A Valentine for Peter Strauss
For the life of me, I will never understand why Peter Strauss never became a huge, bona fide movie star in every sense of the word. He had...
Showing posts with label retro TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro TV. Show all posts
Whatever Happened To...Fitness Television Programs?
I find it amazing that out of the hundreds of channels I receive in my cable subscription not a single one of them is devoted to health a...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Darin
"It isn't true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times, if you know how." - Bobby Darin Yester...
Reasons Why the Rankin/Bass TV Specials Rocked
As a 70s/80s child I'll always hold a special place in my heart for the Rankin/Bass animated TV specials--particularly the ones that ...
Today's Go Retro Blog Post is Brought to You by a Very Drunk Orson Welles
Paul Masson has nice wood? Huh? Where was I, again? Oh yeah...if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s then you may remembe...
Land of the Lost TV Series #6: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
When I learned that some kind hearted soul had uploaded several episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman to YouTube, I knew that it was my...
A Song's Story #2: Suicide is Painless
Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be the pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see... That suicide is...
When Hawkeye Hawked Computers
Image via Mamecade A computer/technology pioneer and the cast of a sitcom that never showed a single PC on the set during their run…a...
Are You Being Served? Mr. Selfridge to Premiere on PBS
Photo via The Jane Austin Film Club Should I be ashamed that I had never heard of one of England's most prominent department stores,...
The Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon: How Rhoda Got the Rhoda Look
The Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon that Amanda at MadeForTVMayhem organized still marches on, and it's been wonderful seeing all of the ...
Land of the Lost (Valerie Harper) TV Series: City
All images from CityGal on Angelfire A few years ago I received an invitation in the mail to be part of a TV focus group event that wa...
Announcing the Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon!
I'm very pleased to announce my participation in a special event taking place next week--a Valerie Harper Blog-A-Thon! From March 19th...
Banana Republic's New Mad Men Collection
Photo via BananaRepublic Last week Banana Republic launched its latest Mad Men -inspired clothing collection . With previous collection...
Land of the Lost TV Series #4: Pryor's Place
It's kind of fascinating to think that Richard Pryor headed his own Saturday morning children's television show. By the time Pryo...
The Night Oscar Hung His Head in Shame
Oscar night is full of weird and bad moments, but what you're about to watch is probably the worst opening number of any Academy Awar...
Retro Product Fail #11: A Tale of Two TV-Themed Restaurants
All images via MewDeep on Flickr I think most folks know that Tonight Show host Johnny Carson had a successful clothing line at one poi...
The End of the Christmas Classic
Image from SavvySugar Nothing beats the old Christmas movies, songs and TV specials of the 20th century--it's as simple as that. Whe...
Forgotten Teen Idols: The Williams Brothers
Image via MainStreetMallOnline Long before the world had heard of Justin Bieber and One Direction, there were Andy and David Williams--...
Retro Product Fail #10: The World of Sid and Marty Krofft
Found on FlickRiver, credited to King Power Cinema It just doesn't seem right to see the word "fail" in the same sentence ...
The Forgotten James Bond
If I were to ask you which actor who played James Bond is the least memorable, what would be your answer? George Lazenby? Timothy Dalton?...
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