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Apple: A Household Name

Chances are you have one of their products in your pocket, your house or in your car. You can’t...

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Hamilton: An American Musical

Have you ever thought, “I’m going to sit down at the old piano and compose a musical. I’ll...

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Trader Joe’s

You don’t have to be a nonconformist or a geek to like Trader Joe’s. But it probably...

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Betty White

If Betty White’s life were a TV show, it would be titled “Everybody Loves Betty”....

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Christopher Walken

You either love Christopher Walken or you like him. Nobody really dislikes the man; how could you,...

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Pinterest

Yes, Pinterest is the Lifetime Network of the Internet. I don’t know if there are studies to...

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Asheville, www.greatamericanthings.net

Asheville

Asheville is a little out there, sure. It surfs the waves of a rapidly changing culture, and...

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Song intros, www.greatamericanthings.net

8 Best Song Intros Ever

These are the songs you wanted the disk jockey to shut up so you could hear from the start: 8....

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Tear Down This Wall Speech, www.greatamericanthings.net

“Tear Down This Wall”

Posted by Robin on Jun 14, 2012 in Featured, History | 1 comment

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the speech President Ronald Reagan made...

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Pebble Beach Golf Course, www.greatamericanthings.net

Pebble Beach Golf Course

Posted by Robin on Jun 11, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Pebble Beach Golf Course

Pebble Beach is the most spectacular golf course in the United States. It...

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Apocalypse Now, www.greatamericanthings.net

Apocalypse Now

Posted by Robin on Jun 4, 2012 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Apocalypse Now

It’s a miracle Apocalypse Now ever got made. Lead actor Martin Sheen had...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame, www.greatamericanthings.net

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Posted by Robin on May 31, 2012 in Featured, TV Show | 1 comment

Christmas Eve, 1951. A few privileged people gathered around a box in their...

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The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, www.greatamericanthings.net

The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

Posted by Robin on May 24, 2012 in Featured, Music | Comments Off on The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

America experienced collective depression as the year 1964 dawned. John...

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Purple Haze, www.greatamericanthings.net

“Purple Haze”

Posted by Robin on May 22, 2012 in Featured, Songs | Comments Off on “Purple Haze”

This is one of those things that make you go, “Hmm.” “Purple...

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Veggie Tales, www.greatamericanthings.net

Veggie Tales

Posted by Robin on May 8, 2012 in Featured, Kids Stuff | Comments Off on Veggie Tales

It’s a basic law of children’s entertainment that the best movies...

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Parker House Rolls, www.greatmericanthings.net

Parker House Rolls

Posted by Robin on May 2, 2012 in Featured, Food | Comments Off on Parker House Rolls

If you’d been a visitor to Boston in the second half of the nineteenth...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, www.greatamericanthings.net

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Posted by Robin on Apr 30, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When he was known as Lew Alcindor, a high school phenom leading Power Memorial...

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Sidney Poitier, www.greatamericanthings.net

Sidney Poitier

Posted by Robin on Apr 27, 2012 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Sidney Poitier

Some people seem to happen to be in the right place at the right time, and fame...

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