A dancer performs during the Gymnastics Rio Gala on Day 12 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on August 17, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

A man impersonating Kim Jong-un gestures during the athletics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, 2016. (Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP Photo)

American Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy dances with a robot during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on September 7, 2016. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

This combination photo of images released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke portraying Daenerys Targaryen in “Game of Thrones”. The final season of the popular series premieres on April 14. (Photo by HBO via AP Photo)

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General view during First Round Group A basketball game Ivory Coast v China in the FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China on August 31, 2019. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

An AI Gamer “Q56” robot plays a video game during a demonstration at the Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. booth at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies in Chiba, Japan on October 16, 2019. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)

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I was sitting idly on the couch, drinking cola and playing Red Flush online casino games while my better half was channel surfing besides me. I was completely immersed in my game, but dragged back with my feet on the ground when I heard a name - Terry Brooks - coming from the telly. And from MTV?!