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20 Mar 2013, 5:57 pm

Lochdubh, Scotland (Hamish Macbeth)

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A second in a row because it is so interesting. At least, I find it interesting. A fictional university that never appeared in any work of fiction!

Maguire University

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The idea was hatched by then-Fenwick High School coach Len Tyrrell at Maguire's Pub in Forest Park, Illinois. The NCAA fell for it, and so did at least one real school: the United States Air Force Academy, who contacted Tyrrell (Maguire's self-proclaimed "Chancellor") and asked to play his nonexistent team.

Maguire (nicknamed "the Jollymen") received Final Four tickets for two years, until Bill Jauss wrote about the scam in The Chicago Tribune. The NCAA was not amused. The coaches then had to acquire their own tickets, and at least one of them has attended every Final Four (or, as they call it, Final Five) ever since. Maguire's motto, "We Play Hurt," is a reference to the hangovers accrued by Maguire's "students."

Tyrrell grew the faux-university's "enrollment" from the original eight members to well over 150 in the thirty-plus years he ran the phony school. He was also named Maguire's first Hall of Fame member, after resigning his position in 2000. Kelly's Pub, on Webster Street in Chicago, serves as the college's "campus" since the closing of Maguire's Pub in 1988.

The Maguire University 50th Year Celebration in 2012 was held in New Orleans at the Hotel le Marais.

They also have a web site: http://www.maguireuniversity.com/

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21 Mar 2013, 6:08 am

The Nursery (Mary Poppins)

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21 Mar 2013, 6:15 am

Oa (a planet from DC Comics)

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21 Mar 2013, 6:21 am

Pizza Planet (Toy Story)

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Realm of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts series)

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22 Mar 2013, 6:06 am

Sarn Gebir

(Middle-Earth near the Falls of Rauros on Anduin theGreat River)

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Toontown (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

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22 Mar 2013, 3:18 pm

Under the sea -The Little Mermaid.

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22 Mar 2013, 11:01 pm

Valinor - home of the Valar in The Silmarillion

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Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)

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Bug City (A Bug's Life)

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24 Mar 2013, 10:12 am

C - The Law Offices of Crane, Pool, and Schmidt (Boston Legal)

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24 Mar 2013, 11:20 am

Dervish and Banges - Harry Potter

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Emerald City (Wizard of Oz)

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