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The 1985 Chicago Bears was a team to watch in the NFL and anticipated to win many games due to their strong defense. Coached by Mike Ditka, who would later be inducted into the hall of fame, and Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan, players including running back Walter Payton helped the '85 Bears finished the season at a 15-1 record. Payton was also later inducted into the hall of fame. The team is well known for their defensive firepower, with the team routinely holding opponents to few points and racking up interceptions and sacks.

The team faced off against the Rams in the NFC championship game and it was a shut out with no score from the opposition. The Bears would finish off their dream season a few weeks later at Super Bowl XX defeating the Patriots 46-10. This 36 point victory at the time was the largest margin by a winning team in the Super Bowl.

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“Sucking face” is an 80’s slang term for kissing or making-out. This term has been used in movies like the coming of age film Sixteen Candles (1984). 

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"On cruise control" is a phrase that is used to express doing something with little effort. It comes from the cruise control on an automobile, an electronic device that when switched on maintains a selected constant speed without the use of the accelerator (gas pedal).

American Greetings is primarily a greeting card company founded in 1906 that also specializes in "innovative social expression products offers paper cards, digital greetings, gift wrap, party goods and more to help consumers honor the people and moments in life that really matter." The main company headquarters is located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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“Think Big, Vote Small” is a popular campaign slogan adopted by numerous political candidates in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Most famously, the political slogan was used by Australian businessman Sir Bruce Small when he ran for the mayor of the Gold Coast in 1967. Small rose to financial success in 1920 when he bought the Malvern Star bicycle company with his two brothers Frank and Ralph. The three men churned out about five bicycles per week and even began to manufacture their own parts when World War II created a parts shortage. Cycling champion Sydney Patterson rode a Malvern Star when he won the 1949 World Championship Spirit in Copenhagen, and Australians Ian Browne and Tony Marchant won the gold medal in the Tandem at the 1956 Olympics on a Malvern Star. Sir Bruce Small himself was met with fame when he became the first person to travel from one side of Australia to the other on a bicycle.

Other politicians later picked up this slogan and incorporated it into their campaigns. Kimberly Small and Jim Small ran on the same clever slogan for Oakland County, Michigan’s district judge in 2014 and Nevada’s Assembly District 2 representative in 2020, respectively. In 2004, former state Senator Arthur Small of Iowa also campaigned on the slogan. He was challenging incumbent Senator and Chairman of the Finance Committee Chuck Grassley, who has been on Capitol Hill for more than three decades. After his loss, Small famously auctioned off his “Think Big, Vote Small” campaign RV packed with office equipment, yard signs, and buttons that were left over from Election Day. Students belonging to the University of Delaware’s Student Opportunity Party also ran for club positions using the “Think Big, Vote Small” slogan in May 1981.

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Sister Jean, BVM (née Jean Dolores Schmidt) is a chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola University.  Sister Jean has become an institution at the university’s basketball games and was celebrated with cake, songs, buttons, tee shirts and more at her 100th birthday party attended by hundreds of students, staff and community members in August 2019. In honor of “Chicago’s basketball-loving nun,” as she’s become known, the university matched an alumni donation of $250,000 in her honor to be used as an endowment fund for student athletic excellence. Even Legoland Discovery Center Chicago got in on the celebration, building a miniature likeness of the sister out of Legos.

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Boston is the capital of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England with a population of 675,647 people as of 2020. The city was settled by Puritans from England in 1630, although Native Americans had inhabited the area since 2400 B.C. Boston is known historically for several famous events that preceded the American Revolution such as the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Today, the city is known for its educational institutions which have a focus on law, science, and technology.

This is a variation of the "I heart NY" logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA. The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.

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NYSVMS stands for New York State Veterinary Medical Society, a non-profit founded in 1890. Its leaders were the pioneers of modern veterinary science as they were instrumental in advocating for the passing of the practice act for veterinary medicine, which passed into law in 1895, allowing veterinarians to join physicians as among the first licensed professionals in NY state. Their mission is to lead veterinarians in NY state in education, advancement, and protection of animal well-being, public health, and the practice of veterinary medicine.

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Morris the Cat, a fifteen-pound orange-striped tabby with dark green eyes and a torn eyelid, entertained cat lovers everywhere as an advertising icon. What was Morris' philosophy on life?: "The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner." However, Morris' real life was not always as luxurious as in the commercials. This cute kitty, previously named Lucky, spent part of his life in the Hinsdale Humane Society Animal Shelter in Lombard, Illinois. One day in 1968, an animal talent scout of the Leo Burnett Advertising Agency named Bob Martwick discovered Morris the Cat in Hinsdale, IL. He had an audition for a role as the 9 Lives spokesman and Morris the Cat became a household name.

Morris the Cat’s most important role is advo-cat for animals in need. With help from the 9 Lives team, Morris the Cat promotes cat adoption and makes it easy for people to give cats a comfortable life with plenty of tasty and nutritious food. Morris the Cat visits countless schools and led large-scale campaigns for the cause, but the work is far from done. Morris the Cat, voiced by John Irwin of Masters of the Universe, is the advertising mascot for 9 Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials. A large red tabby tom, he is "the world's most finicky cat", and prefers only 9 Lives brand, making this preference clear by means of humorously sardonic voice-over comments when offered other brands. Every can of 9 Lives features Morris' "signature".

Morris has appeared in other media over the years. He starred in the movie Shamus with Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon in 1973. He has "authored" three books about cat care: The Morris Approach, The Morris Method, and The Morris Prescription. Before he was rescued, Morris the cat was 20 minutes away from execution in a suburban Chicago animal shelter. Morris was later assigned round-the-clock guards to protect him from kidnappers. His picture still hangs on the wall of the local pound.

The mantle of Morris the Cat was later taken on by cats similar in appearance to the original after his term came to an end. There have been three different cats who have played the famed "Morris the Cat." The first Morris died in 1978. All three of the "Morris the Cat" animals were rescued from shelters. Morris ran in the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections on the Finicky Party platform, campaigning for cats everywhere to enjoy a standard of nutrition - by eating 9 Lives, of course. The current Morris lives in Los Angeles with his handler, Rose Ordile.