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Marching Bands
If you watch football on television these days, you’d conclude that marching bands are a relic of the past. Halftime shows for the...
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Sliders
I loved these before they got their own name. Used to be they were just small burgers, until some smart marketing person (maybe working for...
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Woodstock
While probably 500,000 people actually attended Woodstock, probably ten times that number of hippie/yuppie/boomers now tell folks they were...
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Niagara Falls
Now honeymooners often head for Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Mexico. But there was a time when Niagara Falls was the “Honeymoon Capital...
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The Big Bang Theory
All right, let’s see a show of hands: How many people thought a sitcom about four geeky geeks (well, how would you describe them?)...
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Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones has been an actor most of his adult life, and he even had some success in his younger years. He won Outstanding Lead Actor...
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Lawrence Block
This is a very personal choice, because most Americans don’t know who Lawrence Block is. Even among those who are diligent readers,...
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Vertigo
Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Vertigo is now the top film of all time, deposing Citizen Kane after 50 years,...
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Madison Square Garden
To basketball fans, MSG has nothing to do with a food additive. And the Garden isn’t a place where flowers are grown. No, for hoops...
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Monday Night Football
It’s gone from groundbreaking, ratings-busting, TV sports institution to just another night of football in recent years. Shoot,...
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