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Sixties Flashback: The Misadventures of a Bottle(d) Blonde
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
It’s the 1950s. Gorgeous Barbara Eden sits in the Hollywood office of a Warner Brothers casting director.
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’
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Well-respected rock-music critic and historian Dave Marsh is normally quite sparing in his praise, but Marsh once could barely contain his enthusiasm when he reviewed a Marvin Gaye single and proclaimed it to be “the greatest piece of music ever written in favor of the survival of the environment on the greatest Black pop album ever made.”
Sixties Flashback: A Strange Way to Make Big Money
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Have you ever heard of musician Billy Strange?
The Reel Deal: Jungle Cruise
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
Visually, Disney’s Jungle Cruise could be considered a mashup of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and stunt-fueled Indiana Jones movies, with elements of the 1951 Bogart-Hepburn film classic The African Queen thrown in for good measure.
Tinseltown Talks: Paul ‘Crocodile Dundee’ Hogan is Back – Sort Of
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- Written by Nick Thomas Nick Thomas
It’s been 35 years since Paul Hogan unleashed the iconic character of rugged reptile-wrestling Mick Dundee onto the world in the hit ’80s film Crocodile Dundee and two sequels.
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘Indian Reservation’
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It was in 1958 when 20-year-old Paul Revere (born Paul Revere Dick) met fellow Idahoan Mark Lindsay, age 16.
Tinseltown Talks: TV Therapy for Classic Television Stars
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Back in 2019, actor/writer/producer Terry Ray convinced Erin Murphy — best known for playing baby Tabitha in Bewitched — to reprise her role in a short five-minute web skit in which her now-adult character seeks out a therapist (played by Ray) to deal with childhood issues lingering from growing up as the daughter of Darrin and Samantha Stephens.
The Reel Deal: Cruella
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
In Disney’s 1961 animated feature 101 Dalmatians, based on a 1956 novel by Dodie Smith, we meet Cruella de Vil. (Could there be a more perfect first name to represent evil?)
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘I Am … I Said’
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- Written by Neil Diamond Neil Diamond
Humor writer Dave Barry once invited the readers of his weekly syndicated newspaper column to vote for the worst pop song of all time. When over 10,000 letters piled up on his Miami office desk, he assembled them into Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs.