First covering OJ. His father would not die of AIDS in 1986. In fact his father was gay and ITTL him being born at all could be butterflied since his father wouldn’t be as required to hide it but he did divorce OJ’s mother in 1952 and may have discovered it about himself later.
Oh! Interesting. Yeah that is an interesting PoD that would nip the Juice’s entire life in the bud. And America being more LGBT friendly earlier on is overall a good thing. Will homosexually be decriminalised and same sex marriage legalised earlier?
OJ likely joined the military ITTL while OTL a childhood friend being injured in the conflict dissuaded him.
Yeah I could see that considering what he did.
Another interesting butterfly is he actually threatened to leave football in 1968 if the manager of the buffalo Bills didn’t agree to pay him more.
Oh, so before he became famous in football?
ITTL he did move to acting though OTL he still balances acting and playing football, which I’m inclined to keep as he broke several records. His first film would be 1973’s Why? Which was unfinished OTL. The Naked Gun Movies could actually happen much earlier as the creators wanted to do films, but here I’ll say Police Squad gets more seasons which butterfly away the films and OJ's role as a result.
Nice stuff, I did know about OJ Simpson being in movies thanks to somebody else on this website mentioning it and posting a video in the Personal Pop Culture Utopia thread.
Simpson is then killed by a serial killer while Nicole and Ron are away.
Killing two birds with one stone, if you will…
The two later marry. OTL they were stated to be friends.
That’s nice. In the Nintendo SNES timeline by RySenkari and Nivek OJ murders Nicole before committing suicide on the same night, with Ron later going on to star in the first season of Survivor and found a successful restaurant chain.
OJ Simpsons' last project Frogmen(An A-Team style tv series made with Warner Bros about Navy special forces dubbed Frogmen due to wearing wet suits during operations) would air around the year's Super Bowl while OTL it was pulled.
Interesting.
He possibly lives longer. I don't have solid plans for him. Family Guy has two counterparts in Larry & Steve on Adult Swim and The Flintstones reboot and MCDonald likely plays roles there. He won Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire(OTL he lost due to listening to host Regis Philbin). In 2012, he had a TBS show called Norm McDonald is Trending(mocking Social Media).
Good stuff.
He would become the host of the Late Late Show around 2014(OTL it was James Corden)
A major improvement!
He had a special Titled Norm McDonald: Nothing Special which was a success(Posthumous OTL)(OTL he was one of two people the Smiling Friends crew wanted to appear in the Halloween Episode. It would have either been him or Dan Ackroyd. ITTL that show's equivalent. Little Helpers. Had Dan Ackroyd appear, trying to sell Crystal Skull Vodka to the audience).
Oh cool! What’s Little Helpers like? Does it premiere in 2020?
I'm planning on keeping Parker around(OTL he considered becoming a lawyer and was scratched by a bullet during the invasion of Normandy), but he also had an impact on Pop Culture, including possibly inspiring Mr.Spock, L.A. Confidential and Gangster Squad based on his time as Police Chief, and sponsoring the Thin Blue Line and Dragnet to be authentic. He also made the Police Less corrupt. Segregation ITTL would not existed due to Wilson not being President. The Rodney King Riots might not happen ITTL largely due to the Police responsible being arrested.
Oh yeah, I learned about all that on his Wikipedia page. I could still imagine that with African Americans being more respected and less powerless ITTL he could get into trouble for something related to his racist tendencies.
Reeves doesn't suffer the OTL accident but he might also not be Superman. Patrick Wayne was considered and if he becomes Superman then Reeves could become the Lone Ranger(possibly. OTL the Lone Ranger was based on Bass Reeves who was black and that might be maintained in actor portrayals).
Interesting. A shame about Reeves not playing Superman, but it’s not that severe IMO.
Also, since they were involved in the case IOTL, what happens to Johnnie Cochran and Mark Fuhrman ITTL? Do they do anything of notice?