By now, the question “Ginger or Maryann?” has been asked a million times in a million drunken places. But when was the last time anybody bended the gender and asked: The Professor or Mr. Howell? Gilligan and the Skipper can…
It’s time to wish Abe Vigoda another Happy New Year! Last January, we commemorated the spate of passings of TV greats in 2012 who were actually older than Abe Vigoda, but somehow slipped under the radar. At the top…
Today marks exactly a half-century since the assassination of the man on the half-dollar. Incredibly, for a nation that lives in the now and doesn’t hold on to past trauma for long, we still treat the JFK assassination as something…
As you are being made aware by the media, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Fifty years is an eternity in politics, especially American politics, and yet the Kennedy assassination continues to resonate…
Before she was Electra Woman’s better half in Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Judy Strangis had a small role as Cora, the smart-mouthed preteen in the hour-long Twilight Zone episode, “The Bard,” which aired May 23, 1963.
(In Part I of this essay, the origins of the rock star figure in Western culture were examined, beginning with Elvis and leaving off with the Beatles’ triumphal debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.) To be sure, America’s youth…
Rock stars. Is there even such a thing anymore? The answer seems to be no, at least not in the traditional sense. There are YouTube sensations and American Idol winners, but they’re more like karaoke performers with choreography. Beyond that,…
Until December of 2011, whenever somebody mentioned that Abe Vigoda was still alive, I would say, “Hey, that’s great, but what about Harry Morgan?” Vigoda has been playing guys with one foot in the grave since the…
RIP Ed Cassidy, 60s icon and drummer of LA psychedelic band, Spirit. He was born in 1923, a full generation older than everyone else on the scene. He played in swing bands in the 30s, served in the navy in…
Considering it happened in the era of rotary phones and “dumb” cars that didn’t have power anything, the success of the 1969 moon landing is all the more remarkable. The only failure of the event was Neil Armstrong’s flubbed speech.…