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Food: Boston Cream Pie
I know this isn’t a highbrow dessert. It doesn’t have accents going every which way like crème brûlée. There’s no...
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Film: Annie Hall
Roger Ebert calls Annie Hall “just about everyone’s favorite Woody Allen movie.” Well, it’s not mine. (Manhattan.)...
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Americana: Radio City Music Hall
Imagine every man, woman, and child in America inside the art deco palace called Radio City Music Hall. Wait! Not all at once! My latent...
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Director: Billy Wilder
If you’re an actor, you love it when you get to work with a director who brings out your best work. A director like Billy Wilder, who...
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TV Show: The Flintstones
I bet you can probably sing at least part of the theme song. Although The Flintstones premiered on prime time more than 50 years ago (Sept....
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Sports: Joe Montana
He wasn’t the most talented quarterback ever to play the game. But he won four Super Bowls. He didn’t accumulate the flashiest...
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Music: Duke Ellington
Jazz entered the popular consciousness in the 1920s, an untamed and spontaneous explosion. By the 1950s, it returned to its experimental...
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Americana: 1959 Cadillac
Ah, the fin. The fins on cars in the late fifties came in three sizes: Big, Bigger, ’59 Cadillac. The style mavens of the day minced...
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Food: Best Hot Dog (1)
First, let’s acknowledge this: The best hot dog in America is somewhere in your town. You know the place, maybe the rest of America...
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Singer: Billy Joel
First, let me get something out of the way that’s always bothered me. Once you reach age 21, you can be Bill, William, Will –...
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