Everybody get up, it's time to slam now! Yes, this episode is about the 1996 movie "Space Jam," starring NBA legend Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. Rather, it's about the website for "Space Jam," which is still up and functioning nearly 30 years later.
Amory and Ben talk to the hilarious team behind this digital artifact and hear the unlikely story of its continued existence.
Show notes:
- The Space Jam website
- 'Space Jam' Forever: The Website That Wouldn't Die (Rolling Stone)
- The TIL post on Reddit
- Hollywood in Pixels
- SpaceJamCheck on X
- Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14 Days
- Welcome to the Space Jam, Again (The New York Times)
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