounds like a mashup of lines across different movies/shows.
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Tbh, I'm one of the ones who remembers a Sinbad genie movie as a kid. I even remember the name being Shazam. And I'm not getting it mixed up with Kazam either. No way in hell would I confuse Sinbad and Shaq.
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MuayThai85 posted...

Tbh, I'm one of the ones who remembers a Sinbad genie movie as a kid. I even remember the name being Shazam. And I'm not getting it mixed up with Kazam either. No way in hell would I confuse Sinbad and Shaq.

:/
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I would watch him in a Shazam movie
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MuayThai85 posted...

Tbh, I'm one of the ones who remembers a Sinbad genie movie as a kid. I even remember the name being Shazam. And I'm not getting it mixed up with Kazam either. No way in hell would I confuse Sinbad and Shaq.

Maybe there was a show that had him play a genie instead of a movie. Most likely on Nickelodeon (All That?), because thats basically all I watched as a kid and I remember it too.

This meme shit......
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Fucking Shaq in Kazaam why is this so hard for people? Shaq and Sinbad arent even anything alike.

Ic3Bullet posted...

Fucking Shaq in Kazaam why is this so hard for people? Shaq and Sinbad arent even anything alike.

I can see how people would get them mixed up after many years of not thinking about it.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

Ic3Bullet posted...

Fucking Shaq in Kazaam why is this so hard for people? Shaq and Sinbad arent even anything alike.

I can see how people would get them mixed up after many years of not thinking about it.

More like, multiple memories get conflated. Also if you hear people talking about something that is similar to your memories and fits in with them, your brain can easily create a memory that is just as vivid as something that happened.
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Well fuck me, I was actually right:


He was a genie on All That. Keenan had a recurring character, Ishboo, that was a genie and Sinbad played his dad. I dont know if his name was Shazam though.

M_Live posted...

That's from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

No, it's not from anything.
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That scene where he turned the school bully into a walrus was hilarious.

There used to be a poster on gfaqs who would post these huge essays about his apparent Mandela effect experiences, idk was he legit deranged or a troll

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/214-paranormal-conspiracy/74656794

Lol it was this guy

I don't remember a Sinbad genie movie. Shaq did one, idk why people think Sinbad did.
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fenderbender321 posted...

Why does Sinbad get away with only having one effective name? I'm gonna find out his whole name and call him that for the rest of my life.

Prince
Madonna
Sting [singer]
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Bad_Mojo posted...

There is only one "real" example of the Mandela Effect, imo

Person 1 - "What does it do?"
Person 2 - "Do? That's the beauty of it. It dosn't do anything."

I bet you can even hear the quote in your head. But what's it from? Back To The Future? The Big Lebowski? The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy? Doctor Who? The Simpsons? It's not from any movie.

It's from this: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0533831/
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Bad_Mojo posted...

fenderbender321 posted...

Why does Sinbad get away with only having one effective name? I'm gonna find out his whole name and call him that for the rest of my life.

Prince
Madonna
Sting [singer]

Elvis
Penn
Teller
Beyonc
Cher
Bono
Shakira
Adele
Usher
Lorde
Pink
Seal
Dovakin
And many more.
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This is exactly how I remembered it.
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I remember him in Houseguest and First Kid, but don't remember him as a genie. he had a couple weird outfits in Jingle All The Way, though...
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sevihaimerej posted...

Bad_Mojo posted...

There is only one "real" example of the Mandela Effect, imo

Person 1 - "What does it do?"
Person 2 - "Do? That's the beauty of it. It dosn't do anything."

I bet you can even hear the quote in your head. But what's it from? Back To The Future? The Big Lebowski? The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy? Doctor Who? The Simpsons? It's not from any movie.

It's from this: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0533831/

And how many people have seen that let alone know what it is? It isnt even the exact quote. Why do so many people remember it in so many different movies?

This is still the best example, imo
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GregShmedley posted...

I'll never fully get over the Berenstain Bears one.

My manager who is twenty years older than me thought I was joking. I've only met one person who said they remember it as Berenstain and his explanation was kind of iffy.

Seems likely that because -stein is an extremely common name ending and -stain is very rare our brains just subconsciously read it as Berenstein

Mayer.
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It also didnt help that it was in cursive as well.

The a and e could easily be misconstrued by a child who is just learning cursive or by an individual who doesnt have a firm grasp of it.
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Why is the namesake for this phenomenon literally the only event of substance talked about? This parallel universe is fucking lame if its differences are Sinbad movies and children's book titles.
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A lot of Mandela Effects are easily explainable, but when you try to tell me the Fruit of the Loom logo never had a cornucopia that is just weird as hell. Never seen a good explanation for why people remember it. I used to think cornucopias were called "Looms" precisely because of that. I'm not personally affected by them, but Dolly's missing braces in Moonraker and Ed McMahon having never been a part of Publishers Clearing House are pretty interesting too.

Even though most of us never even saw a conucopia outside of the the Fruit of the Loom logo.

I think what makes it so weird is that the scene makes absolutely no sense without them. Like they get along with each other because they both have metal mouths, but she smiles right at the camera and they aren't even there.

Though really I'm not going to be able to provide a good argument for these ansd the braces one probably isn't the best one, though I've read several long threads where people talked about things like how common the corcucopia imagery is in certain places where people remember. Not saying I believe in the Mandela Effect 100% but there are definitely several of them that aren't so easily explained.

there was a cornucopia in fruit of the loom, somebody posted it on another board and i was shocked when i looked it up and there was never one in the logo.
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As for Ed McMahon most people have memories of him delivering huge checks which is apparently something he never did even for the other company. Not to mention the endless pop culture references to it and you can find news articles referencing it when he passed away. It's pretty crazy how widespread the misconception is.