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Spartacus
I don’t think it’s a spoiler for a 50-year-old film to mention the greatest part of the film. When members of the losing army...
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“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
Some Christmas songs are “owned” by one particular performer. Bing Crosby owns “White Christmas,” for example. No...
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Wonder Bread
As you may know, it builds strong bodies eight ways. Here’s a test: Name any one of the eight. Okay, it has vitamins. Name another....
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Mr. Potato Head
It’s hard to believe today, but Mr. Potato Head was originally sold…without a head. Somehow, “Mr. Potato Parts”...
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Christmas Cookies
The lines are drawn, the preference often a family tradition, passed down from mother to daughter. There’s no middle ground. Either...
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Puget Sound Region
No city in the country – well, except maybe for you, Austin – has received the hype over the last decade that Seattle has...
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William Wyler, Director
I can read your mind. Yes, you. You’re out there thinking, William Who? Admit it. Well, it’s not often that a film director...
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Leave It to Beaver
Ah, innocence. For reasons I can’t quite understand, people like to make fun of Leave It to Beaver. As if an America in which mothers...
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Frosty the Snowman, TV Special
In 1949, Gene Autry recorded a song called “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Big hit. The next year he wanted another fun...
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Wiffle Ball
It’s the only game where Justin Verlander can try to strike out Babe Ruth, and Albert Pujols can take Sandy Koufax deep. Take a...
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