That’s Entertainment! #5: Bee Gees, c. late 1960s
A look at the Bee Gees group lineup, circa 1967-68.…
Toon Time #2: Quick Draw McGraw for Kellogg’s
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From the age when corporations directly sponsored TV shows comes this color animation cel from 1959. It features Baba Looey of The Quick Draw McGraw Show on top of a wagon spiriting a Kellogg’s banner.…
Retrotisements — 1979 Station Wagons
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Let’s flash back 40 years to look at advertisements for the brand new station wagons for the 1979 model year.…
TV Listings Flashback: November 29, 1973
- in TV & Radio
A look back at the early evening and prime time TV lineup for ABC, CBS, and NBC from November 29, 1973.…
Postcards from the Past #1: Pike’s Peak Auto Race, 1950s
- in Ephemera
Postmarked June 18, 1956: PIKES PEAK AUTO RACE Here on Labor Day of each year gather the world’s best dirt track drivers to test their skill on the 10% grade up the side of Pikes…
Wire Service: London Hospital 1928
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September 8, 1928 – ABOVE LONDON’S CHIMNEY POTS – On the roof of the West London Hospital, situated in the busy Hammersmith quarter of the great Metropolis, has just been constructed a sand pit. This enables the child-patients to enjoy the delights of ……
Greatest Misses: Van Halen
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In Van Halen: Greatest Misses we look at (and listen to) the least popular songs from each of the band’s albums.…
Now Playing: On the Waterfront
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From the September 26, 1954 edition of the Dayton Daily News comes this ad for Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando.…