God Help Us In the Future!
The Amazing Criswell began his career as a television newscaster. One night he ran out of copy, and faced with the prospect of fifteen minutes of dead air before the closing credits rolled, he decided to tell his audience what was going to happen the next day. When one of his predictions actually came true, Charles Criswell King was transformed into The Amazing Criswell.
Over the next few years, Criswell became a celebrity psychic who astounded the world on the Jack Paar show by predicting the assassination of JFK. He also published several popular books in which he prophesied that Des Moines, Iowa would become a world hub of homosexual activity, Las Vegas would host the first interplanetary congress in 1990, and brain transplants would someday be available from vending machines.
But Criswell's enduring place in history was established via his association with director Ed Wood Jr.. In the classic cult film Plan 9 From Outer Space, Criswell uttered unforgettably stilted gems of dialoguerrhea such as, ""And remember, my friend, future events such as these will affect you...in the future."
Some would laugh at his outlandish predictions, but others are not laughing quite so hard. You can listen to him yourself and make up your own mind (Quicktime mp3).
Can you prove it DIDN'T happen?