The Great Rat Race: From Lab Rats to Lap Rats (The Fast and The Furries, Fueled By Froot Loops!)

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

When Dr. Kelly Lambert's lab team turned a cereal container into a rat-sized car, they didn't just create a new research tool—they launched the rodent racing revolution. With tiny vehicles, Froot Loop-fueled joyrides, and rats that could outmaneuver your average commuter, these critters proved that life’s greatest lessons can come on four tiny wheels. Buckle up—this is one wild ride!

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0:00.0	Hey, weirdos!
0:01.7	Our next Weirdo Watch Party is this Saturday, November 16th, as sci-fi freak, Juk Sua,
0:07.6	is hosting the 1960-low-budget flick beyond the time barrier.
0:12.5	A military test pilot is caught in a time warp that propels him to the year 2024,
0:18.7	where he finds a plague that has sterilized the world's population.
0:23.6	2024. We have less than two months left in the year 20204. We'd better watch this movie
0:30.0	to find out how the plague makes all of us sterile so we can stop it.
0:34.5	The movie begins this Saturday, November 16th, 7 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Mountain, 9 p.m. Central,
0:40.3	10 p.m. Eastern on the Monster Channel page at Weirddarkness.com. The Weirdo watch party's
0:45.9	always free to watch, so tune in to Showtime and watch the movie with me and other weirdo
0:50.9	family members. You can even join in the chat during the film for
0:54.3	more fun for always cracking jokes during the movie.
0:57.6	It's Juk Sua presenting Beyond the Time Barrier from 1960.
1:02.2	You can see a trailer for the film now and watch horror hosts and be horror movies for
1:06.8	free anytime on the Monster Channel page at WeirdDarkness.com.
1:11.2	That's Weirddarkness.com slash TV, and we'll see you Saturday, November 16th, for
1:17.6	the Weirdo Watch Party.
1:18.7	In a laboratory bursting with wild ideas and questionable funding choices, Dr. Kelly
1:24.7	Lambert and her crack team of rat enthusiasts stumbled upon the next
1:28.7	big thing in rodent recreation, the world's first rat-operated vehicle, or ROV.
1:36.2	What started as an innocent attempt to stop rats from breaking into the fruit loops
1:40.2	stash and ended in an automotive revolution that would shake the animal kingdom,
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