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Film: Gone with the Wind
(Originally posted April 29, 2009) Did you know that Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler? Oh, yeah. He even said,...
Read MoreActress: Jean Arthur
I’ll readily admit that Jean Arthur isn’t as well known today as some of her contemporaries. But during the 1930s and...
Read MoreHoliday: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is one of the relatively few Christmas songs to have their genesis in films or on...
Read MoreMusic: Quincy Jones
You could probably win a few bar bets with this question: What individual has the most Grammy Nominations? Yes, the answer is Quincy...
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Person: Dick Clark
It would be easy to pigeonhole Dick Clark as a dance show host or a game show host, or a New Year’s Eve host. And he is all those...
Read MoreArchitecture: Grand Central Station
As I read about this building in preparation for this post, I find that its correct name is “Grand Central Terminal.”...
Read MoreHoliday TV Show: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph started life in a poem, written in 1939 by Robert L. May. His brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, liked the poem and turned it...
Read MoreTravel: St. John, USVI
(Originally posted April 30, 2009) The marketing theme for the U.S. Virgin Islands used to be “America’s Caribbean.” So while...
Read MoreSports: Joe Namath
Before I get specific about Broadway Joe, let’s give a shout out to western Pennsylvania for its unbelievable string of great...
Read MoreSingers: Creedence Clearwater Revival
CCR didn’t have a long career – their first single (“Suzie Q”) made the charts in 1968, and they disbanded...
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