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Monster Mash How the hit song by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett came to be - and became a huge hit

Monster Mash: How the ghoulish Halloween song by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett came to be – and became a huge hit

Leave It To Beaver TV show cast

How the TV show ‘Leave it to Beaver’ began, and made millions yearn for an idealized version of the ’50s that never actually existed

American Airlines 1958 - Stewardesses

Pretty, thin, young and single? Check out these sexist stewardess job requirements of the ’50s & ’60s

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison says that people work too hard and worry too much (1913)

Nikola Tesla on an iPad - Click Americana

100 years ago, did Nikola Tesla predict the iPad, Skype, mobile phones & more? (1915)

Creedence Clearwater Revival band

Creedence Clearwater Revival runs a rock ‘n’ roll factory (1971)

In the movie Rocky, Sylvester Stallone packs a real punch (1976)

In ‘Rocky,’ Sylvester Stallone packs a real punch (1976)

Simon and Garfunkel - 1982 NYC

Simon and Garfunkel reunite for half a million fans in Central Park (1981)

We loved Lucy Lucille Ball magazine covers from the '50s

We loved Lucy: ’50s magazines with Lucille Ball on the cover – plus what she had to say about her marriage to Desi Arnaz

Barry Manilow in 1976

Barry Manilow says he likes being middle-of-the-road king (1976)

Mary Poppins - Jolly Holiday

Elusive ‘Mary Poppins’ at last captured by Disney (1965)

Model Jennifer Connelly as Jenny Connelly in 1982

Before she was famous: Meet a young Jennifer Connelly (1982)

Coca Cola - Hilltop - I'd like to buy the world a Coke 1971

‘I’d like to buy the world a Coke’ TV commercial (1971)

Love Story - Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal

Ali MacGraw shines in the hit movie ‘Love Story’ (1970)

How Outsiders & Rumble Fish author S E Hinton got her start (1975)

How Outsiders & Rumble Fish author S E Hinton got her start (1975)

Cast of The Munsters 1960s

The Munsters are ready for more (1965)

Leave it to Beaver - Tony Dow Jerry Mathers-001

Life after ‘Leave It To Beaver’ – former child stars Tony Dow & Jerry Mathers on their acting careers and beyond (1977)

James Garner - The Rockford Files TV show

James Garner’s ‘The Rockford Files’ TV show debuts (1974)

Kevin Tighe - Randy Mantooth - Emergency TV show

Young viewers love ‘Emergency!’ TV show paramedics (1972-1979)

Happy Days cast 1974

‘Happy Days’ for the trio starring in 1950s revival (1974)

The Monkees are coming: Singers-spoofers offer crazy fun (1966)

Cute vintage babies

Mom didn’t know she was pregnant: First big story about a surprise baby (1915)

The future of the computer age (1967)

Young Brooke Shields The early career of a budding supermodel (1975)

Young Brooke Shields: The early career of a budding supermodel (1975)

The ‘Buttoned-Up’ Mary Tyler Moore (1974)

Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager – Where no woman has gone before (1995)

Monty Hall of “Let’s Make a Deal”: Critics’ barbs sting, but fans love him (1974)

Michael J Fox: TV’s favorite son (1987)

Gloria Steinem on aging (1976)

Lance Guest saves the day as the Last Starfighter (1984)

Tommy Howell is already a ‘veteran’ actor at age 17 (1985)

H. G. Wells interviews Booker T. Washington (1906)

Actress Valerie Harper as Rhoda

How does Valerie Harper compare herself to alter-ego Rhoda? (1974)

'The Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley uses his fame for good (1975)

‘The Jeffersons’ star Sherman Hemsley uses his fame for good (1975)

Kristy McNichol 1981

Kristy McNichol: ‘Young twerp’ or hero to youth? (1984)

George Lucas on the gamble and success of Star Wars (1977)

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