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Motion picture etiquette: Lantern slides (1912)

From "Madam - How would you like to sit behind the hat you are wearing?" to "3 minutes intermission while changing pictures," these lantern slides were created in 1912 as movie theater etiquette notes, reminder... Read more...

Barbra Streisand’s rising star (1964)

Today Barbra Streisand is the drummer boy leading the charge. Cinderella at the ball, every hopeless kid's hopeless dream come true.

The mysterious & mischievous Houdini (1918)

The mysterious -- and mischievous -- magician Houdini by Harriette Underhill All men are fascinating until you understand them, and that usually is so simple. But there is one man whom we never could u... Read more...

Sorry, Qubic, Risk and Spill & Spell games (1969)

Sorry If they've already got Monopoly... let them go chase each other! Sorry is a perennial favorite because it puts players of all ages on an equal footing. And it's easy to learn. Special cards control the e... Read more...

Charlie Chaplin never wanted to be a comedian (1917)

Charlie Chaplin says he never wanted to be a famous funny man by Elizabeth Peltret Los Angeles, Feb 9 - Sitting in a large arm chair in his dressing room, his legs doubled under him so that the soles of h... Read more...

Gilligan’s Island theme song & lyrics (1964-67)

Gilligan's Island ran for a total of 98 episodes over three seasons -- from September 26, 1964, to September 4, 1967.

Crash kills young actor James Dean (1955)

Speed-loving James Dean, Hollywood's latest bobby sox idol, was killed last night in a head-on collision of his $7,000 German sports car and another automobile. Dean, 24, was driving from Hollywood to a roa... Read more...

Don’t be skinny! Try Wate-On (1967-1969)

Don't be skinny! (1967) Look better by adding desired pounds this easy way... without pads, exercise or fishy oils Raquel Welch: "I can't afford to be SKINNY" ... says glamorous actress Raquel ... Read more...

Battlestar Galactica intro (1978)

Considering it spawned two revival series, a movie, books and comic books, it’s hard to believe that Battlestar Galactica had such a humble beginning -- it ran for only one season of 24 episodes on ABC, fro... Read more...

Everything you want to know about Atari (1982)

Everything you always wanted to know about Atari Games, etc, etc. Atari games are the forerunner of home computers. And although you may not be ready for the electronic age, your children will have to be... Read more...

Rube Goldberg in his own words (1922)

"I was as nervous as a poker player down to his last pants’ button, and every one of the hard-boiled old-timers in the art department knew it. "

The reinvention of Fleetwood Mac (1976)

Fleetwood Mac gets it together By Kathie Staska and George Mangrum One of the hottest bands in the country, and one of the tightest bands in the world, is Fleetwood Mac. This band has been making great ... Read more...

My Fair Lady’s dream comes true (1964)

“My Fair Lady’s” dream comes true Wouldn’t it be lovely if ‘Enry ‘Iggins and Eliza Doolittle were as warm and ‘owling a hit on the screen as on the stage? We will know in October when Warner Bros unveils it... Read more...

Fanzines: Chaotic dabblings in the ’80s

Fanzines: Chaotic dabblings in the '80s Fanzines emphasize the negative side of everything, but still manage to be witty and thought-provoking. by Jim Reichenberger One of the most recent phenomena o... Read more...

Conjunction Junction video & lyrics (1973)

Here's the unforgettable song from Schoolhouse Rock. One of the first in the "Grammar Rock" series, it made its debut on televisions nationwide in 1973. (Music by Bob Dorough; Lyrics by Jack Sheldon and T... Read more...

What advice would Adam West give to Lynda Carter? (1977)

Batman: What's Adam West doing now? (1977) What advice, you may wonder, would Adam (Batman) West give to Lynda (Wonder Woman) Carter? "That depends upon what's happening in her gourd," Adam said when th... Read more...

Science fiction television: The future is now (1993)

Science fiction television: The future is now Let’s get something politically correct here: real aficionados abbreviate science fiction as “SF,” not “sci-fi.” Enthusiasts detest the term for its negative ... Read more...

Dr Seuss and his Nerkle Corral (1956)

Dr Seuss (Theodore "Ted" Geisel) in 1957 at work. Photo by World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Horton lives at Soledad with Nerkles and Nerds By Norman Bell ... Read more...

Letterman plans new daytime TV approach (1980)

The David Letterman Show was a live talk show, airing mid-morning on weekdays on NBC. It's run was short -- just 90 episodes were produced and ran starting on June 23, 1980, and ending on October 24th of that s... Read more...

New VCR by RCA to debut (1977)

New VCR by RCA to debut The fledgling home television video tape cassette recorder (VCR) industry, only a year old and with a mediocre track record among consumers so far, receives a big shot in the arm this... Read more...

Tape it with GE’s new family tape recorder (1965)

Tape it. General Electric's new Family Tape Recorder costs under $40 It's a new idea. It's a portable tape recorder designed by General Electric for the whole family to use. Use it to record baby's first wo... Read more...

Puppeteer behind Big Bird, Oscar cherishes anonymity (1991)

Caroll Spinney for years has played one of TV most popular characters. Caroll who? Try Big Bird, Spinney's alter ego.

Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae in Carousel (1956)

Movie review: Carousel "Carousel" is CinemaScope's "answer" to Todd-AO and its "Oklahoma!" -- and, on the strength of the rough cut we caught, a pretty eloquent answer it is. It has the same stars, Gordon Ma... Read more...

Faces to watch: Robert Downey, Jr (1988)

Back in the late '80s, who would have thought that the kid who acted in a random handful of films would, a couple decades later, be one of America's biggest movie stars? Robert Downey, Jr has since gone on to p... Read more...

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